Tabishland

The blog has been drifting lately (creatively so, as usual), and with Tim's horrifying hint of its demise (and touchingly non-ironic holiday card, which I followed to the verklemptiful end), I've been thinking about the energy that drives it. It gets back to the very theme and title of the blog, which is tongue-in-cheek, surely, but also gets at why it has value for us: We can't get away with sh#$& here. The inevitable compromises of everyday life evaporate among the Tablishland bloggers because we have a history together, a history of honest (more or less) work under an uncompromising leader. Things you have to do professionally, to survive and thrive in your work, might well get laughed off the stage of blogtopia (please add to the Blogionary, Nell). Your friends and acquaintances from high school know who you are, and you can't be more or less than that. If I'm wrong, let NO comments--the ultimate shame--rain down upon this errant post.