Hey all. I read with interest your thoughts in the comments, previous post, and am suitably touched.

In case it might have been glossed over in the general prevailing sentiment, permit me to point something out. As has often happened in the past, two schmucks decided to open their mouths to remove all doubt, as they say.(comments, prev post). Two others of you, of the legion loyal, if I may call you that, dealt with that in almost exactly the way I would have, in years past.
In the NCR case, simply pointed out the obvious. Local yokel, not worth the space.

Without unduly extrapolating from a minor firefight, what stands out here for me, at least, is that you guys have come a long way, and if we have been able to in some way influence your thoughts on things you see, that makes it all worthwhile. One could even say, in the broader sense that on most things, if we were to discuss them, we wouldnt have to agree to disagree.

In the beginning, two and a half years ago, this place came to be, only because we thought it worth documenting our thoughts and daily conversations on matters of interest, often so funny and numerous, we'd lose track of most of them while thinking up new ones. I think the first 120 hits this site saw were just me, writing the first articles.

Then we told a few people about it, which was probably in retrospect a big mistake, because of what we would eventually do. Which of course was say things others could not articulate as precisely because nobody either dared or thought of doing in the way we did.
Word of mouth and a few opportune google searches led most of you here and I suppose most of the time you're happy that at least someone had the gumption to do what we do, in our frustratingly infrequent style.
Somewhere along the way, in the early days I do admit to being rather carried away with the whole "blogging" phenomenon, and occasionally playing to the gallery, before developing the distaste I feel for the "blogosphere" today. Sometimes even us iconoclasts need to read a Maddox on the matter to clarify things.

You have seen how people who do not understand us react when they come across us. I am tired of stating that this is a free country in illusion at least. One is far from free to state ones opinion from the top of a soap crate without the comforting cloak of anonymity. This anonymity can no longer be taken for granted. Couple that with the other factors such as the occasional sense of despair that creeps into my otherwise sunny disposition.

Putting it baldly, it is fine to say that things are so and so, and possibly state a solution of sorts for your perusal. Which might be funny a quarter of the time if I haven't been lazy in the writing. The reality is that while the few hundred who read here might agree , mostly, we still have to live in the real world where the people around us are but sheep, and lack the will to exercise their minds, and consequently get the kind of government they deserve.

But we dont. Us few hundred.

We are not superior, we are merely different. Perhaps not meant to be here.

Here would be a place where a day like today, provides scum like the auto populace an opportunity to inflict the sartorial horror of their red and yellow flags and blaring of Da Rogue's tuneless braying in a desperate attempt to convince themselves that their lives have some shred of meaning. I use the word preposterous generously and fear that it is too mild to describe most situations we encounter these days.
Take this stupid holiday today for instance.
Half the rougher element uses it to rent speakers to play the crap as detailed above with giant banners and cut outs of their under achievement and poster boy of delusion and wretchedness.

What does this mean. Did the state have no identity before this moron came along and carried all his pea brained brethren along with him in a wave of mediocrity, greed and fascist
tendencies ? Fifty years from now, they'll still be playing the crap music and have a few faded posters to "celebrate" this joyous occasion. Going by the record nobody will say, who the fuck is that guy and what is UP with these horrible sounds coming from these speakers. And why do we have those stupid orange cloths with the glitter on our rear view mirrors.

I see his wife is up for an award. I wonder what her achievements are. But then look at the others who've snaffled the same award for merely putting their mouths where someone else's money was. Hardly something to brag about.

So anyway, I think our work here is done, in some ways, and what I said in the beginning about more people with our outlook if not actually our sort of prose is what the future holds. Sometimes you just have to stand up and say "What the fuck ?" It is time for us to step back into the shadows, and let others be heard. You might be surprised at what they may say, and find yourself agreeing. As will we. We take much away from here, in the friends we've made and experiences in talking to a refreshingly intelligent set. Thats you, by the way. I think in the future you can expect an increase in the scope of this place while attempting to retain the original perspective and purpose.Anyone wants to write here, send us a mail. We will be around, and watching with interest.

It was sure nice to see the old guard up and about, in particular Platypus,eloquent as ever,thank you, VAN, apologies for the lost editorial opportunities, to all you other guys from past to present, without getting needlessly maudlin, I think you know the sentiment.

Au revoir

T & The Other