Irrelevance

I am a big fan of Craig Robinson's Iowa Republican and Tim Albrecht's The Bean Walker. I read them daily and frequently check for updates throughout the day. Further, the inclusion of Krusty Konservative, Battleground Iowa and Constitution Daily has increased the profile of these excellent blogs. (Or perhaps they have increased the profile of the Iowa Republican)

In many cases, I have found the topics I wanted to post about already covered and my point of view already well expressed. So in a sense this blog has become irrelevant. Now I know there are some of you who will say, "Dave, your blog was already irrelevant."

At about the same time, there has been a decrease in posts on the 'World's Crappiest Blog', Grant Young's Questions, Comments and Insults, the irreverent In Flyover Country and of late even my friend Art Smith's The Conservative Reader. After a hiatus, Ted's The Real Sporer is back but the posting frequency is sporadic.

In the past 8 months I have been laid off twice by two different companies. Rather than sitting around feeling sorry for myself, I did the conservative thing — I did an assessment of my professional skills and decided to go into business for my self. This activity has take a significant amount of my time so it has been difficult to find time to blog.

I hope to increase my posting frequency. I do not consider myself to be in competition with these other sites, most of them are run by friends and I am certainly a fan. But where I believe that I have something unique or different to add to the debate, I will continue to do so.

Tim and Craig, I think both of your sites are an excellent addition to the Iowa Blogosphere — keep up the good work. Grant, Ted, Art, Flyover and others, I appreciate your insights — I hope you continue to contribute.

Comments

[Grant Young]

Glad you're back!

Up and posting again too! But... probably a little politics (Timmy and Craig got most everything covered)... more on mullets... and awesomeness.