Do People Still Blog on “teh Interwebz”?

My last blog post was 909 day ago. In that post, I talked about the passing of my friend Karen Trudeau – one of the key architects in the creation of Anime Festival Orlando. Since that time her partner, the other half of the convention’s ownership, Erik Reiss also passed away. In order to try and maintain their convention’s legacy, I tried to buy AFO. However, the current owners passed on my offer. In the words of the late, great Kurt Vonnegut: “So it goes.”

A lot has happened in the past few years including a myriad of health issues culminating in me almost going blind. As I type this, I’m mere months from eye surgery for my left eye as a result of early onset cataracts. This, among other things, has limited my screen time and, as a result, minimized my time writing online. (Thus: the lack of blog posts.)

The internet has evolved a lot since I started blogging on my LiveJournal back in 2003. I’m not sure what the relevance of “blogging” actually is anymore in the age of video content and live-streaming. However, like a multitude of other projects I keep a list of, maybe I’ll pick this up again someday. For now, I’ve taken the time to update my website so folks can still find me on the Internet somewhere. “Somewhere” is mostly Instagram (Stories) – but it’s better than absolutely nothing.

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