:blows virtual dust off this blog:
:tap tap: Is this thing on?
I wish that I could attribute my long absence from blogging to something interesting, such as a trip around the world or an intense effort to finish a novel that is sure to be a bestseller. The truth is that I’ve just been lazy. And perhaps a little discouraged at the state of :waves hand at the garbage fire raging all around us.:
Another factor that I can’t ignore is my increasing physical weakness. My disability is reminding me that it is progressive and there isn’t much I can do about it. Over the last year or so, I began to notice that typing with my head was becoming much more difficult. I focused most of my energy on just keeping up with my workload and the last thing I wanted to do at the end of the day was to keep writing.
Fortunately, technology came to the rescue in a roundabout way. Last summer, I bought an eye tracker (a PCEye 5, to be specific) for my computer. I tried it for a few days, couldn’t get it to work smoothly, gave up, and went back to using my headmouse. A few weeks ago, I decided to try the eye tracker again. After a bit of fiddling, I was able to use it with much less difficulty. I think that I’ve gotten pretty proficient since then. This entire post was written only with my eyes.
Now that writing takes much less effort than it used to, I don’t really have an excuse not to blog more frequently. I certainly have a few opinions about the current administration and its unabashed authoritarianism, as well as its efforts to kick millions of people off Medicaid. I’ll write more about those items in the coming days (assuming I don’t surrender again to laziness and ennui). Right now, it just feels good to put words on the screen.
Welcome back!