I am honored, humbled, a little scared, and a tad excited to be here. I\u2019m honored that a mere civilian has been afforded the opportunity to share thoughts and space with all of you. I\u2019m humbled because I get to be amongst heroes, in every sense of that word (shut up and take the compliment). I\u2019m a little scared because y\u2019all can be a rough crowd. And I admit I may feel some excitement, albeit inappropriately, at the prospect of going face-to-pacifier with some of the more easily offended occasional visitors to this esteemed site.<\/p>\n
I will uphold and defend, to the best of my ability and with all my strength, the principles upon which this site was founded and upon which it shall ever remain. In that vein, I will conduct myself as, and respectfully request all and sundry to remember, I am a lady, first, last, and always. Reference the meme above to define that term, of course.<\/p>\n
As someone who never took that oath, I can promise to respect your having done so above all else. In other words, I know how to stay in my lane. I will opine on things from my many years of experience in your world, from the perspective of my world, and occasionally from the delusions that pretend to be profound flashes of brilliance in my head. I will endeavor to do so with the respect this august company so richly deserves. And yes, the omission of the \/sarc tag\u00a0 on that last was intentional. Mostly.<\/p>\n
So, standing orders are as follows:<\/p>\n
You can call me OAM. You can call me clueless. You can call me civilian. Frequently, you may be tempted to call me Captain Obvious, but be advised the latter best be followed by Ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n
I am truly grateful to be here amongst the most curmudgeonly, cantankerous, adorable deplorables ever to assemble on this here invention of Mr. Gore.<\/p>\n
Sincerely yours (yes, sincerely),<\/p>\n
OAM<\/p>\n
PS – yes, this is posted under “Feel Good Stories”. Let’s see how long ’til I regret that choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"