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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject: Beldar Rising! |
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Beldar, beyond doubt, THE Numero Uno, most respected, tenacious and erudite chronicleer of the 2004 SVPT initiative (and an SVPT forum member as well, I'll QUICKLY point out), has returned to active blogging! His "SwiftVets Category/Archive" is a treasure trove of sterling commentary, analysis and documentation. It's absolutely a "must visit" for serious inquiries into that historical 2004 campaign versus John Kerry.
As many of you are probably aware, Beldar abruptly ceased active blogging in mid-October of 2005 and his final blog entry had become somewhat of a "Where's Beldar" dead end street for many of his faithful following (as well as a port of call for the occasional spammer cashing in on his unguarded blog). I've been in the habit of popping in there sporadically, but with less and less frequency of late...until an hour ago. And, emphatically yes, we were ALL wondering...
| Quote: | Vainilla
So this morning I'm out walking the dog over on the nearby campus of Houston Baptist University. As usual, I try to pay for the privilege of enjoying their running path and sidewalks by picking up and disposing of some litter, and I pick up what looks to be the plastic wrapper from a small cake or pastry. The largest word on the wrapper is a word I didn't recognize: "Vainilla." After some thought, I concluded it was probably Spanish, and confirmed that when I got home to the internet. It's probably pronounced something pretty close to "Vah-ee-NEE-ya." But I didn't recognize it as a Spanish word at first. Rather when I initially read it, I attributed an English pronunciation to it, resulting in a nonsense word: "Vain-IL-la." Sort of like a mix between "vain" and "plain vanilla."
"That's me!" I thought immediately.One thing that I believe is intrinsic to the notion of blogging is that one does it for fun, and only when and if one's so inclined. Thus, one doesn't owe anyone else explanations or apologies if one stops. Nevertheless, I apologize to those of you who've wasted clicks looking for new content here over the last year, and I thank what turned out to be the surprising number of you who emailed or otherwise contacted me with encouragement to return.
If you were wondering:
I just haven't felt like blogging for about a year. Some of it was frustration and burn-out from my frantic, futile efforts to defend the Harriet Miers nomination in October 2005. (No, I'm not going to blame the Republican party's loss of Congress on that intra-party bloodbath, and Justice Alito is fine. But I'm still angry at the elitism and the refusal to trust the President that brought down that nomination, and I despair of the chances of a courtroom lawyer ever getting a seat on the Supreme Court bench, even though that's a perspective that's badly needed there.) Another cause was a prolonged case of the blues that, in hindsight, had mostly to do with my employment circumstances from mid-2005 to -2006, and that seems to have lifted now that I'm again in solo practice.
I need to do some site maintenance — clear out about a zillion spam comments and such. And I might again find my blogging muse. We'll see.
In the meantime, I've much to be thankful for, including continued good health, fabulous kids, loyal clients, and a renewed enthusiasm for my law practice. I wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving as well.
Beldar Blog
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A hearty "Welcome Back" Beldar! We missed you.
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GenrXr
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| Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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"I just haven't felt like blogging for about a year."
Nice answer. 
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DLI78
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| Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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Uh, just for an FYI: Beldar is Dan Aykroyd's character in The Coneheads.
So if he ceased blogging did he just "return home"?
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streetsweeper95B
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:18 am Post subject: |
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about time he got back to work........
lol
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