I recently had the mis/fortune to discover a friendly acquaintance from college’s blog.  The fortune:  she’s a great writer, really witty with well-crafted work.  A lot of people, myself included, get lazy in the blogosphere and don’t write like we would when actively trying to impress someone.  She’s not like that.  Any piddly entry in her blog is better than most newspaper editorials you’d read.

The misfortune:  she’s really sick.  She’s at the Mayo clinic trying to get some of her very serious health issues addressed, and that’s been the topic of her blog lately.  She documents it so interestingly and well—it’s very compelling reading.  It’s honest and insightful and much more funny than maudlin, though it doesn’t skirt around the gravity of the situation either.

You may have noticed, those of you who still read this blog, that my posts have really declined post-Miles.  It’s not that I don’t have anything to say.  I say things to Miles all the time, and he sometimes even laughs at my jokes (especially the “Pew pew, stinky feet” joke, which is his favorite).  I just get tired and don’t feel like spending my small amount of leisure time blogging.

But crap, if she can do it, I can do it.  I hereby proclaim MORE BLOGGING IN ’09.

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