Short Post in Request of Patience

[mahf]

Hi. I know I haven't blogged in awhile. So I want to try to explain that, and maybe why it might be a little while longer before I start blogging fullspeed again, which I fully intend to, by the way

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[mahf]

As far as meaningful human relationships, you may not be able to simply arrange them, but you can intentionally seek them with no loss of authenticity. The trick is, you either have to find some external source for the "meaning" as it were, or simply have a strong enough preference for something like "meaningful" relationships that your preferences can provide enough of something *like* meaning for you to really want to communicate something really well (like say, Nietzsche, or Richard Rorty). I, not surprisingly, recommend the former, but to each his own.

Either way, I think you're wrong about yourself. You write pretty damn well now, and your writing does speak of some connection with the rest of your race, at least at the level of "hey, I hope (in spite of myself) that you maybe possibly care what I think, cuz I sort of kind of care what you think."

I find myself agreeing that neither of us will probably write something "worth reading" for quite awhile. I have a lot more reading to do, and a lot more intermediate writing to do, before I will be able to meaningfully participate in the conversations I find interesting. But blogging is a step in that direction (even if for most people it ends up being the only step).

I appreciate your interest in hearing more from me, particularly in light of the fact that we see the world in such different ways.