I’ve been having trouble writing, and for once it’s not due to a lack of effort. The problem is, lately, when I sit down to blog — which I still do frequently, despite the lack of published posts — I write these long, rambling pieces that start with one subject, end with another completely unrelated subject, and travel everywhere (and nowhere) in between.
When I first started this site, I labeled my efforts here rhetorical masturbation and the metaphor is now even more appropriate. Like masturbation, blogging is not as much fun if you can’t finish.
My current wordy period and my previous policy of saving unfinished pieces for later revision have combined to produce a remarkable — albeit mostly digital — pile of bullshit that’s become too daunting to wade into, so I’ve spent the morning doing a purge, clearing out most of the stale ideas.
It is my intention, and hope, that I’ll now magically be able to write about any new ideas quickly and concisely. Perhaps not surprisingly, my mind, like my blog, is littered with the shards of past resolutions of just this sort.
Hopefully I’ll soon be posting more frequently again. For anyone interested, I’ve discovered that the RSS feed all the way at the bottom of the page actually works. So, rather than come here to see for yourself how lazy I am, it’s possible to subscribe and have any new posts show up in your e-mail just like spam advertisements for dick-bigger pills and Nigerian money laundering opportunities.