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The unexpected consequences of vacation

This morning I found myself in an unfamiliar emotional state that, after quiet contemplation, I identified as a combination of relaxation and boredom. It was miserable.

I fly to Liberia tonight to start field work, and look forward to my return to a state of mild manic hypertension. It will likely include a return to blogging.

In other news, since I stopped posting last week, my subscribership increased approximately 10 percent. I seem to attract more traffic and interest when I keep my opinions to myself.

Can my wife Jeannie have been right all along?

5 Responses

  1. for better or worse, i suspect that the uptick in readership also has something to do with a nice link you got from Dani Rodrik’s blog.

    that may or may not have any relationship to the veracity of Jeannie’s claims.

  2. Hehe…I know I have many feeds in my google reader, sometimes seeing a blog that posts 30 times a week can seem a little daunting! Maybe your posts per week has declined below a threshold level – the subscriber-ship elasticity of posts per week?

    I’ve missed the posts. The trackbacks may just be starting to take effect – a blog lag?

  3. Ha! I blogged throughout my entire vacation. I’ve decided I’m just bad at relaxing.

  4. “Can my wife Jeannie have been right all along?”

    There is only one possible answer to that.

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