Will this come back to haunt me during the election?

I've had a lot going on in the past couple of weeks, most of which has prevented me from paying any attention to this blog. Not because I've lacked time--although I have lacked time--but because the majority of what has been going on in my life/head is not stuff I can really post about in any kind of public forum. It's the kind of stuff that is confidential and classified and if I tell anyone I'll then have to shoot them, etc. Not the stuff blogs are made of.

So, rather than a series of oblique posts about nothing, I've just said nothing. And I've done a lot of thinking about the degree to which my use of the Internet might ever be summoned later by God-only-knows-who in God-only-knows-what-context? I've heard stories recently about people being fired for what, to me, seem like incredibly benign comments in Facebook status updates. Really? For serious? As much as I think that's beyond ridiculous and I'm hesitant to curb my speech because some ass in power decides that what I say in my off-hours is any of his/her business, I'm going to curb my speech because there are a lot of asses in power who clearly do have the ability to shut down a person's wage-earning potential due to things he/she might say during off-hours.

So, yeah. Most of my ruminations over the past few weeks have been work-related to do with things I'm not supposed to talk about. Hmph. Hopefully the dust will settle soon and the gag rule will lift. But at that point, I might be a different person, to the extent that my job does define my identity.

In short: I'm facing a potential lay-off at one job and I'm underemployed at the other, and I'm not supposed to bitch about any of it publicly. Because evidently professionalism for someone at my stage of the game is based on maintaining the status quo and yes sir, no sir, and accepting the things that most piss you off.I'm not doing a very good job of being professional. I knew that if I tried to blog here the shell would crack. So, before Humpty Dumpty shatters beyond repair, I'd best say goodbye. I'll be back.