Stand by...

This blog is now back on the air.

To my long-standing readers: I apologise for the extended silence, filled with but little more than dummy posts for several months.

To newcomers: there is some excellent work here already, but much of it lies buried in extended rants and raves about much of little if any consequence.

Suffice to say that I am once again renewed in my conviction of the power of the written word, and the responsibility incumbent upon those living in a nation the constitution of which guarantees not just the privilege but the right of free speech.

Free speech in our society is not an idle luxury. It is the ultimate foundation upon which our society maintains not just its vibrancy but in the end its very existence. Nor is free speech a social nicety, conferred for purposes of detailing at length the daily trivialities which ravenously consume the better part of almost every living person's daily lives. It is an innate human right, and insofar as it must not be limited by those who wield power, it is also the duty of the otherwise powerless to excercise.

I hope the posts herein, from this moment forward, will be of higher quality, of more interest and import, and greater relevance than much which has been written here before.

It has been good to practice writing in the light of free and open public scrutiny.

Now it is time I acknowledge that yes, my words do have real impacts: many completely unpredictable. Words can be powerful and useful tools in the betterment of people's lives (the author's own, included), but they can also be turned into dangerous weapons just about a thousand different ways.

So yeah! Hi all. I'm back. Not sure where this is going in the end, but if you want to find out, jump in and hang on. It ought at least to be a pretty interesting ride!

:^) :^)