Thursday, July 24, 2008

Long time no talk to!

Hello all,

(and by "all" I know I'm addressing a readership of about 6 people-- Hi Denise!!)

It's been a long time since my last post, and I wanted to address the reasons why. Primarily, it's because back in December, I got a job at a high-profile research institute, the kind where I have co-workers named "Ambassador" and "Admiral", and where blogging from work is not likely to result in upward mobility.

And partly it was because I wasn't tech-savvy enough to make Blogger do what I wanted it to, like tag my posts with some labels I could later use to categorize them. So I briefly opened a Typepad account, vented some steam over there, and never returned. Just as well-- while everyone's entitled to my opinion, no one really wants to hear my bad attitude. And though today is another one of those days where I've fallen victim to a Bad Case of Ass, I've now figured out how to use the label function, so all is not lost (and anyway, I have sangria).

And partly it was because other bloggers were already doing it so much better (not the sangria, the commentary). But during the last 6 months, while I've been reading other blogs and not writing my own, I've learned a few things. Hopefully these observations will enable me to make my posts a little more interesting and a little more frequent. The best ones post a few times a day to keep people reading; I can't really do that, because of work, but I do hope to post a few times a week. Anyone who's still reading, keep me honest.

Thanks for checking in, and I'll see you on the flip side.

Erin