Welcome back Mr Waller

Man of the Forest: Well nice to see you again dude. What have you been up to these past 2 months?
Michel Waller: Oh, I've been really busy with work and....
MOF: Whatevs Chachi. Just thought I should remind you that being a blogger is a full-time gig.
MW: Well I never intended it to be.
MOF: Come on bro. You got thoughts rattling about that head of yours and if you want writing to be an integral part of your career, you have to write.
MW: Fair enough but is a blog really the best medium? I have a guilt associated with using technology. There is a significant percentage of my brain chemistry that wants desperately to live a pure life free of modern societal ease which I feel has led humanity into the mess that has become the current human existence.
MOF: Well hold on there preachy preach. Can't you ramp it down a little bit and appreciate the present for what it is (and always is): an exciting point in the story of human technological innovation that may not be necessarily flattening the world but is certainly making it smaller. Yeah, life sucks for lots of people on this planet but not for you. Oh yeah, you wine about the mortgage and the bills and the work and the rest of it but take a closer look. Healthy family, great friends. Enough to get the occasional six pack of beer or perhaps something stronger. I'm sure the world seems pretty bleak as you're tearing down the whoops trail. Anyway, the blog is the perfect venue for guilt ridden white guys. Who can't get enough of them?
MW: But what if I get negative feedback. I am very sensitive and shy away from confrontation. Some of the things I might write may offend people that I really care about.
MOF: As your grandma would say "you must think your shit don't stink". Give people some credit. Your family, your friends. These people are adults who have been exposed to all that life entails and are quite capable of thinking for themselves. Sure they might not agree with you or your "worldview", but if they truly love you and they are worth worrying about, they will accept you regardless of your commie-atheist-Marxist-tree hugging perspective. You are excepting of other views and lifestyle choices aren't you?
MW: I don't really care for the Jehovah's Witness people coming to my house thinking they know something I don't.
MOF: Yeah, well nobody really likes those people. So that doesn't really count. But for the most part you are...
MW: and Swedes. I don't much care for them or their cuisine to be quite honest.
MOF: Well my point is that you have surrounded yourself with thoughtful and intelligent people who can take whatever you have to say. You are just afraid to come off as presumptuous or stupid. Chances are you will learn something from someone by putting this out there.
MW: But I am also lazy and have a hard time following through. Remember the Health Care march I tried to organize that consisted of me making one youtube video that got 4 hits? Or the bathroom remodel that I started 4 years ago? I am not always very motivated or thorough.
MOF: Well then this will be good practice.
MW: Fine. Tomorrow my thoughts on a plane crash in Brazil.