Welcome

I'm not Rick, or any variation there of.

Why Rick's Cafe?  Casablanca of course.   Why 45?  because I use and carry a model 1911 .45acp.  

Why do this at all - mostly to get my thoughts down, an attempt to gain a little enlightenment into my own psyche.  I think I believe in Enlightened Self Interest - but I'm still sort of defining what that means to me.  Writing helps me think, but I need a way to sort of track how that thinking changes over time.  A place to rant, a place to stretch my writing skills.

It's also kind of a protest against not caring.   I care what happens around me, and I'm not happy about what I see.