On the news.

There’s a lot of news today.  Hugo Chavez shakes hands with Obama!  Ahmedinejad fights for reporter’s rights!  Suri Cruise turns three!

So many random headlines, so little time.  A few years ago, I just stopped caring.  I was one of the (probably) millions who just got the news from the Daily Show, only caring about what could make me laugh.

Nowadays, though, I find myself caring more.  A daily regimen of Reuters news has forced me to make connections where there were none, see the paths created by events months apart, and zoom out to discover how each story fits into the big picture.

So that’s why I’m here.  Someone needs to put all these little pieces together into one big tapestry of human nature, and it might as well be me.