As some of you may have noticed (or not, ahem), I stopped posting to CultureKitchen some months ago. It's not that I stopped caring about you guys, and it's certainly not that I stopped having anything to say. But when I went from being an outside consultant to being a full-time staff writer for a sitting Senator's websites, I figured it was best to lay off my other outside blogging for a while until the dust settled. I've been here for a while,now, and everything's pretty well sorted out about who I am and what I do and what does and doesn't constitute potential conflicts of interest on this end. And I reckon that enough time has lapsed so all but the most paranoid other denizens of Left Blogistan won't automatically suspect me of being a sell-out shill who's just another mouthpiece for my boss and yadda yadda yadda. So if it's okay with you guys, when I've got something worthwhile to say, I'd like to start saying it here again too. (Don't worry, I'm sure it won't happen very often...)