Where It's At, Part 2

As I noted on Friday, I did a lot of thinking over the weekend and have decided to keep charging ahead with the work I do here. For one, it appears that the winter fundraiser may have exceeded its $2,000 goal, although I won't know that for sure until a couple of promised checks come in over the next couple of days. I'll update you then.

Second, the issues that I--and we, really--take on here are too substantial to ever back away from. Third, psych meds are in various water systems in our country now and that's just too indicative of how big and weird America's mental health problems are. In the face of that, I simply cannot go quiet.

Fourth, quite a few of you have emailed me personally to let me know that you find my work "essential" and important to your lives. That sort of clinched things for me.

I am not quite sure what posting schedule I'll adhere to this week, as I am a bit off due to the return to daylight savings time which always throws my sleep patterns off for a couple of days. What's more, I am working on a small freelance piece that I've got to finish over the next few days. I won't get paid for it until sometime in June (I told you the freelance market was like weird post-modern slavery), but whatever.

My hunch is that I will try and make some adjustments to how much I write, so that I can make some gratuitous attempt at having a social life and that I will--finally--try and locate a decent bit of software that will allow me to not be caught up in moderating reader comments but that will still block spam. I hope to pull that off later this week.

Despite all of that, this may be a busy week given that the state is presenting its case in the Zyprexa trial in Alaska and I'll offer updates and context as the week chugs along.

Thanks to all of you for your support and for the many, many kind emails and comments in recent days. It all means a great deal to me.