So we have come to the end of the month of April, and nary a blog was in sight. I find myself slightly bereft of ideas on that front.

I thought about writing about the elections, but there has been a lot of ink and bytes spent on that topic. The observations ranging from excited to disappointed, depending on whether the author was in a glass half full or half empty frame of mind. I wanted to talk about the execrable silence of Buhari on the Northern crisis, and the national mourning/outrage about the deaths of the NYSC 9. However anger alone is never a good starting point for a blog. I just remember the Benjamin Franklin quote about the tree of liberty needing to be refreshed with the blood of patriots and tyrants. These NYSC 9 were true patriots and I believe that their sacrifice will not be in vain: both for the country and our electoral process, and for the much needed reforms of the NYSC program itself.

I thought about writing about the progress being made on power, and the threat to the process by the impending workers strike. I figured that I would spare y'all, but it was interesting to note that the former head of NLC and current governor of Edo State Comrade Adams Oshiomole has said that the NLC should not support the electricity workers. It was a trifle hypocritical of him from a labor perspective to say that the loss of 50,000 workers cannot be more important than the jobs of millions of people. I wonder why he wasn't saying this during the deregulation or textile and other ban arguments. Oh well, such is life. Talking your own book is a fact of life. However he is a powerful voice in the labour movement, and so any help in this area is appreciated. We cannot allow 100,000 people to retard the progress of over a hundred million people.

I thought of writing another relationship theory post, and several different ones flashed in my mind, but I got distracted by work and other things and I forgot when the time came to blog. I'm sure random insights about dating/mating will be remembered in times future and will be shared. Though I always keep coming back to a simple truth about the whole thing: figure out what you want and have the courage to ask for it.

Too many thoughts, too little time to develop. Such is the life of this blog in recent time. You my remaining readers deserve better than this. I need to think about this, and about the ability to take advantage of the ability to blog from anywhere to remedy this woeful recent record.

Anyway hope you enjoyed this ramble.