The Backblog

by Brian Hayes

Published 21 November 2006

I want to thank those of my friends who sent me links to Jenn Shreve’s amusing collection of bloggers’ “haven’t posted in awhile” excuses and apologies. What has kept me away all this time is the search for an adequate excuse.

Thanks, too, to those of my friends who didn’t send me the links.

Responses from readers:

  • A comment from Barry Cipra, 22 November 2006 at 1:05 pm

    You’ve been gone for a while?

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Publication history

First publication: 21 November 2006

Converted to Eleventy framework: 22 April 2025

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