Why do we care?

I'll just throw out a question I've wondered about for a long time: Why do we care what strangers think? You may, at first thought, say that you don't, but have you ever had a bumper sticker on your car? Have you ever had a political sign on your lawn? Sometimes I've seen bumper stickers that make me laugh. For instance, "Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an asshole." I can understand that. Someone had a notion to make people smile. That's nice. But what about something like, "My child is an honor student at Phineas Fartwaffle Junior High." Do you really care whether some stranger driving behind you knows personal information about your kid? How about putting a political sign on your lawn? "Vote for Donald Doomsday for President?" In this highly divided political climate, do you really think a lawn sign is going to change anyone's voting choice. And....do we really care what some stranger going by thinks of our political thoughts? Don't know if anyone reads these blogs but I've just started writing again after a few years absence, and I'd really like to see a thought or two in response to my ramblings.

Favorite Fiction Collections

The Prey Series by John Sandford
The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Odd Thomas Series by Dean Koontz
The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov
The Corps by W.E.B. Griffin
The Jesse Stone Novels by Robert Parker
The Ender's Game Novels by Orson Scott Card
The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Elvis Cole Novels by Robert Crais
The Rama Books by Arthur C. Clarke

Thoughts about music.

Ten Favorite Guitarists (no particular order):

Eric Clapton
Mark Knopfler
James Burton
Chuck Berry
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Brian May
Jimmy Page
Jimi Hendrix
Carlos Santana
Bonnie Raitt