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I've been a little neglectful the past few days on this blog due to the fact that I have been quite busy building content for my new one at Boxedfool.com. If you haven't yet, visit now and quite often.

The ideas for posts are a heck of a lot easier to come by - that's for sure. But, I'm trying to apply some of the principles and information that I came across in Technorati's State of the Blogosphere as well as many other good resources.

The most difficult part for me right now is managing to build up visitors. With a large chunk of the day spent at my day job and my evenings spent trying to build content, it's difficult to do the networking part of the job. Hopefully things will start to fall into place - after all, it's only been less than a week. On the upside, I've managed to keep my content count within the range that I desired.

In other areas ( beware - political digression forthcoming ), I watched the debate last night. McCain certainly came across like a bitter, cynical, old guy - just the kind I hope to avoid becoming should I get to be as old as him.

About the whole healthcare issue the two of them are trying to address:

While getting $5K is nice, it doesn't really help all that much. Obama was clearly the more knowledgeable of the two. The both stated what they believed was the "average cost of a healthcare plan." Well, the FAMILY plan that I have costs roughly $12K a year. I am fortunate that my employer pays 100% of it - and I am thankful for that. I still have co-pays and deductibles that I am responsible for, but there is no way that I could pay all of it on my own. With McCains plan, I'd still be responsible for $7K. That would still be a bit of a juggling act to manage.

When McCain said that the average cost was $5800, I couldn't believe he threw out that figure. He must be thinking of single people seeking health insurance, because families pay significantly more than $5800.

So, here's to voting for Obama.

Midway through the week. Two days to go.

As I write this we are awaiting a test of the fire drill. It's supposed to be today, around 10 AM. Being on the 12th floor, we'll have to take the stairs . . . yay.

I'm going to be starting a new project within the next week based on things I've observed about this weblog. Better stated, I've recognized which posts get the most attention. So, as soon as everything gets set up and the work on my end is completed, I'll give it a go. More info to follow . . .

On other fronts, this abhorrent behavior of the wealthy, self-absorbed population is the very reason I did not favor voting for the bailout. To me, those excesses are fraud and should be treated as such. Personally, I find that the action taken by one man doesn't go far enough. But will it ever change?

In as much as I'd like to say that it's a good thing to see McCain's bid faltering, I am still skeptical that Obama is clearly the guy. Are you convinced that "That One" can do it? McCain's behavior in last night's debate clearly demonstrated to me that he is the candidate of dogmatic approach, bitter dispute and the drawback of getting older - better stated as "I-know-better-because-I'm-old-and-this-is-the-way-it's-always-been-done."

Perhaps I'm growing older, but at least I still can subscribe to the notion that in order for us as a people to grow and evolve we still need to find new approaches to problems. The world is becoming increasingly complex and the rules are changing. Old solutions don't work anymore.

Did Obama rule the debate? I thought he did better, but your thoughts may be different - go ahead, let it all out.