Distance

As the Fall approaches and the 5th year of the BSD kicks off I think its sinking in how much posting has gone on here. This will be the 1,889th post. Over the years I've taken a lot of pride in the good columns, thoughts, and ideas that have percolated up here. I certainly have attempted to keep a pretty professional schedule of blogging - at least one a week for 5 years. As I've begun to do football previews I realized that for the first time I simply am not that excited for the new year. In fact the reason why I started blogging and writing in the first place - a strong passionate interest in sports more generally just isn't there. This lack of passion I think is affecting the quality of the columns and unfortunately my temper in responding to others passions - which isn't good for the blog or this blogger. I have a few ideas why but like any good scientist I have to ask questions and eliminate causes. I don't think humans were built surrounding themselves in the hyper information age or at least I wasn't and it seems only logical that burnout and fatigue after 5 years might be creeping up from overuse. As such I'll be unplugging from the internet for awhile to try to regain some of the old passion and perspective that led me to blogging and gave me such joy. I'm hopeful in my absence that the blog can help others enjoy sports as there are great topics to delve into in the near future from baseball playoff races, to Florida uber hype, to the NFL. But in the meantime enjoy your summers and I'll see you soon....