Dear gentle readers and the lovely and talented Scientific Blogging/Science 2.0 community,

You may have noticed that I have not been around much lately, and I felt I should let everyone know what has been going on. I have recently left Boston *wiping tears*, this time transplanting to Tallahassee, Florida for a yet-undetermined period of time. I am starting a few new ventures and projects which are quite exciting, so this was a necessary move right now.  I apologize for the lack of new posts lately, as I have been trying to orchestrate this whole move as swiftly and efficiently as possible- but you know things never work out as planned. I will continue to write here at Science 2.0, so no need to panic- you can put down the pitchforks and cancel the protest.

With an opening sentence like that, you know you are in for a good post.    Back in the day, Scienceblogs was first populated by fairly militant people (politically, culturally) and the group had traffic but little credibility - yet success breeds success so if you have not followed them over the past year, they got serious legitimacy too, acquiring writers like Deborah Blum and Maryn McKenna, among others, and that boosted their profile among serious readers.    But now you may know that, during the same period, Scienceblogs also seemed intent on self-destruction, and now they have squandered that goodwill away, along with writers old and new.