R.I.P.

Gerald Ford died this morning. He shouldn't have been president, and he once said that he was going to Hell for pardoning Nixon, but ultimately, I always thought Ford was a decent enough man who, like Carter, did more good leaving the White House than he did while he was in it. I'm willing to take at face value his belief that indicting Nixon would have been worse for the country than his disgrace, although I still think that was wrongheaded.

Nixon broke the heart of the American dream, and America needed to see him pay for that. Not just drummed out of office. I don't think we've ever really healed as a nation since then, and there's a little Nixon cancer at the heart of Washington's current malaise.

Still, I'm willing to believe Ford was well-intentioned enough, and I hope he's resting in peace.

It's that time again!

Once again, it's time to update everybody as to my stalking grounds on the Internet, so as people can friend me appropriately or, failing that, avoid certain sites with impunity.

*Basic sites: VictorInfante.com remains the central Web portal into my writing career, although links to my OC Weekly stories keep changing as they keep finding new ways to archive things. I'm the editor in chief of The November 3rd Club and write a column for GotPoetry, which is syndicated here to LJ by friending writefailure.

*My Livejournal blog remains my main point of contact with the outside world for promoting my writing, projects, etc. Along with ranting about The Man and talking about comic books.

*Out of the "connectivity" sites I keep accounts at, MySpace remains the most interesting, both because of the plethora of indie music available there, and the growing number of poets who are putting up MP3s of their work. I'm yet to be one of them, but things can change.

*I rarely every look at my Friendster page anymore, all though it's gained a few more interesting features. Tribe is somewhat more interesting to me again, as I theoretically moderate its Worcester community. But it's still pretty dang quiet.

*I've given in and gotten an account at ComicSpace, which does very little right now, but hey! Maybe it'll prompt me to try my hand at writing comics again. Which could be fun. If anyone with an eye for art and breakdowns wants to try something out in the new year, drop me a line.