It's funny. I just wrote the title of this post while sitting in the living room with the family and I had to get up and leave to retreat to the silence of my room, as I write about No Mas Silence. I need the quiet retreat because I need to really think about how I want to frame my words explaining why I am getting louder. To put it simply, I have finally found my voice. After years (14 now to be exact) of trying to find my voice online and letting plenty of other people do it for me, I finally said No Mas late last year. No Mas to caring if I lose campaigns because companies don't like my language, or my politics, or heaven forbid, ME. No mas to caring if people unfriend me on facebook because I support the 2nd Amendment. No mas to caring how many online friends or followers or likers I have. Maybe 40 finally caught up with me. Or maybe my beliefs became more important than my "popularity". Or maybe I just realized that after 14 years at this, my internet life really is a "jobby" (a hobby meets job). And a jobby is not worth the loss of my true voice. Whatever it was that pushed me over the edge, I am grateful. In the last few months you may have noticed I ...

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