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04 January 2004: "Boots on the keyboard"

Happy New Year, everyone, and may I express my appreciation for those of you who have continued to check back here regularly while this blog remained dormant (you know who you are). So what caused my absence? A combination of factors, really, the most prominent of which was what I shall call "Baghdad burnout." I just got to a point that I felt anything I could write about Iraq, I had written at least three times already, because the problem with the "discussion" surrounding Iraq is that there isn't any. Ditto with various other issues I've addressed in this blog over the part year. At a certain point you just get tired of hearing "Where is the green parrot?" over and over. Perhaps "green parrot fatigue" might be a better term for the condition. Be that as it may, I should warn you that I'm still recuperating and may suffer an occasional relapse.

Aside from "Baghdad burnout," I've been busy with various things, such as learning to drive (an essential skill in the western United States) and making my American stage début. Both projects have met with success, I'm happy to say, not least due to the support of my beloved spouse Carolyn. She's also the one urging me to start blogging again, which I hope my loyal readers will appreciate. So, without further ado, No Cameras launches into 2004.

au currant
Black Decaf
The Illiterati
Cointelpro Tool
Norman Geras
A Fistful of Euros
Harry's Place
Plastic Gangster
Blogfonte
Tim Newman
€urosavant
Crooked Timber
Gallowglass
Mr. McGillicuddy
eameljenet
Civax
101-280
Colby Cosh
Peaktalk
Mick Hartley
Oliver Kamm

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