Yes, it's been an age - but I've had so many things on the back-burner that the back-burner was starting to look like a nuclear barbeque and so things needed to be attended to and anyway, look... over there... a distraction. Those of you looking at this on the actual blogsite will notice a radical new look for the page. As usual, it's a work in progress and will be tweaked and rolled-out across the various ThereGoesTheDay pages in the next couple of weeks. So, where was I? ...

So, I don't blog for a while... tons to do and a reshaping of this blog presence going on behind the scenes... did I miss *anything*? But seriously...  so... Libya. A week ago I was arguing with others that whatever was or wasn't done in regards to Libya would have consequences. It was simply too flippant or naive to say there was a definitive answer to either option. Doing *something* clearly had consequences, but NOT doing something was equivalent to doing something - ie: inaction being...

Ah, so... we enter a new year full of hope, of resolution that it will be the best of times, celebrating life and.... what, excuse me? What channel? Oh, right, THAT didn't take long to screw up, now did it? Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, her entourage - and members of the public in the vicinity of the mall they were speaking at - were shot at around 11:00am local time on Saturday. The attempt at assassianting a public figure is  understanably news-worthy and after the immdiate facts were...

So, that was the year that was, so it was. As I start typing this it's still technically 1st January 2011 here (1.1.11, rejoice binary fans!) in Iowa. I'm always wary of this day as it feels like a new volume when the old one never seems quite finished or perhaps not fully read, but I guess that's the nature of life. 2010 was an up and down year. I had a lot more - and varied - work to keep me busy, but I also had to spend far too much time chasing monies owed to me and reminding people that...

Since David Fury recommended it a couple of years ago I finally dragged myself onto Facebook and now often post (or respond to one) a few times a day.  But though it's a notable socialising site to keep in touch with friends, I've actively avoided most of the various trends and memes that come along out of the blue. Posting the colour of your bra-strap or extolling the graceful virtues of your invisible deity of choice is all well and good if it floats your boat, but they aren't partiular carts...