Meanwhile Elsewhere » Writing http://meanwhileelsewhere.com Things, stuff, whatever Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:37:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 When blogs go dark http://meanwhileelsewhere.com/2009/06/21/when-blogs-go-dark/ http://meanwhileelsewhere.com/2009/06/21/when-blogs-go-dark/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:18:38 +0000 MrVisible http://meanwhileelsewhere.com/?p=3 There are a lot of reasons that a blogger stops updating their site, probably 90% of which boil down to a simple ‘I just lost interest.’ There are a bunch of others, I suppose, like sudden loss of internet connection, World of Warcraft addiction, or abduction by aliens with strong anti-blogging sentiments.

I wonder, however, how many blogs simply go dark because the blogger can no longer talk much about their life without hurting the people they care about. Sometimes, a life that was open to scrutiny, simple and straightforward, can suddenly get complex and covert. That’s what happened with mine.

I realized that there was a period of time when, if I’d had my thoughts on display in a public forum, people might have been hurt. So I pulled the curtain on the blog for a while, in hopes that it would give wounds time to heal, and give people some time to move on.

Having a forum on which I can post my rants and ideas is something I miss, though. And I feel that enough time has passed.

If having my writing posted here hurts anyone’s feelings, I’m sorry.

I’m going to start blogging again.

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