oh, Wm. Ted, it is so good to have you back. rain or shine.
i'm glad you came back, if only for selfish reasons. one, i get to visit you again and leave little turd-like comments all over your site under the guise of 'interacting, with laughter and wisdom.' two, i'm glad to know i'm not the only one who goes through the viscious cycles--the struggle to write something worth reading, to not 'let down' the good people who take five minutes out of the day just to read one's tripe, the inner conflict between the public face and the real inside. i don't think it ever stops, really. in my experience, i've blogged what i wanted to blog, then slowly turned to censoring myself to serve what i thought were good interests, only to fall apart and give it up, walk away...and then come back after remembering what i started for. i don't foresee an end. it's a difficult game to be a quasi-public figure and a private citizen at the same time. actors and musicians do it all the time, yes, but they have publicists. we don't.