Thank God for my wonderful compadres here at Delaware Liberal. They have all been picking up the slack over the last two (or Jesus, has it been three?) hiatus, and doing a fantastic job too. It was a definitely unplanned break resulting from a perfect storm of end of the year real world work frenzy, holiday parties, sickness, and writer’s block. Everytime I found time to write here again, something else came up, like this weekend, when a Blizzard hit. Speaking of the blizzard, here is a cool shot of our mid-Atlantic region covered in snow:
My writer’s block was not helped by seeing good friends in the liberal blogosphere fighting with one another over the healthcare bill. As you know, I have always been a pragmatic liberal rather than a purist activist, but it was jarring to see a fellow pragmatist like Markos become a champion of “Kill the Bill” after the Lieberman betrayal. It made me reassess a few things, but also left me really with nothing to say, kinda like a family member not involved in a fight between two other family members still wants to hide that fight from prying eyes. In the end, the debate was informative, sincere over policy if not over tactics, and I am going to have plenty to say about it over the next few hours as we begin our holiday vacations with our family and friends.
As my Christmas gift to my compadres, I am relieving them for the duration of the Christmas week, as a thank you gift for being there when I wasn’t. Of course, if they just want to write they can, I can never stop them. 😉
Here is something I found funny: