I've taken a long break from the blogging thing -- over a year now.  Going to school for an MBA, a full-time IT tech job, a few kids and a dog will do that to you.

 

Some other reasons I stopped were that my posts were often an "echo chamber" as opposed to original content and research -- even if my echos are better written than most others .

 

While I'm fairly resourceful at research, I just don't have the time for it.  You know, the whole cost/benefit thing.

 

What I wanted to do is perhaps dig deeper into many issues to almost a philosophical level.  Much of politics transcends into philosophy and when I have the time I'd like to explore some political-philosophical fusion points in more detail.

 

I also wanted to explore some topics on religion and philosophy as a sort of a soul searching exercise.  I don't believe that life is an accident, but I'm having a hard time accepting Christianity -- despite having been raised and trained in it.  It's not easy to find a belief system that meets the Platonic standard of Truth, is it?

 

While such thoughts may keep me up late at night, usually when I sit down to post I only have the energy for a quick "get a load of this one" post or some other opportunity to be funny.  Who says politics isn't funny?

 

So who knows what direction I'll resume here or how often.   I guess we'll all have to wait and see....