Newly Ancient

Hello, world. I am back and I am ready to start anew. The perils and the hopes of this time are too great for me to remain silent. The world is changing, and it is changing fast. I want need to document that change—it is in my nature. I am a writer, and this is where my words will be the most authentic. I am ready to write. Hello again, world.

There can be no mistake: blogging is a dangerous game. Even the good blogs espouse enough bullshit to make some fructifying fertilizer. And that’s not even going into the bad ones…. which are most of them. When I quit blogging this summer, I was tired of it—I was sick of shoveling manure, most of it mine. Over the past couple of months, I have had the time to think over my priorities and why I blog. The answer is simple: because I can. My nature is such that I cannot remain silent about the great injustices and the great deeds of our world. I need to play this game, since if I don’t keep rolling the dice I’ll forget how.

In the time since I began my sabbatical from blogging, the world has gone on. I have watched as wealth disappears at an astounding rate. I have plunged deeper and deeper into debt, without buying a thing. Scarily, I have watched as the police state is built. With horror and humor, I have watched a person pursue a job she is horrendously unfit for. I have watched a person I respect gain the respect of the nation, even as someone I used to respect throws lies at him. I have watched enough: it is time to speak.

Going forward, the crucial change I am making is that this is my blog. It is not an edublog; it is not a political blog; it is not a tech blog. I will explore whatever topics interest me, no matter whether they fit within a defined scope or not. Sure, there will probably be the occasional post about education. I’ll certainly be talking about politics. Expect plenty of technology, not because it’s the latest thing, but because I find it fun and cool. Consider yourself warned: I will write what I want to write, not what I think you want to read.

Hello, world.