Finding the time...

Wow, it's been a while since I've had a spare moment to sit down and post on my trusty blog, prompting some telephone calls from a few friends who wondered what I was up to. Funny that in many cases a blog acts as a substitute to actual contact with people, and even I find myself guilty of "checking up" on friends through their blogs rather than with a simple call or email. I really have to break that habit. I hope others do the same for me, because my ramblings here are much less "this is what I did today" and much more stream of consciousness.

That being said, I'm still wondering how people are able to find the time to blog. On the occassions when I sit down and prepare to add an entry, I'm suddenly wracked with guilt, thinking what am I doing writing on a blog when I have work to do? When you write for a living, it's hard to write a blog and not feel as though you're goofing off.

Lots of stuff has been happening since I last posted, yet lots has stayed the same. The Knicks are still sucking, the kids are still good, projects are still on the cooker, stories have been published, yada yada yada. It has been unseasonably cool here lately (that means in the high 50s and low 60s to my friends back east), and my car has been acting completely jacked up, which has prompted use of public transit as a necessity as opposed to novelty. Thank goodness my mechanic is finally getting me in this week, which means I'll be rolling around as usual by the weekend. I'll have to celebrate by driving up the PCH next weekend.