This will never be a political blog.

I will not go into who I’m voting for in November.

I will not express my opinion on the Joe Paterno statue.

I will not debate the validity of the 2nd Amendment in a day where the chances for indians or wild animals attacking my home are quite low.

Tonight, I will just say this…

It’s wrong in every conceivable way that some kid can finally work up the nerve to ask his dream girl out on a date, take her to the “big summer movie”, worry about when to “make his move” and suddenly take a bullet to the head because some total lunatic who thinks of himself as the Joker happens to be in the same room.

I can understand death. Death and it’s inevitability is the thing that keeps all of us paying attention to today. Tomorrow isn’t guaranteed, so never leave an “I love you” or an “I forgive you” unsaid.

I was able to come to grips with 9/11… some people hate us and attacked the symbols of American business and the military.

I understand that accidents happen… a rubber tube snaps at the wrong time and a van crashes, killing ten kids on a field trip. Randomness is built into the equation when you get up in the morning.

But the idea that people died sitting in a movie theater because somebody with mental problems decided to kill them… that is NOT the randomness that comes with daily life.

That is evil. Senseless, remorseless, evil.

I uninstalled DC Universe Online this weekend. I used to enjoy the game, but I just can’t see myself ever being able to play a character in that “world” again. I used to love the Joker as a character and I thought that Heath Ledger was brilliant in the role… but now all I can think of when I see that painted face is… why?

My thoughts are with the families of the victim They’ll never be able to get past this because there will never be an answer to the most important question…. why?