Again I’m here thinking, “Man, you really have to do more blogging.” But I’m not going to apologize: the reason this time is that I’ve been busily developing a different writing project. It’s something I’ve been thinking about doing for about a year now.  There’s even been a little putting the pencil to the paper, as I have worked on the plan.  Lately, I’ve been thinking it’s time to put fingers to the keyboard and get it done.

I haven’t wanted to say much about it for a variety of reasons, but I have decided to say something today for two reasons. One is that I hope stating publicly what I’ve been up to will shame me into keeping on with the project when I’m flagging. I’ll tell myself, “Dude,” — being a product of my times, I’m prone to calling myself “Dude” whenever I have a heart-to-heart with myself — “you really have to do this. Too many people know you’re supposedly working on it, so you have to finish it now.”

The other reason is related to why I’m working on the project: I don’t think we think enough, or do enough, about a serious problem impacting an increasingly larger segment of our youth. At least, that’s how it looks from where I sit.

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