I May Will Be Back

Recent events suggest that this outlet may not be a productive use of my time. 

I'm going to take a few days off to consider that. 

I may be back.

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August 29, 2005

First, thanks for all of the kind words.  I thought about it last week, and I will be back, probably later this week.

Comments

[Angie]

Uh, you have to be back. :)

[eRobin]

Where will I go? What will I do?

And honestly, how could blogging not be a productive use of anyone's time? We're saving the world ... or something.

[lahke]

Would be sad to see you go. I like your calm and reasoned style, and you usually have a point of view that fills in gaps left by others. Yeah, atrios and kos yell and scream a lot, but invective is different from argument.

So, are ALL your readers women? Or just us commenters?

[Chris Clarke]

Oh, boy, have I ever been there. Usually when I get testier than usual.

If you decide not to come back, get in touch and we'll have coffee somewhere in the fog. Actually, even if you do come back let's do that.

[Hal]

I always thought you needed to be deep in the strategy portion of the game, executive branch. Bloggin' is fun, but it's not an effective weapon...

[Al Hill]

I truly hope that what ever it is is not live threating or a disaster in your family ... or that posting here as not done something to harm your real life job .. we will miss your input and throughts ... come back if you can ... best wishes to you in whatever you decide to do ...

[jack*]

Do what you must, but know that you would leave a hole in my daily reading.

[PSoTD]

define "productive"...

[Redbeard]

Damn, I would miss ya... hopefully you can throw us a few bones once in a while...

[Tim]

You just kicked so much relevant ass over at Pandagon getting to what I consider more of a nitty gritty analysis of Southern Pride (tm) than any of those idiots you've skewered like the Bull Moose could ever provoke out of people like you, or Norbizness, or the Poor Man.

Whatever you decide, thanks. And I hope this just means you've gotten a sweet job courtesy of Howard Dean or something.

[Thomas Nephew]

It'd be a shame to see you sign off altogether. I like checking my Firefox RSS feeds and knowing whatever your one or two weekly posts are, they're always worthwhile.

Know you were definitely productive as far as *I* was concerned -- not that that's the main thing. I hope this means a great opportunity for you, not a forced choice.

[Dr. Laniac]

Say it ain't so. Or, if it is, good luck in whatever is the productive alternative. Keep in touch.

[John @ blogenlust]

Blogging is so 2004. You're starting a podcast? Or even better, a v-blog?

[djw]

hurry back, please. You're ability to offer clarity is valuable to me. (Now, I'll cheerfully concede that helping me see things more clearly isn't necessarily a valuable use of anyone's time...)

[mrgumby2u]

I've decided many times that blogging wasn't a very productive use of my time, always to discover within a few days or weeks that the alternatives weren't very productive either.

You, however, actually have intelligent and original things to say. I do hope you'll stick around and post at least weekly.

[drew]

Recent Events? I love it! It's so cryptic. Even more mysterious than 'due to circumstances beyond my control' (which we all know is just code for 'my boss caught me blogging).

[eRobin]

I sighted Paperwight today and he seemed well. Don't dredge the pond just yet.

[G. D. Frogsdong]

Okay, so what you gonna do instead?

[Charles2]

Come back if you can, but do what you must. We'll miss you...

[shari]

Oh, dear. I can't bear to think we may be losing such a great meta progressive blogger.

[Angie]

You realize a few days is technically only 3-4 days, and you've been gone now 6 days. So time is up. Time to return. :)

[eRobin]

I waited out Michael at Reading A1 for months. He came back. Oh, they all come back.

[Generik]

Come back, Little Sheba!

[Luc Courier]

Outcome was never (thankfully) in doubt.

[Angie]

(does a happy dance) Yay! :)