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Don't call it a comeback

  Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years.  I'm rockin' my peers, puttin' suckers in fear - LL Cool J When I decided to restart blogging, I went to blogger.com because I couldn't be bothered dealing with web-hosting and wordpress (it's a great tool, I'm just lazy). To my surprise, Google remembered me. There was my dashboard from a travel blog I stopped writing 16 years ago. For 16 years, electrons in the service of Larry and Sergey (they're not as famous as the Zuck, but they should be) have been patiently waiting for this mysterious Richard person to return and call on them. Well, the beacons are lit. I'm back to blogging.  But I quoted Mr. Ladies Love Cool James saying "don't call it a comeback" was that just cheap SEO to attract his hordes of fans? Maybe. But to some extent I never stopped short-form non-fiction, I just moved platforms. Facebook was easier, Reddit offered a wider audience, etc.  It allowed me the freedom to