my last post

to all of the throngs who have come to eagerly anticipate and adore every golden word I spill onto this blog:

I've decided that this is ridiculous.

If I had the time to really say anything meaningful, share my intellectual gifts and the bounty of all my years reading and writing and studying and reflecting, well, that would be one thing. But as it is, seems the blogosphere -- for a lot of folks, surely there are exceptions -- is an elaborate exercise in navel-gazing.

So: I'm signing off for good.
I get paid to write. And that's how I want it to be.
Look for more personal communications - those e-mails I used to write when I actually had something to say to someone.

ciao