In direct contravention of my wife's explicit instructions, herewith I inaugurate my first blog. Long may it prosper.

For some reason, I think I have something to say to you. You think you have something to say to me? Email me at: gideonsblogger -at- yahoo -dot- com

 
Well, I've gone and done it. I've returned to blogging.

But not here.

I've been invited by Reihan Salam to join his blog, The American Scene. TAS has been a group blog, originally with Reihan, Ross Douthat (who now blogs here as part of The Atlantic Monthly's blog stable) and Steven Menashi. Then Steven went to law school, Ross was pinched by The Atlantic, and Reihan was left alone. And, unlike Garbo, he doesn't want to be alone.

So he's expanded TAS to include something over a dozen bloggers, including yours truly.

The list includes some quite impressive individuals - undoubtedly more of them than I'm aware of. So do come and check us out. I can't promise I'll post every day. But somebody will.

Oh: my first post at TAS is this one.
posted by Noah at 2:22 PM

 
I guess I'm not telling my readers (if any are still checking in) anything they don't know when I say this, but I'll say it anyway: this blog is currently on hiatus, in limbo, and otherwise inactive.

It's partly that I haven't had the time, and partly that the whole form - me spouting off to the world about my puny little opinions - has become profoundly unsatisfying. Ridiculous, actually.

But I miss it. I miss being "part of the conversation" - I miss particularly the give and take with my few, cherished readers.

So I may be back, once I've figured out a way of doing this (or something like this) that still makes sense to me.

In the meantime, don't bother to check in daily or weekly, and stop hitting the refresh button. Check in every couple of months if you want to show extraordinary loyalty; if and when I start things up again, I'll either do it here or I'll mention here where I'm doing it.

And thanks, for all your attention and the insights you shared with me, over the past five years that this blog has been active.
posted by Noah at 6:12 PM