I think there must be some algorithm to describe the posting frequency of truant bloggers:

1. Start with frequent, energetic posts. (At least one per day)
2. Gaps being to appear between posting spurts. (Content and vigor begin to decline)
3. Gaps are longer than posting spurts. (Posts contain apologies for decreased frequency)
4. Posts are exclusively about the gaps. (Er...)

...

5. Regular vigorous posting resumes and readership increases tenfold! (Maybe! Would only take nine people!)

I repeat now my prior excuse for not posting: Slogging through how-to books does not translate well to exciting blog posts.

(Look at that, slogging. Maybe I should rename the blog: Slogging: Infrequent Posts About Boring Crap)

I have a more recent excuse though, and that is, through some database tomfooolery over at my host, my login stopped working here. Ever the intrepid blogger, I managed to sneak into my own MySQL database and reset my password, using what I can only describe as magic, because I have no clue what I was actually doing. Trusting that I didn't accidentally engage the auto-destruct, we should be in the clear for a few months before I have to consult the Blogonomicon (or whatever) again.

And, to pretend that I'm not in phase four of the blog timeline above, a promise of new content! I have a few things backed up to write about, which I'm going to put here solely to shame myself into following up on:

• I will write something about memes!
• I will write about my trip to New York in perhaps a series of posts on current museum exhibits!
• I will write about getting a job (sort of).
• I may write about fashion!
• (items on this list subject to furtive future redaction)