NOTE: this blog is no longer active as of 12/07. New one: http://blog.kirchhof.com
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
Thu, 13 Dec 2007
...And so, a transition.
Hi gang. I've been aware of your interest; we've gone from 750
people checking for a new post every day to, most recently,
40. Deservedly. I've certainly had the feeling of being burdened to
write, and being the ever-vigilant rebel, I haven't. In the immortal
words of Roberto Duran: "No Mas, No Mas."
This will be the last post of this weblog.
Over the last few weeks, I've actually read the Whole Thing. All of
it. (I think that the 5/28/04 post is perhaps the most informative,
and that the first two are the best. After that, it's pretty much all
self indulgent.)
...Which is not necessarily bad. You have to be a strong ego
to do this kind of thing. But I don't have that fire anymore.
I had it, over the years. You can see, here, political posts, truth
as clear as the nose on your face -- from three years ago -- that is
only now coming into the group consciousness of our nation. I'm sick
of that. I can't be the leftist rejoinder to the idiocy of the common
zeitgeist anymore. It'll drive a sane man insane. And there are
stronger and better and more well-informed people who can take that
lead, who do it every day, better, and faster, and smarter. I am
simply an informed citizen of the United States of America, and you
have a responsibility to be the same.
But there are posts here that are beautiful, even poetic to me;
posts that expressed exactly my feelings of the moment. I like
those. The soundman post of 6/4/2006. Birthday posts on 6/2. The
Armadillo birthday post in August of last year. The February '06
Folklife post. Tracy's death. Others.
This is a capsule; it's the record of a man who, well, is not in a
mid-life crisis, I don't think. It is a record of a man who was
discarded, laid off, retooling; one step away from the street for much
of the last four years. Much of that work is done now.
So, anyway, it'll remain intact, warts and all.
I'll leave the blog up through the end of the year. After that, I
intend to put up some software that will engender a
community. Where all of you can comment too; where you can have
your own blog and I can comment. Where we can all be human.
Interestingly, it's not better to burn out than to fade
away. Sorry, brother Neil. It's better to do neither.
Perhaps the kindly old guy with the enigmatic smile, friend to all,
sitting on the park bench, feeding the pigeons -- he may know
something that I need to learn. Might be worth exploring.
Thank you, friends, for your attention to this thing. I have no
wisdom to write for the moment; I'll look forward to yours soon. It'll
be better by far -- it'll be more human.
Posted at 20:13 by Randy Kirchhof [Permalink]
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