I was going to shut down intueri.org entirely. Many reasons persuaded me to seriously consider the termination of this weblog. I thought about it a lot. I conferred with an esteemed fellow weblogger about this. I thought about it some more.

Then I did some reading, watched some episodes of “Whose Line Is It, Anyway?” on YouTube, and watched a local theatre company put on a production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus. It was all quite good, especially the play.

The previous contents of this weblog span over six years. I now want to do something different—though I know not what. Thus, I’ve taken down all the archives to start afresh. Someone recently suggested again that I consider writing a collection of stories (a book!) for print. I had never taken that suggestion seriously in the past, but something has changed and now, it’s a goal to which I am giving more thought. The archives will provide material to help me reach that end, should my thoughts lead to action in that arena.

The primary—and perhaps only—reason I balked at shutting down the weblog entirely is because of the connections I have made with a variety of people through the weblog. After all, Time Magazine did name me as a Person of the Year. I have met unique, fascinating, and genuinely nice people through this weblog (one of whom piqued my interest in seeing Titus tonight)—and then there are the people I have never actually met, but who I hope to meet one day because they seem unique, fascinating, and genuinely nice (like the weblogger with whom I conferred about this topic). I like and appreciate the ethereal community established here and that is not something I want to toss aside lightly.

I also enjoy writing and it is not a skill I wish to lose.

I don’t know how things will change. I thought about facilitating more “group projects”: Some of the best experiences I have had as a result of the weblog is coordinating (silly) writing projects with other bloggers. I thought about providing more education about medicine, mental health, and other random items (cookie recipe?), given my interest in teaching. One can argue that this may be a shift towards more transparency… although it can also be construed as more personally opaque, as well.

I want to take more credit and responsibility for my writing. I hope this is a first step in that direction.