Blog Semi-Retirement

There's no use denying it. I'm semi-retired from the "blogosphere."

The updates on this blog have been getting less and less frequent. This is for a variety of reasons, the main reason being that I've kind of lost the enthusiasm. If I were going to make this blog everything I want it to be, I'd have to blog every day, sometimes two or three times a day, respond to all the comments, etc. I just can't make that a priority in my life right now. For one, I think I've made some pretty healthy life choices lately. I've been exercising more, reading more, and, not insignificantly, become much more productive at work. Oh, and I have a wedding coming up, and need to get some stuff done for that. I don't want this blog to cut into any of that.

In addition, I've probably been a little less inspired to blog lately. For a variety of reasons, I don't really feel like blogging about politics these days. I have a strong preference for a candidate in the Democratic primary as you all know, and I feel justified in having a strong preference in choosing the next leader of our country. But I seem to offend those around me who have different opinions on the degree of difference between the candidates. I don't want to be offensive. So I'm kind of avoiding this aspect of politics until after the Democratic Convention.

Likewise, there's really nothing all that interesting going on for me in the sports world right now. Maybe that will change when March Madness and the baseball season start, but it's looking like a long year for my Cardinals.

My blog semi-retirement really won't change much. I'll likely blog a few times a month, just as I have recently, about pop culture or sports or in time, politics, or whatever suits my fancy. This is more of an acknowledgement of the reality than anything else.

If you want to follow me on a more regular basis, I suggest two things....

1) Twitter. My twittering frequency, like my blogging frequency, goes up and down, but I do twitter more often than I blog, in general. Some people think twittering is "blogging for people with ADD".... I prefer to think of it as blogging for people with other desires and obligations... often twittering is more responsible than blogging.

2) Google Reader. If you don't use some sort of blog reader already, I highly recommend it as a one-stop place to read all your favorite blogs. I more and more frequently use the "share" feature. On the right sidebar of this blog, you'll see a box with my recently shared items. This box updates throughout the day, as I share more items. You can click "read more" at the bottom of the box to see more of my shared items. If you use Google Reader yourself and you have my email, you can see my items in your reader and share items with me as well. Be warned... I do share lots of political postings, some very opinionated, so if you're going to be offended, don't tell me I didn't warn you.

That's about it for now. Funny how my longest blog posting in a while is about how I'm not blogging as much.