"OPEN LETTER OF THANKS AND APPRECIATION" . . . . I'D LIKE TO SEND OUT ALL MY HEARTFELT THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO ALL THE CREW WHO KEEP DROPPING IN AND GOING THROUGH STACKS OF MY ARCHIVAL STUFF . . . . I ALWAYS WANTED THIS BLOG CAPER TO BE A BIT MORE THAN PERMANENTLY DISPOSABLE AND THAT'S WHY I ENJOY DOIN THE BLURB ROUTINE . . . . NICE TO SEE MY 'FILES' BEING ACCESSED.

WHEN I STARTED IN ON THIS BLOGGING SHINDIG LATE LAST YEAR AFTER HAVING BEEN SUSSING OUT MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON ANONYMOUSLY FOR SOME YEARS, THERE IS A REAL FUZZY FEELING THAT I GET WHEN SEEING JUST HOW MANY OF YOU, WHOEVER YOU ARE IN MANY CASES, CHOOSING TO RE-VISIT OR CHECK OUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, MY DRIBBLINGS AND BLITHERINGS FROM THE LAST NINE MONTHS . . . . I KNOW A LOT OF BLOGS DO THE 'POST EM UP, MOVE ON' THING, THE SORT OF INSTANT GRATIFICATION GIG, WHICH I DIG AS MUCH AS THE NEXT MAN, I JUST TRIED FROM THE OUTSET TO FOCUS A BIT MORE ON COMMITTING TO VIRTUAL PAPER, MY THOUGHTS AND MEANDERINGS KNOWING FULL WELL THEY'LL BE THERE IN SOME WAY FOR ANY FUTURE REFERENCE . . . . TO THOSE COMING BACK SO FREQUENTLY AND DIGGING UP MY STINKY PAST BLURBS AND RAMBLINGS I THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, IT AIN'T FACT PERFECT BUT THEY ARE MY HONEST AND OPEN RECOLLECTIONS ON THINGS AS I SEE IT . . . . STOKED YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING FROM THEM, BIG LOVE AND RESPECT TO YOU ALL !!!

AND TO ALL THE USUAL, OR IS THAT 'UNUSUAL', CREW WHO SHOOT OFF THEIR OWN REACTIONS, TALES, ANECDOTES AND CONTRIBUTIONS . . . . LOVEY, WES, OLLIE, DAVE, MIKEYRAT, HAIRY, FATASS, BASTARD PAT, TC, THE FROG BOYS, ANCHORMAN, NICKE, RY, HERMIT AND OTHERS . . . . I KNOW IT'S ONLY THE INTERBLOG ETHER THING BUT I DO FEEL A STRONG SENSE OF KINSHIP AND FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU ALL AND MAYBE ONE DAY WE MAY BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SHARE A COOL TREAT AND A CHAT IN THE FLESH, TA MUCHLY GUYS AND GIRLS . . . . LOVE YOUR WORK !!!!