Garfield Ridge
by Joseph Dilworth, Jr.
Take Milton Berle’s racy humor, mix it with Bill Murray’s goofiness, stir in the pop culture observations of Dennis Miller, add a dash of Neil Dimaond’s glitzy glamour and top it all off with Jon Stewarts’s political insight and you have Garfield Ridge. More specifically you have Dave, the man behind the curtain of this great blog. I was originally led to Garfield Ridge by one of Dave’s comments to a political rant of mine back in November of last year, a couple of weeks after the election. Our politics definitely differ, but Dave is one of the few folks who is willing to listen to an intelligent opposing viewpoint and discuss rationally any differences. That and he can make you laugh so suddenly and hard that you shoot whatever beverage you might be drinking out of your nose. I’m also amazed at the amount of posts he manages to squeeze in on any given day. Large quantity and high quality make this blog a daily stop for me.
Interview excerpt:
Let’s start with the standard question. What got you to start blogging?
I was a late bloomer when it came to email. My friends and family had it well before I did– I preferred to just make phone calls. Then again, I’ve always been a bit of Luddite– I don’t own a cell phone, a pager, or even a watch. I’m quite comfortable around technology, I just don’t like relying on it, it’s too easy to get addicted and dependent on it. Makes the mind sloppy.
