Enter the waffle house at your risk
Posted: April 8, 2006
SportsDay
Bob Wolfley
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Silly you.
You came to this space expecting me to have made a decision about the topic I was going to address in today's column.
Well, I haven't decided.
In fact, I'm struggling with whether I want to write again.
I may write. I may not write. I just don't know what I want to do at this moment.
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You wasted a trip back here if you came thinking I had decided.
After I finished my last column, it was tough for me to be excited about writing. Even though I love writing - it's in my blood - I don't know if I can ever write again.
What I need now is for readers to be patient. We're in no hurry. The paper will come out tomorrow, and the next day and the next, and the next, whether I decide to write again or not.
I know one thing.
I don't want to go through a year like last year.
It was brutal. Soaring newsprint prices. Eroding circulation. Incursion of the Internet. Blogs.
When I joined this newspaper I never dreamed we would go through a year like that one. I don't want to go through something like that ever again.
I know I can still write at a high level. There is nothing more that I would rather do than write. But I have been at this a long time and I know one day it will come to an end.
Ask anyone who has been at this as long as I have and they will tell you. It's not the physical part that's the challenge. It's the mental part.
It's easy to say, "I want to write." Anyone can say that.
With my personal trainer and a rigorous program that emphasizes flexibility, I can still drag these old digits over the letters of my keyboard. Sure some of my fingers ache the morning after I've written a hard-hitting column. But it's a good hurt. You get used to it.
The really hard part is getting yourself prepared mentally to face the grind. The hard part is preparing yourself to write at the very highest of levels. If I call it quits, that'll be the reason why.
My decision about my future in writing has nothing to do about my feelings for my bosses, Marty Kaiser and Garry D. Howard. I have talked with them frequently about my circumstance. They are well aware of how I feel.
They have told me to take as much time as I need to reach a decision and I appreciate that.
But they also know I'm keeping an eye on what they do to improve our section in the upcoming months.
As for working for this newspaper and the people of Milwaukee, a writer couldn't be more fortunate. There isn't any other organization for which I would rather work. I love the people of this city. They have been great.
So thanks for coming back here, even though I don't have anything to say.
Maybe I'll have something to say soon. Or not.
In the meantime, there are tractors to ride and golf balls to hit.
MAYBE SOME WILL BASH ME FOR POSTING THIS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. :lol:
Posted: April 8, 2006
SportsDay
Bob Wolfley
Silly you.
You came to this space expecting me to have made a decision about the topic I was going to address in today's column.
Well, I haven't decided.
In fact, I'm struggling with whether I want to write again.
I may write. I may not write. I just don't know what I want to do at this moment.
Advertisement
You wasted a trip back here if you came thinking I had decided.
After I finished my last column, it was tough for me to be excited about writing. Even though I love writing - it's in my blood - I don't know if I can ever write again.
What I need now is for readers to be patient. We're in no hurry. The paper will come out tomorrow, and the next day and the next, and the next, whether I decide to write again or not.
I know one thing.
I don't want to go through a year like last year.
It was brutal. Soaring newsprint prices. Eroding circulation. Incursion of the Internet. Blogs.
When I joined this newspaper I never dreamed we would go through a year like that one. I don't want to go through something like that ever again.
I know I can still write at a high level. There is nothing more that I would rather do than write. But I have been at this a long time and I know one day it will come to an end.
Ask anyone who has been at this as long as I have and they will tell you. It's not the physical part that's the challenge. It's the mental part.
It's easy to say, "I want to write." Anyone can say that.
With my personal trainer and a rigorous program that emphasizes flexibility, I can still drag these old digits over the letters of my keyboard. Sure some of my fingers ache the morning after I've written a hard-hitting column. But it's a good hurt. You get used to it.
The really hard part is getting yourself prepared mentally to face the grind. The hard part is preparing yourself to write at the very highest of levels. If I call it quits, that'll be the reason why.
My decision about my future in writing has nothing to do about my feelings for my bosses, Marty Kaiser and Garry D. Howard. I have talked with them frequently about my circumstance. They are well aware of how I feel.
They have told me to take as much time as I need to reach a decision and I appreciate that.
But they also know I'm keeping an eye on what they do to improve our section in the upcoming months.
As for working for this newspaper and the people of Milwaukee, a writer couldn't be more fortunate. There isn't any other organization for which I would rather work. I love the people of this city. They have been great.
So thanks for coming back here, even though I don't have anything to say.
Maybe I'll have something to say soon. Or not.
In the meantime, there are tractors to ride and golf balls to hit.
MAYBE SOME WILL BASH ME FOR POSTING THIS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. :lol:
