Ditto Clare. I don't always agree with what you say, but I do keep coming back for more. But many readers are, like me, fickle. If you stopped posting, it'd be a shame, but I'd get over it. Additionally, I think your need for self-gratification on your blog might diminish if you were in an office, and you might not want to continue. It does seem perverse that you want to stop your self development because of the sycophantic 'blogosphere'. Go for the job. Do you really want comments like mine? ;)