My Final Site Update. Love, Simple Mind in Site Updates

This is it I guess! Time to hang up my hat and let the new guys do their thing.

I’m not really leaving the site, so I’ll still be around. I’ll just be a regular joe! I can peacefully fade into obscurity. This is good.

Sentimentality has never been one of my strong points, but let’s see how this goes. It’s been five years since I first conceived of building some kind of box for holding prose. My life has changed a lot in those five years, fortunately in very good ways. It’s been quite an adventure. I’ve made so many friends here. It’s been sort of an odd dynamic for me, being the guy in charge. I’ve never been in charge of anything - I tend to have an allergic reaction to the word “management”.

But somehow I faked it until I made it, and with the exception of one major freak-out, I’ve kept it going pretty smoothly overall. I’ve created something the community is passionate about, and I’m so happy I can pass that off to Josh and Dan to keep things going.

Since I have no cute pet pictures - my dear sweet Ginger (yellow lab and husky mix) is no longer in this plane of existence (RIP you amazing good girl), I’ll have to post a photo of one of my botanical babies.

I’ve got this orchid hobby going now, and I’m finally having some success getting my older plants to rebloom.

And finally, because I want to go out on a high note, I’ll leave you with a joke I’ve been saving for a very special occasion. This is not the kind of a joke you just throw out at random. If this joke was a bottle of alcohol, it would be a 30 year old bottle of Scotch packaged in a hand-made wooden box.

A woman is sitting at her deceased husband’s funeral. A man leans over and quietly asks her if he may say a word.

”Of course,” says the woman. “Please do.”

The man stands up, clears his throat, and says, “Plethora.” He then sits back down.

”Thank you,” the woman says. “That means a lot.”

Last updated April 17, 2018