Ok...this diary is not particularly one that I
wanted to write. But I've obliged myself.
...partly because I publicly promised to write an "I'm sorry for being a presumptuous and accussing jackass diary" if my banning at Dailykos turned out to be a technical glitch and not a purposeful act of censorship, and partly to excise the * gack * I've been feeling the past week.
So yes, the conditions have been met - my account has been re-instated at Dailykos - and for the second time in less than a week, I'm eating crow for disparaging some aspect of the Dailykos (the other case involved me stating that Raiban's diary would never be allowed to reach the recommended list).
Let me be the first to dispense with the doubting-Thomas-hypothetical-question of whether it's a 'chicken or egg thing' (e.g., did my complaining help influence the final result); that's not something I'll be drawn into muddling with here. Heaping bad form, more foolhardiness, and further conjecture upon the motives of other people is not what this diary is about for me - I've got enough egg on my face for one day, thank you very much.
No, it's time for me to take a giant step away from the keyboard now. At least for a little while. A few days, and week - I dunno exactly - but the time is right to give myself, and everyone else, a rest from at least a tiny, tiny part of the noise that's been going on around here lately. (Don't get me wrong - I'm certainly not narcissistic enough to believe that I'm culpable for anything but a small part of the noise around here - and "noise" doesn't always necessarily imply a bad thing to me, btw), but I have played whatever part I've played, and now I just want to digest things for a while. I'm sure you'll be able to continue fighting very well without me for a few days. You certainly seemed to be able to over the weekend, anyway.
Rest assured my fellow Kossacks, and give me another chance - when I come back to this site again I'll NOT be the same old fool I was - I'll be an All New Fool! A Too Cool for School Fool!
...and won't that be just great!
Peace for now.
(Cross-posted at My Left Wing)