The End

Remember this?

That's right, the very first post on UA. Here, now, is the last.

Roughly fifteen months ago, I had an idea for a blog that would combine different strands of the same basic thought, though I had expected more disagreement than what one commonly finds from, say, Powerline. And for a time, the proprietors of this site did just that. One is of course welcome to search the archives--which will remain for posterity--for some of the better back-and-forths on 9/11 Truth, substantive due process, etc.

I think it is useful to try and imitate the best bloggers to acquire a real sense of how much work they put into their sites and the dedication and talent required to churn out quality as well as quantity. Indeed, some of the most impressive blog as a full-time occupation, you can find my favorites along the right-hand column of this page.

Blogging is tiring; it is work, particularly in a slow news cycle. Sometimes I found it very simple to find a topic of interest, other times not so much. I imagine the ghosts of "RCT" and "Joe" would echo those sentiments. Nevertheless, blogging, on its best days with the best ideas, remains a very enjoyable experience. It is one I hope to return to in the future, hopefully with a better system than the one I tried to implement here.

The overriding factor, however, in the end of this blog is that my current living situation is set to undergo a major transformation and I will simply have to prioritize my time differently than I do today. I will not have the same internet access, for one, and I will have a plethora of responsibilities to meet in just ten days. Nor do I view with satisfaction keeping a blog "live" when I do not intend to post on it and when my compatriots have long since left it.

Life, presumably, called away "RCT" and "Joe," although rumors of video games for at least one continue to fester... I thank them cordially, though, for what they did choose to provide, even if it is better left unsaid the ratio of LMD03/LJB08/OESY0208 posts to theirs (hint: The Old Cranky Lady might find it, "disturbing")

Maybe someday we will do this again, though a longer roster of contributors would seem warranted to eclipse the status of this operation.

To our admittedly small readership, a final thank you. Now go do your part to elect Barack Obama as the forty-fourth US president!