Intersections and New Directions

History sometimes has a strange--and in this case, also very nostalgia evoking--way of echoing itself. In May of 2007, I took a trip to Venice, Italy, to attend a friend's wedding. I wasn't going to be able to blog, so I called for guest bloggers. I selected Sheril Kirshenbaum, who proceeded to blog so successfully and so popularly that upon my return, I asked her to stay. She did, and the rest is four years of history--history that just officially ended today. Now, May of 2011 approaches, and next week I depart for Venice, Italy, to begin the Center for Inquiry travel club's Mediterranean Cruise, where I'll be joined by our very own Phil Plait and Lawrence Krauss, among others. Appropriately enough, I've been referring to this as a tour of the "Geek Islands." And once again, it is time for another "Intersection" transition, albeit of a very different type. ...