I felt like the people of South Park when my internet was shut off on Sunday afternoon (an odd time for Comcast to be meddling around, but then again maybe that’s just the first time I noticed it).

Yes, in my state of underemployment, I have missed credit card payments and student loan payments, but now I have finally crossed the threshold of missing a cable/internet payment.  Wow.  I know it’s a cliche to ask what we ever did before the internet.  And I, in fact, grew up in such a time.  But honestly I have no idea.  Did we sit around and twiddle our thumbs?  Did we (gasp) watch exorbitant amounts of TV?

TV probably.

As I’ve sat around this week with no internet connection, I realized how much the internet has completely changed my life for the better.  I’ve also realized that I need to get a laptop as soon as I can afford it, and that I should probably put a Wi-Fi card in my desktop so that I can mooch off of someone else’s unprotected network next time this happens.

So anyway, I have some money again and my connection is back up.  Zeus bless the internet!

Thanks to all of you who’ve been writing recently asking where the next podcast is.  I know, I said it was coming.  And it will be.  Plus, there will be an addition to the site soon which I hope all of you will participate in.  More on that later.

I need to offer a special thanks to the contributors who have stuck with me through these low times.  You will get your money’s worth soon, as I plan to make regular video entries with me blabbing.  The edited pieces of the type I’ve done so far are a bit problematic with copyrights and stuff and I don’t know that they’re that interesting.

The really good news is that I will probably have a regular job lined up next week or so.  I had an interview a couple of days ago and will probably go back for a second before the week is out.  The bad news is that it will be yet another job in the service of Jesus.  The other good news is that I will probably stop being depressed about my life and get back on track with regular content for you.  Wish me luck.

The truth is, I’ve been sort of coasting through life without a plan for the past 14 years or so.  And in the last few weeks, my moods have run the gamut from lazily happy to suicidally depressed.  But I have finally made a plan as to the things that I want to accomplish and the person I want to be.  Those plans involve writing, and podcasting, and being more creative in a wider variety of ways.

So, I thank you all for hanging with me through these darker days of my life, and stay tuned for new, cool stuff soon.