THIS IS JUST A NOTE to reassure you that I haven't disappeared from the face of the internet.
I am well, and only facing a minor technical problem.
My DSL has been down for a week, and will probably be down for at least another.
It's a hardware problem with the phone company, and requires them to send out a technician, which they are in no big hurry to do.
This doesn't keep me from posting—I can always make a trip between clients to the Starbucks near my office for that.
I am amazed, however, at how much I have come to rely on the internet to do the research for my posts.
I have discovered, over a very frustrating week, that most of my research and writing takes place in odd moments between client visits, on my computer, which is normally connected to the world out there.
Since I pride myself on accuracy—even making sure that the daily quote was actually written by the person it's attributed to, then citing, and linking to, the correct book—it turns out that my posts are research intensive.
The internet makes all this an amazingly productive use of those moments between clients, when it works.
So I only managed one post last week, and won't make any promises about how many I'll manage before this is fixed.
As always, I can offer you the option of signing up for the free newsletter, in the sidebar at the right, which will alert you to any posts I do make in the next couple of weeks.
Or you can continue your normal visits to the site to browse the four years of posts that are already here.
Pick one you know you like, scroll to the bottom, and check out the list of related posts and quotes. One thing will lead to another.
Anyway, that's the story, just so you know.
I hope to have this fixed and be back up and running at my normal pace soon.
Thanks,
Ken
