I had thought (as recently as the end of May) that I were "retired." In a way, I suppose I am; but now I am not so aimlessly retired as I thought I might be.

See, I had thought that I would 'hold out' for the chance to be an actor ... I still might get 'picked up for some huge production,' but not because I went knocking on all the big-producers' doors.

Look Where Doing That Got PRISON BREAK's Lane Garrison!

No, I should settle down and be a professional blogger; I might've said that before, but that still leaves a lot of options open. Back when I was still 'discovering the Internet,' I had joined Blogger.com (that was back before they offered 'free' money).

That was back when 'I was going to get an Entertainment Business degree and become a Lit. Agent.' Then a legal jumble of hardships happened ... stuff you don't want to hear about ...

Point is: I ended up here, deciding to focus, and I was presented with several options. Most of them were connected with 10100-ish, and 10100-ish seemed to be the main power on the Internet, so I decided to fall in line with them.

... To Avoid the Kind of Mistakes that Forced the Toy Recall

But there were several ways I could do that, including their association with Associated Content, Helium.com, Blogger.com and of-course ... you know ....

So I thought, 'Ehhh, I'll just do all four.' Probably could have done so too; but it's not gratifying for me—I dunno; I guess I crave 'work at the edge,' and copying text over-and-over-again and responding to stuff from all four sources just doesn't 'do it' for me.

So I have to let some places over-prioritize others. I only have my Blogger.com-account to serve as an auto-blog for my diggs, so I'm not too worried about that. Helium.com is more for 'if you care what the general opinion about something is' than the specific opinions you get from AC and here.

The Boxy, Stacked Library or the Comfortable Reading Room: The Consumer Product Safety Commission Would Say, "Go with AC!" but I ...

AC has the potential of this blog-community ... but–like the rocky hill that you wish were a mountain–there's nothing I can do but wait for that potential to manifest.

Also, writing on AC has to be "approved." Oh, don't get me wrong; the writing here on Xomba can be 'disapproved'—the webmasters have the power, etc. And you can get through without approval on AC too, but waiting on approval pays better.

But the main reason I'm 'making my career' on Xomba and not on AC is the comment-function: on AC, comments are more like 'Letters to the Editor'; while on Xomba they are 'beginnings/continuances of conversation,' which I think is more-conducive to contribution to the construction of society.