Nowhere, actually; just took a few weeks (OK, 2 1/2 months) off to concentrate on job training and to absorb what's been going on in the world in general and what I should write about in particular.
With respect to the former, I now have a Certificate in Advanced Web Design and Programming from Kennesaw State University, meaning that I now ostensibly know CSS and XHTML, PHP and MySQL, Perl, ASP.NET, and how to modify web pages to drive the most action to them, or the mighty SEO. Why? Nothing better to do, I guess. I have money coming in, but not a whole lot of work for it. I feel somewhat guilty about that, but I've done my best to keep occupied and make myself valuable if India runs out of programmers. I've also been studying Ruby and Rails, which is introducing me to Ajax, which used to stand for Asynchronous Javascript and XML. I should have been learning this stuff fifteen years ago, but better late than never.
With respect to the latter: There are some dynamite bloggers out there. I have a lot of them listed on the right over there. One of the things that amazes me is that they are so persistent in this. They post every day, sometimes several times a day, sometimes so much that you have to wonder when they work. I am in awe of their ability, and wish I could keep up with them. The difference is that I don't have the commitment to it that they do. Typing with one hand makes everything a chore, and at this point whether or not I can get my right hand (which is the dominant hand in my case) up and working again is doubtful. Part of it, too, is that a lot of times when I'm writing a blog entry I'll think of something else to write about, and so many things pile up that I end up not writing about any of them. I've also noticed that, since the stroke (three years ago next February) I get overwhelmed very easily, and I'm less willing to argue with people, even if they are idiots that deserve to be dealt with harshly.
I'm also afflicted with being too conciliatory. My family, by and large, are partisan Democrats, as are many of my friends, and I don't want to offend them. Few people know about this blog, and while part of me wants to "be a playa", another part of me fears ostracism and scorn if I express myself. Then I think, wait a sec, I have something to say and things to get off my chest, and tough shit if people don't like it.
So, I need to get over the fear that people will hate me if I express myself and acknowledge that they will anyway, and use my blogging as a way to exercise my right hand at the keyboard. If I want to type with both hands, maybe I should type with both hands. Duh.
While I'm at it, maybe I should do my composing offline and upload the stuff when I'm done. Blogger has this thing at the bottom of the screen that looks like it's tapping its foot, saying "come on, I'm tired. Save the post and let me rest." Or, maybe I should build my own damn environment. Who knows how long Blogger is going to tolerate us conservatives? The crowd at Google (which owns Blogger) is a pretty leftist bunch.
So, I promise to be better about posting here. Can't promise that it'll be perfect, and it won't always be centered on politics and current events, but it'll be more than what you've been getting.
I'm sure you're thrilled...