Hey, remember me?
I’m a little out of practice with this blogging thing, having now taken off the great majority of the summer. In fact, had my firewall’s cache cleaner not deleted all of my passwords, I’d have been back a few days ago. (Note to self: don’t create new passwords at the end of a night spent playing darts and drinking with friends.)
It’s been nice being on a break from blogging. Nice waking up in the morning and enjoying coffee free of the bitter taste in my mouth left by the latest headlines. Nice spending lazy afternoons with my children, playing in the sand, enjoying the sun and surf, reveling in the sound of their laughter. (Although there’s nothing nice about listening to them bicker: “You shut up!” “No, you shut up!”) Nice spending sultry, sarong-only evenings on the swing-bench with my husband, savoring a cold martini and watching the sun set, having friends drop by for impromptu rounds of darts. Nice lounging in bed on the weekends or late at night, consuming one “Chick Lit” novel after another. (Brace yourselves for the slew of book reviews yet to come.)
So nice, in fact, that several times I found myself wondering why the hell do we blog??? Surely I’m not the only blogger whose family sighs, rolls their eyes and shakes their head when the evening news prompts a hurried rush to the computer where we sit clicking away at the keys, cackling gleefully as we virtually viscerate whichever politician, celebrity or nameless fuckwad set us off. But why?
The other night, I snuggled up to Hubby on the sofa and turned on CNN. It’d been a while since I’d followed the news. (It’s also been a while since I’ve thrown things at the TV, called anyone a fuckwad or uttered the phrase “nuke ‘em all and let God sort ‘em out”… Coincidence? I think not.) Anyway, there we were, both just minutes from dozing off after spending a long day playing on the beach with the kids, and suddenly I found myself mouthing Venomous one-liners in response to everything coming out of Rudy Bakthiar’s mouth.
“Perhaps it’s time to start blogging again,” the Venomous Hubby suggested after I’d thrown every sofa pillow at the TV and spewed a stream of liberal-bashing invectives, one of which included calling the imminently-doable Rudy a fuckwad.
“Perhaps you’re right,” I agreed, and I immediately stopped wondering why we blog. I know the answer. We blog because we can. Besides, someone has to do it.
So, here I am. Totally behind on the news. Totally out of touch with my fellow bloggers. Totally overwhelmed with email.
Totally jonesing from blog-withdrawals.
Still, I’m going to have to ease back into this. For those who’ve sent emails to which I haven’t yet replied (including my mother- and sister-in-law): thanks for the patience, and please accept my apologies. I’m working through literally several thousand emails that piled up in my absence, while also trying to not strain my wrist again. I’ll write back. I promise.
For those who, having faith in my return, signed up with BlogAds to advertise with EV: thank you. And, as always, thanks to the folks at Radok for continuing to support my little corner of the Blogosphere.
Last – but most importantly – for those who kept checking in here and/or kept EV linked from their site: you are the best thing about blogging. Thanks for sticking around.
I missed you.
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August 13, 2004 at 7:33 pm
Ditto!
August 13, 2004 at 7:36 pm
Nice to see you again. Welcome back to the Laughing Academy.
August 13, 2004 at 8:04 pm
welcome back! we all get burnout from time to time. You are forgiven.
August 14, 2004 at 12:27 am
Hiya hissy one and welcome back. Hope the blogging wrist is good as new.
Placed a blogad with ya after reading some of your site. Figgered I had to be involved with someone that calls so many a fuckwad.
Course, so many need to be called a fuckwad.
Keep fighting the good fight and thanks for placing the ad.
Right Nut
August 13, 2004 at 8:30 pm
Welcome back! Procrastination pays: I can within a neenerhair of cleaning you off my reading list this morning, but got torqued about something and posted more myself.
Read Dean Esmay for the latest on Kerry’s ‘Nam debacle.
August 13, 2004 at 8:45 pm
You have been totally missed, and I am totally glad to see you again. In the words of the profoundly narcotic Neil Diamond, hello again, hello.
August 13, 2004 at 9:29 pm
WB, aaved you a seat. You look tan, you cut your hair?
August 13, 2004 at 9:37 pm
Welcome back you , and your wonderful wit were missed. Not much has happened since you left….a certain Central Division Basball team dispite having some of the best pitching talent in the Majors….is trying to make it to the playoffs ..when they should have been a shoe in, A bright and happy light in the world of cooking has left us, and a small band of honest Sailors is trying their damndest to force a politicion tell the truth….but take your time to get yourself back up to speed….after all the wrist is yet to come.
August 14, 2004 at 4:32 am
Welcome back; ye’ve been missed!
The nice thing about the news (in my opinion) is that you don’t even have to try to get all caught up on it. If you missed it this summer, it’s over, and you can dive in anew.
Kind of like how you don’t need to see Jaws III to watch Jaws IV.
August 14, 2004 at 7:51 am
Welcome back, Kate. I don’t think we blog because we can. I think we blog because we have to.
Do it for the children.
August 14, 2004 at 8:49 am
Nice to have you back.
August 14, 2004 at 8:56 am
Yay!
Now commence the ass kicking, please.
August 14, 2004 at 10:58 am
Welcome back! We missed you.
August 14, 2004 at 11:48 am
welcome back
August 14, 2004 at 12:56 pm
Absolutely wonderful. The dog days of August were looking pretty bland there for a while.
August 14, 2004 at 1:10 pm
We missed you too Kate,
Welcome Back!!!!
August 15, 2004 at 7:36 am
Welcome back.
August 15, 2004 at 4:38 pm
Welcome back, dahlink.
You’re back in time to cover the election, which is just heating up.
But who the hell is Rudy Bakthiar? A Google search only brings up your site.
August 15, 2004 at 6:16 pm
The vacuum is filled. I feel my sarcasm meter raising. I rejoyce in your return. Now who shall we torment. Welcome back EV.
August 17, 2004 at 7:39 am
I missed you, too.
Welcome back, Kate!
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