I know, I know…
Don’t say it, I know: If you want to keep readers you gotta give em something to read.
I’m sorry, I really am, but I have had so much on my plate this year that something had to go, and blogging never paid my bills, so…
I have missed writing this blog though. Every once in a while, I’d turn my neck from all these computer monitors and look out the window. I’d blink about a hundred times and think, “I just thought of a great post, I miss that blog.”
I wasn’t sure anyone would still be around after such a long haitus, then one day a flurry of notifications came into my inbox from my long neglected friends (that’s you guys).
Hundreds of comments being posted on this post told me that a social networking site must have picked up another post.
All that activity woke me from my work-induced trance and reminded me that I really missed this blog and my dear readers.
I tried to approve all those comments, but alas, my login had been taken from me months ago because I didn’t meet the minimum posts. I was under the impression that the blog would be taken down, but it wasn’t. It was just sitting there, looking sad and neglected.
Feeling frustrated that I couldn’t approve all those comments prompted me to ask if I could make some arrangement with b5 that would allow me to post.
I mean, if the blog wasn’t going to be taken down, then periodic posts would be better than no posts at all, right?
So, I wrote an asked if I could post when I had time, WITHOUT being held to a weekly minimum, if I agreed to post for free. This was a win-win because I could post when I actually had something to say, and the blog wouldn’t languish.
AstronomyBuff probably won’t be their best performing blog, but, by allowing me to post without feeling pressured to do so, virtually guarantees that it’ll be one of its more interesting.
Anyway, I have lots to tell you about. Especially about dark energy. Been working like crazy writing code to find that stuff once the telescope goes online in 2011.
I know some of you are still around, thanks for hanging in there. If you’ve left, well, then you’re not reading this anyway and it won’t matter. I can’t promise how many times I’ll post, but I will promise it’ll be when I have something interesting to say.
Alright! Tony’s not dead! Good luck on your search and be sure to find the time to tell us how its going.
Hi Don,
No, not dead… But I have been living like a vampire for a while, so I kinda feel like the dead. I’ve often said that vampires make the best astronomers…
Stay tuned, I’m writing stuff as we speak. Thanks for hanging in there!
Hi Tony,
I Stumbled across your website, and your piece about home schooling your child last year caught my eye. I too live in Boulder and have twin 5-year-olds, ready for BVSD. I’m curious about how things went teaching him science at home. I’m a big proponent of tutoring to help supplement either an incomplete schooling, or to help a child excel with what interests them.
Nice blog and I look forward to reading more in the future.
Mike
Welcome back Tony ! We miss your posts !
This blog is great, thanks for keeping it!
Welcome back, Tony!
I’d still be happy to contribute (as much as I can).
Woot…Tony’s back! Horah! Yay! and…Ooo dark energy, code, and a telescope, sounds fun!
Hey Tony! Welcome back! Been logging on every few weeks or so to see if you had come back, so it’s a pleasant suprise, and a great Christmas gift, to see you back posting, even if in a limited (but qualitative) form!
Have a fab Christmas and looking forward to learning more…
I wish you a happy new year Tony, and i hope that this year, you will perhaps have a little bit more time for this so far, great blog!
I’ll keep looking up.
Best regards. Melker.
Hey, Tony.
Just wanted to let you know that we haven’t forgotten you. I owe my survival to you as you were the one who kept me alive during my business course and I really miss your blogs. I’d really like it if you could allot even just 20 minutes a week for writing a blog because I really enjoyed them and I’m sure others did too. I’m eager to hear about your life, your work and astronomical happenings that I’m missing.
Your long and devoted high school reader,
Oliver.
Tony ! Where are youuu ???