Um, hello world. Again. This has been hard. Rosenblog has been down for just short of two weeks, due to a server failure, and my local blogpal/server administrator being out of town. Now, the estimable Howard H. is back, and I'm back up. Thanks Howard, can't live withoutcha, guy! Muy appreciados to Howard for his most gracious free hosting of my site, great advice and aid along the way. I am eager to get back into the groooove.

In the meantime, my family and I have been on vacation in our beloved Northern CA hideaway of Mount Shasta City, a mere 25 minute drive from the 8,000-foot-high end of the road up the 14,162-foot mountain. We've had quite a time, taken many a new, wonderful daytrip, and spent entirely too much time in the mornings on the Internet, doing work and checking e-mail. I wrote a story from Mount Shasta that will appear in a major business publication soon, finalized edits on another, in a glossy city monthly, and nailed down another assignment that I am sure you will be very interested in hearing about after it appears in print (sorry, I can't say more until then).

While blogging does not pay, yet, for me, and may never do so, the pay-off has been huge nonetheless. Thanks to readers and/or other bloggers who've given encouragement, much-appreciated links, or story tips. I thought of you all - and some of you e-mailed, most kindly - during my hiatus.

I plan to resume my daily posts no later than Sept 8, and may have a few posts even before then. And if my e-mail notification of Rosenblog-posted comments is any indication, the scum-sucking spammers have already struck my site since it recently went back up. On to the "delete comment" and "IP-ban for life" function. All non-spam comments welcome, and much encouraged, as always.

Peace. Except with respect to terrorists and those who support them.

Vote Bush '04.

Posted by Matt Rosenberg at September 4, 2004 09:35 PM

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