I’m extremely busy today, so I only have this brief moment to check in with you, me hearties. I probably should’ve had something in reserve for an occasion like this. I should have planned for it. Instead, I created this weblog, made myself responsible for hundreds of readers, and now I find myself saddled with this awesome responsibility and no clear idea about how to proceed.

Let’s see, are there any recent precedents for how to behave in such a situation? Ah, yes…

Everything’s going great! We are blogging according to standard operational procedures, and little blips like this are to be expected. In fact, it’s evidence of just how stupendously well things are going.

Look, I never claimed that this was going to be easy or that people weren’t going to get hurt. Okay, maybe once our twice, when I said things like “This is going to be easy,” and “People aren’t going to get hurt.” But it’s important not to twist those words or misconstrue them by, say, quoting them. Now is not the time to dwell on the past.

Since I began this blog, the mission was clear: To gab about my private life. I mean, to post amusing anecdotes about my cat. Or rather, to offer a photo journal about my travels. That was clear. Okay, so I didn’t feel comfortable with the private life stuff, and as it turned out, Horatio doesn’t really do that much. And I simply don’t take a lot of photos. But let’s be clear - all those above reasons for starting this blog were actually asides, support for my main reason, which was… which was… to offer largely political satirical kinds of… stuff. That’s what it was, yes, and I’ve never strayed from that important mission. Clearly.

Though I’ve installed guest bloggers in the past, it doesn’t look like anyone’s available today. They seem scared by the prospect, in fact. So this is what I’m going to do:

I am extending provisional authority for the direction of this blog to the Comments section below. That might seem like it has the potential for anarchy, as few of you have ever run a site like this before. But I have faith in the Fanatical Apathy people, that you will pull together and create a productive, democratic website that will serve as an example to others in this benighted blogosphere.

Don’t worry, I’m still in charge here. I still have the ability to erase any comments that seem innappropriate or insubordinate. But it’s really up to you to make today’s blog work. I can’t hold your hands forever. Good luck, and God bless Fanatical Apathy.