Blogger Spotlight: Pun Salad

Closing out New Hampshire blogs stage right we talk to Pun Salad's Paul Sand. Next week we move to South Carolina and start the week with Democracts in the South's Max Blachman.

What is your full name?

Paul A. Sand

What is your age?

55

What's your hometown?

Rollinsford, NH

Where do you live now?

Is this a trick question? ... Rollinsford, NH.

What is your educational background?

I have a masters degree in physics. That was quite awhile ago, but I can still recognize Schrodinger's equation when I see it.

What is your occupation?

I am a computer sysadmin (aka "geek") at the University of New Hampshire.

When did you first get involved in politics and why?

I was a (very young) volunteer for the Barry Goldwater campaign in 1964 back in Omaha, Nebraska. As one measure of my effectiveness, I believe this is the only Presidential election since 1936 where Nebraska voted Democratic.

When did you start blogging and why?

I'm coming up on my two-year blogiversary at the end of February. "Why" is a complex question, but I think it's primarily due to my juvenile infatuation with seeing my own words on the web.

How are blogs changing politics in your state?

I don't know. I would like to think they are encouraging grassroots participation, a greater awareness of issues, and a sober weighing of options. But if someone claimed those kind of things were actually happening, let alone blog-driven, I'd want to see the evidence.