Back in business

Hi everybody.

It’s been over a year since I last updated my blog, and I can now come clean about why I suddenly disappeared! You see, it wasn’t so much because I lost interest in blogging (which is perhaps what many of you would consider the most likely reason), but instead because I scored a job working for a Federal MP.

Now, given that on a regular basis I was writing about politics at both a Federal and State level, this would present a potential conflict of interest. Not so much in the good sense — you know, the kind that I would gain financial advantage out of — but because of the fact that it would no longer be ethical to write about (or, more accurately, throw shit at) Federal and/or State politicians given that I work for one.

Given my quite obvious political leanings, I feel kind of dirty to admit that I was overcome by the limp-wristed, pooncy, wet-tissue notion of ethics, but I simply didn’t feel comfortable writing about the sphere that I worked in. Yes, I probably could have gotten away with it if I was careful about what and who I wrote about. But I’m more the kind of person who thinks about that after the damage is done. So in a rare moment of sensibility, I decided to quietly back away from here… Much to the disappointment of my valued reader, I’m sure.

I have recently stopped working for said Federal MP, so you can probably expect me to bust out the phrase “as a former political hack…” from time to time. Try not to hold it against me… I was only a hack for a year. And I’m still alive now…

So there you have it. I’m back now, and while I can’t guarantee regular posting until I get back into the habit of regular writing, I aim to offer the same half-arsed, semi-researched and vaguely-defined opinions that I’ve had on offer since 2003.

C’mon, it’s worth getting excited about.