The year 2007 was a very busy year for Henry Rollins. He traveled to Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Pakistan. While traveling, Rollins performed numerous spoken word shows and worked on films, his IFC television show, and "Harmony in My Head, " his popular weekly radio show. In short, a quintessentially Rollins-ian year: sleepless, nonstop, and highly productive. A Preferred Blur contains stories written in the form of journal entries from Rollins' travels throughout the year.