What I will NOT blog about

I am now one step closer to deciding what content I will be posting on my new blog. That's because, for starters, I know what I'm NOT going to be blogging about.

Religion and politics.

Sounds fairly obvious to begin with, but a lot of widely read blogs are about political issues or religion. I only decided to fix my blog after I started reading Krugman (http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/)  and Daud's (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/maureendowd/index.htmlposts) on the NYtimes website. There was also this blog by David Thorne (http://www.27bslash6.com/) which was very amusing; I would certainly recommend it to any new and upcoming blogger.

I decided not to blog about politics because its difficult and controversial to state a point of view without stepping on somebody else's toes. Besides, I can only regurgitate what's already being published in the press, with a different twist of course.

Here's what I WILL blog about for starters. The TCF Rahbar Program. More on that later.

'A'msterdam

In college I wrote a paper in my first quarter on legalizing prostitution in Amsterdam. I don't know why I picked that topic, but I aced the paper by miles.

They say success can get to your head, no matter the size or context. 'Amsterdam' got stuck in my head. Since the time I wrote that paper, for some strange reason, I've been strangely possessed by names beginning with the letter 'A'. 'Amsterdam' quickly became my alias whenever I needed one. The fever started online. 'Amsterdam' would surf the web, use MSN messenger, Google Chat, join Coutnerstrike servers or invade the world of Warcraft on GGC. But it didn't end there. My Ipod was engraved 'Amsterdam'. Eventually, my car had 'Amsterdam' imprinted on the numberplate. I had to get busted for that once or twice, cuz 'Amsterdam' was clearly visible whereas the actual numberplate was not. But thats another story.

Everything about the name 'Amsterdam' was catchy. It was the anti-thesis to my own name. It embodied the concept of liberalism; of a city without rules and boundaries where you could believe and practice what you liked. But the best part was that I could never put my finger on why exactly I liked the name so much. I guess it didn't matter. It was just cool. Amsterdam. That's me.