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Evil-Doers

The Evil Doers thread will give some guidance on who should really be in the Axis of Evil. The new slot could be filled by another country, or an individual. I'll take it on myself to designate the new Axis of Evil member, rotating new candidates in whenever the current incumbent loses their evil edge. I may also petition for the removal of Iran from the Axis, as and when more evil candidates become available ... which won't take long.

The Beginning

This is a beginning, but not The Beginning that I'm going to write about. The Beginning that this blog will talk about is something I think a lot about. By 'The Beginning', I'm referring to something that I feel slowly happening to me - the start of my real adult life, the start of a lifelong relationship, the start of a family, the start of a career. At the same time, it feels like the end of something - the end of my real pre-adult life, the end of singlehood, the end of selfishness, the end of childhood, the end of directionless wandering.

As I write, I can't help but feel self-conscious. But fuck it! I find myself interesting. At least I have that in common with other bloggers. I'm a Brit. I'm 30. I live and work in Washingtion DC. I come from London. I live with my American girlfriend, Maria. We're serious about each other. I have a great crew of friends in London, and I miss them a lot. I'm very close to my family. I work in journalism and consultancy dealing with Middle East security. I'm a nerd - always was - I roleplay (you know, like Dungeons and Dragons), I play wargames, I daydream a lot and I love sci-fi and horror films. I'm very romantic. I like to break rules - I hate being told off. I used to be a workaholic, but now I'm a lazy bastard. I still have the expectation that I should be a big success, but I feel like I'm running out of steam. I run up against rules a lot - I find the moral codes and legal rules here in the US really infuriating. I like to travel to dangerous places. I'd probably have loved to be a spy - but like a lot of things, I never stuck with any one path for long enough to make it a reality.

I'm young, healthy, white, and well-educated - I have the luxury of choices. This blog is about those choices.