I know that this will get some of the typical "who gives a shit about what you think or say" comments but I'm used to that and frankly, that says more about the commentators than it does about me.
Last weekend at Netroots Nation, I had a way way better time than I thought I would - given that I've been to all 5, presented at 4 of them and know more people that attend than I don't know. And it was very refreshing to see that many old friends - including at least five current front page contributing editors here - said that they missed my writing, voice, and those of passionate activists like myself.
I promised that I would write more here and spend more time here, because it really really meant a lot to hear the words of encouragement after being attacked in pretty much every diary and comment thread for the past year or so.
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