Hey all, welcome to my new digs!

I know I've been promising to make the move for over a month now, but as you can tell, I've had other things on my mind.

The reason that this is a beta version is that I'm still tweaking the layout. Expect many changes in the following days. Any suggestions would be most welcome.

I need to make a few shout-outs here.

First, thanks to BRD for first taking up my dream of doing nothing and then to Simon for ruthlessly promoting my cause to the Emperor of the mu.nuniverse, Pixy. It took awhile, but here I am! Thanks.

Second, props to my referrers. There was once a time when I could actually list ALL of my referrers. This is no longer the case. But those of you involved in the time honored tradition of link whoring, thanks.

Third, thanks to my frequent commenters. Honestly, even as the sitemeter continues to climb, it wouldn't be worth it without some feedback from readers. MB², ccwbass, Jane, Simon, Brian B., Senator Phil A. Buster, Publius, Gordon, er, and the rest--Thanks.

Fourth, big thanks to my buddy Muddy for all the encouragement over the past few months. Now publish something!!

Last, I would be remiss if I didn't send a big Spacebo Bolshoi to the Commissar. When this site was still testing it's 1.2 beta version, the Commissar always gave me encouragement. In fact, back when the sitemeter hovered around 30, nearly all my hits came from him. Not sure how the whole 'blogfather' thing works, but if there is a Don in my circle of blog-buddies, then the Commissar is it.

So, thanks to everyone. Sorry for leaving so many links un-dropped. We'll try to fix that in the coming months. I promise--and take this as a pledge--a relentless campaign to drop your links. It will be the link-drop campaign to end all link-drop campaigns. A link-dropping campaign so large, so bold, so ingenious, that future generations of bloggers will recall the days of 'ot four' with reverence. Yes, my friends, prepare yourselves.

Let the link-dropping begin!

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