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Friday, October 16, 2015

Getting Reacquainted

Hi everybody! Well, most of you were right; it only took three weeks for me to come crawling back. Since I'm supine and covered with dust, I wanted to update everyone on my status.

First, the issue which forced me to delete SYLG2 - for those of you I told - is still active. It has been a month, and so far, I have not heard anything. That is most likely not good news. I decided to delete SYLG2 because the people responsible for my predicament were making it impossible to blog in peace. As a result, I spent the last three weeks bored out of my mind, sitting in front of the computer not writing.

Second, while I am for all intents and purposes back, I am not entirely comfortable yet. I'm tired of trolls and the other drama which comes with a moderately popular blog. Hopefully, the trolls do not follow me here. I am looking to post at least once a day, but I am taking weekends off for a while. I suspect I'll be at full posting before Christmas. To be brutally honest, I missed you guys, and the emails from readers telling me they missed the blog worked. I came back as much for you as for me.

Third, I want to put up better posts. The slapdash links followed by snarky comments are okay occasionally, but I find it lazy. I want to spend more time on posts like I did when I first stated.

Finally, I want to apologize to everyone. I am an emotional person, and when a crisis comes along, my first instinct is to bail. I bailed on SYLG2 when I probably could have kept going. On Tuesday night, I considered deleting this blog, too, but I started my blogging career here in 2005. The thought of all that work going into the black hole - 3,000+ posts - disturbed me greatly. Considering my occasional emotional breakdowns, I realize I do not deserve your readership, but I am grateful for it.

Thanks for coming back. I missed you guys. I missed this place.

12 comments:

  1. For a lot of us the first instinct is to bail. Thanks for coming back.

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  2. Cathy - Thank you for being here when I did. This past month has been one of the worst in my life, and the blog is really all I have left. I want to use it to make other people happy, even when I'm down.

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  3. Suck it up Wyatt and hang in here for all your friends and fans.

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  4. If I name this baby after you, do you promise to stick around? :P

    I hope things get better for you. Sincerely.

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  5. Jenn - I'm not a huge fan of my name. I always liked my middle name, David, much more. And thank you. I will do my best to never leave again. I promise. Cathy was right. When things get really bad, I need to suck it up.

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  6. I believe someone heard Patton's college roommate's divorce lawyer say that he had heard of a guy who overheard Patton say this:
    "Your job is not to bail on your blog! Your job is to make the poor sucker who messes with your blog pee him/her/it-self and run away crying!"

    I think the quote went like that anyway.


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  7. Welcome back.
    I missed your wit and snarkism

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  8. Loki - Seems legit. I'm sure the trolls will find me here, but I'll just send their comments to spam.

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  9. You love us! You really really love us! lol
    Good to see you're back Wyatt. Never let the bastards win.

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  10. Pharside - I'm trying, but it's difficult. To be honest, I usually bring these things upon myself.

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  11. Where would I get my much needed doses of sarcasm if you're not blogging? For purely selfish reasons, I am glad you are back.

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  12. Metoo - Thank you. It wouldn't be SYLG without you.

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