Leaving...on a jet plane: my Netroots photo album

Updated since the last time I posted it here....

I'm at the airport in Minneapolis now; we all had a great -- and productive -- time while at Netroots Nation (and for me, at RightOnline as well, though that was surreal). I've been in MN since Tuesday, so it will be good to get home and back to family. I was at least disciplined enough to go to bed early each night here so I didn't fry my health to pieces; travel is the hardest part for me and I wanted to enjoy as much of the conference as possible, and that meant no late night parties (and there were a lot of them). I'm sure many of my colleagues are bleary-eyed today, lol.

On a side note, thank you all for the kind congrats re: the move of the Blend to Firedoglake.  Those more than outweighed the handful of virtual drop kicks from readers unhappy with FDL's politics, Jane herself or just plain gripes/moans about moderation, baristas, etc.

PHB will remain under my sole editorial control, meaning FDL positions and those of baristas on PHB may or may not alays agree - that's the whole point of having separate channels on a megablog like FDL, no? Moderation policies here will be the same after migration (for better or worse, depending on your POV).

So we'll gain readers and lose some readers, but I doubt my decision would have made anyone 100% happy. I've long given up trying to please readers on all fronts; that's enough to put you in the grave, and fate's already accelerated that process for me. There are plenty of blogs to hang out at that may suit your needs or politics, that's the beauty of the interwebs.

Peace out. I'll be home (and back to the real world where bills have to be paid) soon enough.