1. I’ve been busy selling off all of my earthly positions in preparation for last week’s rapture.
2. I have only recently returned from a top secret mission in the Middle East.
3. Hey, creating a new religion is hard work, bub.
4. I’ve decided that this internet thing, it’s just a fad.
5. Writer’s block is a bitch.
6. I’m thinking of switching topics. It’s time that I share my love of taxidermy with the world!
7. Two words: Sony…, Playstation.
8. The emotional strain of trying to live up to the high standards of literary quality set by James Suckling was just more than I could take.
9. I’m protesting the treatment of migrant farm workers by ceasing to write without notifying anyone of what I’m doing.
10. I’ve joined the “dark side” by getting a job and haven’t decided on a strategy for the blog going forward.
The last item on the list is actually the truth, although it is a flimsy excuse. For those who don’t already know, I recently started working as the Communication Director for Ikon Marketing Group. We are a marketing agency that happens to work with several winery clients. Because of this new direction in my career, I have felt like I now am subject to a different set of ethics than I was as an average Joe. I don’t want to be seen as using my blog to curry favor with the wineries that I write about in an attempt to gain their business. Despite that fact, I realize that this new quandary of mine wouldn’t really prohibit me from writing some of the material that I have written in the past, but to be honest, I was a little reluctant to post several editions of “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” without any other posts in between. That being said, I realize that I probably should have let everyone know what was going on.
For the time being, I will likely continue to be somewhat infrequent with my posts, but I will try to do a somewhat better job of producing more consistent content. Given my absence I’m sure that there are probably only a couple of you reading this, and for you patient few, I say “thanks.”
Do what you’ve got to do, man. It’s TCB, or “takin’ care of business”, which was popularized by BTO, which was Canada’s answer to ELO (or was it ELP)?
I feel utterly lost without my religious leader but good luck in your newest venture. You won’t stray far from your proud Vinotologists (that might be a threat, I’m not sure).
Been missing my dosage of TGB&U.
All the best to you Ben!
You must ALWAYS keep the high road. Write about what you can without doing the wrong thing. It all works out.
Cheers!