Being a sucker for a good oxymoron and already having mixed feelings about Kickstarter, the website that many artists, but mainly sad-ass, aging musicians, have increasingly used to raise funds from fans for creative projects, I investigated further.
Reflecting on his reaction to the news that he is the governor of New Jersey, Christie said he felt "angry, embarrassed, and humiliated, but mainly just sad".
(Its jacket includes a quote from Piers Morgan, known in the magazine's pages as Piers Moron: "It's run by rather bitter, mainly drunken, sad, twisted, ex-public-schoolboys who actively enjoy being very unpleasant about people").
"It felt like a huge hole in me every time I left in the morning," writes Jesse Meiller, an ecotoxicologist working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. "I felt guilty for sure, but mainly very sad and empty every time I left my daughter.
"It mainly makes me sad for the fantastic staff and for Chris, who I think have done everything possible not just to keep going, but to continue to innovate and reimagine these past few years, in the face of badly stacked odds," said Howe.
It mainly makes you sad for America.
