Hi, my name is Briar

No, really! I have had the screenname Briar for so long now I actually answer to it in the real world. I am very opinionated and I find myself ranting on MySpace. Unfortunately, my friends and family know better that to wander into my blog because it's a verbal landmine. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints (Mormon) and I am a very liberal (with a few strange conservative moments) Democrat. Hence the word paradox in my blog name. I find that if I am frustrated at the stupidity in the world (and that is A LOT of stupidity) I feel better if I blog.
Okay so this is the basic stuff: I've been married for 16 years, I'm an at home mom with two girls who have inherited various parts of my personality which provides fireworks on a regular basis. They are gorgeous and brilliant, despite having me for a mother. I love them more than life.
I am host to an incurable headache (or resistant to any ACCEPTABLE cure). It's been with me for about ten years and I haven't found a name heinous enough to name it yet, but someday I will. I name everything.
I moderate a board called bethshort.com about the unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short (The Black Dahlia) and try to keep the peace. The MOM job is easier, but I love my Dahlia family very much. I was fortunate enough to get to meet them 2 summers ago in LA and hope to return soon.
My more recent endeavors have included being quite possibly the most determined person in Utah to have Barack Obama as our 44th President. I volunteered for the Utah branch of the Obama campaign. I am proud of my work on this because he inspires me. Few people inspire me.

I will likely be bringing some previously written blogs from my MySpace account in the coming days.