First, I want to thank Zach for making a spare set of keys for this place for me.

Second, I want to introduce myself to the Blogging Blue audience. Many of you probably remember me from my days–was it just last week?–writing at my own blog for the last eight-plus years.

Why [...]]]> G’morning, everyone.

First, I want to thank Zach for making a spare set of keys for this place for me.

Second, I want to introduce myself to the Blogging Blue audience. Many of you probably remember me from my days–was it just last week?–writing at my own blog for the last eight-plus years.

Why stop now? Several reasons. One, I got a great offer to produce content for onmilwaukee.com at their new School Matters MKE site, which would have significantly cut down on my posting frequency. Two, my posting frequency was already down, as my love affair with this form is not as hot and heavy as it was in, say, 2005. Which is not to say I am ready to stop entirely–in fact, just recently I broke the story of the “Mines for Wisconsin” recall petition fraud scheme.

But the fact is I am just not producing enough content to sustain a solo blog anymore.

So here I am.

About me: I am a Democrat, an English teacher, a singer-songwriter and improv comedian, and occasionally a spitfire commentator. Once a month something I write appears in the Bay View Compass. I hope that I can add something meaningful to this site, even though a lot of people I know and respect are already covering a lot of great bases.

There will be more from me later, but I just wanted to officially say howdy before we all got down to business. 2012 will be a tough year, with a lot of hard work ahead, and I look forward to sharing that work with the other writers here and the great audience this place has developed.

What’s on your mind?

That means it’s time to see if the Packers can go 14-0, and it’s also time for an open thread.

What’s on your mind?

Tell us what’s on your mind!