“Life, it seems, is not without a sense of irony…”

Well, let me tell you, there has not been a truer statement uttered, at least not in my existence. Sometimes, the most obvious and the most inconsequential seem to coincide in a unique and oftentimes disturbing way. Hence the current economic/social/political situation (as this is being written … by the time you read this, who knows!)

Think about it as the ultimate déjà vu … a cosmic happening that you feel may have significance, but yet, may just be a fleeting thought or moment that once you realize you may have captured a unique perspective into something, it all is dismissed into the minutia of everyday life, never to be recaptured or examined due to all the other mundane details of everyday existence.

A stitch in time, so to speak.

Whew! Glad I cleared that up. Maybe that was thought provoking. Maybe that was confusing. Maybe it was @#%&*! boring. But you read it! And you’ll never get that time back! (See … there’s the irony again!)

That being said, riveting as it was, I’ll share something else … this is a great issue! Thanks to all that put forth the best effort, you deserve the credit.

Welcome to our famous (or is it infamous) contributing writer, Craig Dolch, for his contribution to Raising the Bar, as well as to our new Entertainment Editor, Amy Shannon, who is quickly rising to local celebrity status.

As always, spread the word, patronize our client-advertisers, because without them we could not bring you such scintillating missives (see above), and by all means, have fun! Please don’t forget to lob your usual suggestions, comments, criticism etc. our way either … it makes life interesting … or is that ironic?