My Swan Song
(This post is dated in the future so that it remains on top).
With great regret I must announce that I, Agi T. Prop, have decided to shut down AGITPROP. In about a week’s time I will be passing the AGITPROP torch (and the domain name) to my colleague Blogenfreude. I’m passing the domain to someone I trust because I didn’t want some asshole to steal the domain and turn it into a online dating site (like what happened to Gretchen’s Green Lantern blog).
This domain—http://agitprop.typepad.com--will look and feel different under the command of Blogenfreude, however I am confidant in his abilities and hope that you give him the same kindness, attention and respect that you have given me.
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For a while (maybe a month or two) I’ve been considering ditching this blog. It’s taking up way too much of my time—time I should be spending with my wife, playing guitar, writing music, reading books, learning new things, exploring the physical world, exercising, living, etc. There’s so much I want and need to do in my life, and I feel that this blog is somehow preventing me from achieving those goals. When I started this blog a year ago, it was just for fun. But then I got a regular audience and I felt the pressure of daily posting.
It’s time for me to move on to new pursuits. I’ve grown rather cynical about our political situation these days and it’s become a tiresome exercise documenting the daily crimes of the Bush junta. Therefore, I have decided to downgrade this hobby back into the closet where it belongs.
Before I go, I must give credit where credit is due. First I’d like to thank The Heretik for inspiration during my blogging evolution. I also want to thank The General and Norm for their loyal linkage over the past few months. And last but not least, I want to thank you—my loyal flock of readers—who keep coming back on a daily basis to read my rants. I thank you for your comments and your patronage. I also want to give a special "shout out" to some fine blogging comrades: John, Matt, Shakes Sis, Culture Ghost, and Vaughn just to name a few.
Don't worry. I won't be disappearing off the face of the planet. You can still reach me via email. I'm also open for guest blogging here and there, special projects (Heretik you know what I mean) and maybe even some photo-shopping. But in a week's time, my days as editor of AGITPROP will be no more. Who knows, I might resurface in a different incarnation somewhere in the blogosphere.
But Agi, why leave now?
Well, like Neil Young sang:
It’s better to burn out than fade away.
My my, hey hey.
Good night and good luck.
P.S. We'll meet again, some sunny day . . .
Sincerely,
Agi T. Prop
