Shhhh! It's quiet around here. Better not wake up the blogger. Wait, that's me. I'm awake (for the moment), just not having much to say. Work. Sleep. Eat. Run errands. Start it all over again. Winter has turned to spring. We had snow. Did you know? I rang in the New Year in New Orleans and went back again to not just attend my first Mardi Gras parade, but to actually march in it (thanks to Karen). (Note to self: best not to let Dangerblond dress me again.)
But without really disturbing my unscheduled blogging hiatus, I find that there's news needing telling, enough to get me to slip in here and whisper it. Please don't tell anyone.
Maitri and Loki are leaving New Orleans. Both have good reasons, but they'll leave big holes in the NOLA blogging community when they go. I hope to provide them some small inspiration. If I can be a NOLA blogger without ever having lived there, then they shouldn't have any problem carrying on as such, from afar. Still, the blogger gatherings won't be the same without them, so they'll need to visit often. I can't say it any better than Slate said it here. Farewell, dear friends. I'll look for you online.
Amidst the good-byes, there was a wedding. At long last Jeffrey, of Little Yellow Blog Fame and his long-time beloved Menkles made it official. As is the case with any NOLA blogger gathering, there are lots of pics online here and here (gotta click through some Mardi Gras Indians). I so wish I could have been there to walk the Second Line through the Quarter last Saturday night and see the newlyweds off. By now, they're happily honeymooning in France. Pictures to come, I'm sure.
Meanwhile, our fellow Blog-Citizen, John Sherk and his bride are finishing up their vacation in New Orleans. John's been a loyal reader and supporter during all this time of post-flood blogging about the unique circumstances of this special treasure, and now he's been blogging from New Orleans here and here.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the digital world, Time online is holding "elections" for its Top 100 of 2009. Nate Silver's in the running. Y'all likely know that I started following Nate when he was an anonymous Kos diarist, Poblano. Already a fan of his work at Baseball Prospectus (and an internet friend of his Dad's), it was nothing short of amazing watching Nate turn political polling upside down with his methods, forever changing the way polls are used, their results predicted. Here's where you can vote for Nate.
Finally, if you want a close up and personal view of Mount Redoubt's eruption, head on over to The Fool's Spit in the Ocean. Despite his unfitting screen name, he's a regular commenter here, who just happens to live across the little water from the erupting volcano. A man of few, but usually beautiful, words, he's armed with a camera and prone to picture taking walk abouts, hopefully not during ash falls. Fool, dear, take care of you and yours.
That's all for now. I wasn't here and we didn't have this little talk. Peace, out, y'all. Shhhh.
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