Nothing like blog nostalgia.
So I decided to take a look over at the Integrity "Vault of Records" to see if there was any old content worth reprising over here at the TypePad generation of Integrity for my new readers. (Although the plural may be a stretch at this stage ;-) ). I paused to re-read the second to last post for the first time probably since I wrote it.
Besides marveling at my prose (j/k), I had to ask myself, "So what's changed?" Why am I back blogging? Don't these same problems, with the media and my personal life, still exist?
Well, in a word: no. Not that life is wonderful now, but I've taken a number of steps to correct things. I am involved with more committed Catholics in my area than I was back then. I'm losing weight, making the "washboard stomachs" a good friend and I have promised each other we would achieve look -- well, realistic would be a big stretch, but impossible no longer applies. I've also changed jobs, which has been positive so far.
As for the blogging medium, the biggest difference is in the way I draft posts and read blogs. Since Integrity isn't a slave to fisking current news, I draft posts when they come to me and schedule their publishing for a future date. (Heck, I actually wrote this last week while killing an hour in a downtown cafe before an evening event.) Sorry to disappoint, but it makes my life more like a life. As for reading blogs, it really is hard to have a blog and not participate in the larger community. But things are better there, too, as I now use Ranchero's NetNewsWire RSS feed aggregator. As soon as they enable Atom feeds, I'm going to spring for the full version of the product.
So what does this all have to do with you? For starters, take it from me: if you are having trouble in your spiritual life, St. Blog's can certainly be of help, but don't let it be the only thing you turn to. Because St. Blog's is still electronic 1s and 0s, not flesh and blood. Second, I have modernized the template so archive pages work again. Head on over to the Integrity "Vault of Records" to check out the earlier years.
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