Cup is Empty
To those of you who follow Cup of Cha’s RSS feed,you may have noticed that I have barely posted since the end of the 2008 election. I started a bunch of posts, but never bothered to finish them, and then stopped writing altogether. Now it’s time to stop pretending altogether. I’ll be taking down the site shortly.
It’s a combination of factors that has brought me to this point.
First, the Olympics were a great distraction from real problems, and the financial crisis and subsequent global recession reminded us all of this. I had a great time mocking the idiosyncrasies that led up to the Greatest Games in the History of Mankind, but more serious issues took precedent once they ended.
Second, the hours are okay, but the pay is terrible. In fact, I lose money on the blog proposition. I know, hard to imagine a blog isn’t a cash cow.
Third, there were lots of things, particularly US and Chinese policy, I wanted to comment on, but I decided it might be inappropriate professionally to do so. The result is I will have to keep my sarcasm and pseudo-insight for my friends to listen to via e-mail or at the bar. I’m sure they would all prefer if I had a blog to let those thoughts out, but sadly, they will have to feign interest.
It’s been a lot of fun and I’ve enjoyed the feedback. I’ll never forget my six readers (mostly family members).
Joe responds:
Posted: February 19th, 2010 at 8:58 am →
Josh,
As one of your non-family member readers, I’ll miss you — a little. Good luck.
Beijing Sounds responds:
Posted: February 19th, 2010 at 5:20 pm →
Ah, c’mon, what’s the big deal about making money when you could be blogging? Count mine as a vote for coming out of retirement.
Alex responds:
Posted: February 20th, 2010 at 3:33 pm →
That’s a real shame Josh, thanks for the stories so far, and I’m expectantly waiting to hear of your new blog when you’re tired of being tired of blogging!
michael responds:
Posted: February 20th, 2010 at 6:26 pm →
Good while it lasted.
TheOtherRichard responds:
Posted: February 24th, 2010 at 12:27 pm →
Can I have my tupperware back?
Fred responds:
Posted: March 15th, 2010 at 6:09 am →
Sorry to hear the blog is closing. Like Alex, I’ll hold out hope for a refill.
noah responds:
Posted: April 5th, 2010 at 10:55 am →
sorry to hear that this blog is closing down. as a native chinese living in beijing, i am interested in hearing comments from different angles. hope you will change your mind and start sharing your “pseudo”-insights again.
Julie responds:
Posted: May 8th, 2010 at 9:52 am →
You have more than six readers. We’ll miss you!