"And I, the last, go forth companionless,
And the days darken round me, and the years,
Among new men, strange faces, other minds."-- from the Passing of Arthur, Tennyson
Sideshow has stopped saying some time ago, the Ticket Chick's Corner is deserted and Devin still slobbers but never while knocking. And so it comes to me, after almost three years and eighty some-odd columns, that I finally set the charges and bring down the last vestiges of the old.
This is the last missive from the 'Cave.
While this doesn't mean I'll stop writing -- gods no -- it does mean the last of this forum. And as the last, it does mean that I'd like to say some parting thank yous for those who have played integral parts throughout the last few years.
- Rachelle Hale -- for putting up with me.
- Bob Bland -- for letting me ride the coattails of greatness
- Mike Boles -- for all the great work and holding up so well under the load.
- Devin Pike -- for giving me the occasional cyber-break, burst of inspiration and for being a friend in spite of me.
- The staffs of hardliners.com and musers.com -- for being crazy enough to do the job.
Christa Wimer -- for three years of putting the pieces of me back together, even when I didn't know where they all went.
- To the great folks at the Ticket and P-1's, 2's and 3's everywhere -- for letting me invade their personal space for a while.
- Former Bruins, Comets, and former and current Lone Stars -- for not cringing or killing me when I put pictures from our sad little games on the web.
- Hector Castellanos -- for taking those pictures and so many others over 17 years. And lastly . . .
- Dawn Ellis -- for things words could never express.
The journey
is ended.
Let the journey begin.
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