In November we called it — D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams’ blog was officially dead. His staff pleaded otherwise, claiming it was only a matter of time before the mayor took to posting again. We waited. Nothing happened. We gave up.

But today we received word from up on high that the mayor’s blog was showing a weak pulse. We jetted on over and yes, to our amazement, the blog was back in business.

Williams’ first contribution since late September came by way of a post promoting baseball’s positive impact on the city dated January 24, followed by a January 25 posting asking residents for their input on the controversial new $400 million hospital. Seeing that his long-comatose blog was receiving no comments, Williams pleaded today:

I know that over the last five or so months I’ve essentially killed this blog. I know that. I recognize that I’m attempting a resurrection here. But we’ve got big issues to discuss and this is an important forum to air them. What could be bigger than education, public safety, baseball, the proposed new hospital? Come on folks. It takes two people to have a conversation. We need your contribution. Now!

While we’re a big fan of Mayor Williams having a blog — yes, we’re suckers for that “conversation with the people” motif — we’d like to see a little more variety, a little more personality, a little something more than the usual fare. How about a more personal insight into what it’s like, on a daily basis, to be the mayor of a major metropolitan area? Or some real-time blogging of D.C. Council hearings? We can see it now:

Jeez. That guy Fenty is such a blowhard. Always huffing and puffing about how I haven’t focused enough attention on the schools. Ha! Let’s see how much attention he can give to city schools if as mayor he gets called to pointless hearings all the time. Either way, joke’s on him — I called WASA and told them to shut off his water, and a buddy at the DMV promised to have his car towed.

Just a thought, Mayor Williams.