A thought on my content

Folks who've read my blog for a while have probably twigged to the fact that there are some things that I do talk about on a regular basis. Things I do discuss include, in no particular order:
SorbetThe Drive-By TruckersBooks, particularly mineThe latest amazing cool thing done by my wifeThe latest horrifying thing done by one of our catsTravelCommercials that annoy meWhy I made a lousy Santa ClausOther stuff of my choosing
Things I generally don't discuss include:
WorkMy thoughts on competitive products in the video game market that could conceivably be misquoted or taken out of contextBusiness & financesFamilyBad newsOther stuff of my choosingThis may make me a bad blogger, as I understand part of the unwritten contract is that you're supposed to share all of your feelings, all of the time. And I know that works for a lot of people, and more power to them. That being said, there are things I'm not comfortable or interested in sharing. It may be for professional reasons - my relationship with my employer and my coworkers is a professional trust, for example - but largely it's because I'm a pretty private person when it comes to a few important things. Family business is, as they say, family business, and sometimes it's just none of your damn business, no offense intended. You get the idea.

So if this blog goes dark for a while, it may be because I have nothing to say, or it may be because the things I feel like saying aren't appropriate for this space. (And before anyone feels the need to wave the banner of Blogginess As The Place For All Things, let me say simply this: this space is my space, and I decide what's appropriate for it. You get to decide what's appropriate for your blogs. 'nuff said.) And there may be times when the stuff you see here, or on my Twitter feed, or wherever, is theoretically at odds with how I am Supposed To Be Feeling, based on privileged knowledge. Well, that's part and parcel of the whole thing - if there is stuff that I don't feel like talking about and I don't want the feed to go dark, I reserve the right to stick to whatever lighthearted material I see fit, regardless of whether I myself am feeling particularly lighthearted at the moment. It is, at least in my understanding, part of that whole "writer" thing.

All of which brings us back to the core point, which is to say, that I hope you find my blog entertaining, and interesting, and amusing, and whatever else. But there are some things it will never be, and a complete and accurate guide to everything going on in my life is one of them. If that violates some unwritten contract between blogger and reader that I never bothered to sign, well, I'm sorry. Hopefully you've enjoyed the content so far for what it is, hopefully you will continue to do so. And if I ever do sort out my feelings of the last few weeks above and beyond the humorous anecdote about the creation of the whisky-and-grenadine abomination called "The Sweet'n'Nasty", then I may even write about them here. (It was a busy couple of weeks. Highs. Lows. All that sort of thing.)

Then again, I may not.

You have been warned.