In early 2006, I came up with this idea of of writing about world & national events, and national & local news, as well as anything else I wanted to write about that anyone may find engaging.  I was tired of hearing from the far left, the far right, or from people with a specific agenda.  To me, it seemed, was that they were trying to create my own opinion for me.  Maybe I am wrong, but I feel that I can handle forming an opinion on my own, and I think you can too. 

 

This goes back a number of years to one drunken night in my kitchen with my good buddy Chad.  It was after midnight and Chad was hungry.  I can't remember what he wanted to cook, I just remember that he wanted onion with it.  So Chad grabbed an onion in one hand and a knife in the other and began cutting a slice in an unsafe manner by bringing the blade towards his hand.  I suggested that he instead, use a cutting board or at least the counter.  Chad preferred his method and I remarked "just don't bleed on my onion".  We both stood there for a moment and realized we had something in that phrase, we just didn't know what.

 

Over the years I would use "don't bleed on my onion" sporatically without defining it.  When I was looking for a name for my new web-site, my dear friend Sandy suggested that I use bleeeding onion, a variation of my un-defined phrase.

What does "Don't bleed on my onion" mean? 

After years of pondering, and rememberance of that drunken mid-night meal I realized that life in general is in some ways like the layers of an onion and life can be messed up across many layers just as easy as one layer.  If one were to cut a slice from your onion and accidentally cut themselves and get blood on the rest of your onion, well you may just have to throw that peice of fruit out.

 

So, when you tell someone "Don't bleed on my onion!", you are telling them not to screw up your stuff because of their stupidity.  Is this philosophical?  Sure.  Poignant?  O.k.  Does it get the message across?  I hope so.

 

To officially kick-off BleedingOnion.com, I say to you members of the 110th Congress, the Senate, and President Bush and his staff: