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No, this post is not about Pink Floyd or their 1987 post Roger Waters album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.  I do own that one though and despite what the critics say think it was a pretty good one.  You see, Roger Waters left the band in 1985 stating that creatively the unit had run it’s course.  He officially declared the band defunct.  Guitarist David Gilmour and drummer Nick Mason had other notions.  They re-entered the recording studio in 1986 to work on a new project despite opposition from Waters over the use of the name Pink Floyd.  Although legal stuff ensued with name calling, mudslinging and regrets over being mean to each other (this part is not really true, there are no regrets) several months into 1987 Gilmour and Mason released, as Pink Floyd, A Momentary Lapse of Reason sans Roger or any of his influences.  Bands do this.  They fight amongst themselves and display what can only be described as poor interpersonal communication skills.  Members quit when they feel that their personal creative genius is under appreciated by their band mates or are booted from the band when the other members feel that their behavior is not nice, that their super inflated distorted self-worth has clearly affected their ability to be a cooperative and contributing member of the band.  Floyd had done this a mere 20 years earlier when they booted Syd Barrett, the founding member, from the band because of his increasingly erratic behavior secondary to his addictions.  But again I say, this is not about Pink Floyd.

For reasons I have yet to discern, my good friend James over at Quirkee.com has offered me the opportunity to post there as a guest columnist.  Quirkee.com ….is an award winning humor and online publication, a collective of writers, artists, photographers, and all-around quirky personalities. If nothing else, we hope Quirkee.com brings a little light into your otherwise hopeless and repetitive existence…..  I have sent you to this site in the past.  You may recall that James, again for reasons I have yet to discern, chose me as one of the subjects for his series of interviews with fathers who have given up the rat race to chase rug rats.  In case you missed it or need to refresh your memory you can find the interview here.  When James approached me with the idea of posting more regularly on their site my initial reaction was, “You have got to be kidding me!  Have you lost your mind?”  Actually, I told him I’d be honored.  I consider it the highest of compliments.  For the life of me, I don’t know what took him so long to ask but I’m not here to quibble.

So there you have it.  I’ve branched out, extended myself.  I’m growing.  It would by all indices appear that James, Scott and the cohorts at Quirkee have had a grossly inopportune loss of their faculties as evidenced by their offer to me.  Never let it be said that I refused to take advantage of another person’s lack of good judgment accept a good opportunity when one presents itself.  Check out my new column, World-Colored Glasses at Quirkee.com.  Then stick around to check out some of the other great writers and blogs on the site and be sure to come back and let me know what you think.  Oh, and don’t forget to feed the cat.