I wish this narrator would describe everything that I’m doing at all times.

“He thoooought… the diiiiishes… were dooooone. He was……… wroooong…”

I’ve been toying with the idea of giving up blogging for a while now. It’s not that it’s stopped being fun for me, exactly — it’s almost always been fun, if a little tiring. I’ve just been going through a lot of personal changes in the past number of months, and between everything that’s been happening in my life I’ve also created whole new outlets for my art and creativity that don’t leave a lot of time for blogging. More than that, as much as I love pop culture and nostalgic culture, it’s just seeming less and less important to me lately as I’ve started to make some real connections to some deeper parts of my life. Everything is changing, and so is my connection to this place.

I’m not saying I’m quitting, and this isn’t a retirement post.

This is a post to celebrate 100,000 hits here at Tales to Astonish! And to thank all the wonderful people that I’ve met through this site — truly, some of my closest friends (and girlfriends) have stemmed from blogging, and I couldn’t be happier with that. I’ve had immense amounts of fun here, and it’s been extraordinarily fulfilling both personally and creatively.

And as far anyone that’s been worrying about my absence, it’s not because of I’m doing poorly — it’s because I’ve never in my life been better. It took me a lot of years and a lot of work to figure things out, but I finally have. I’m happy, happier than I’ve ever been in my whole life.

I’ll be around soon.

Just when I was ready to retire from blogging myself, I realized that I cannot let pass the anniversary of the birth of perhaps my single-greatest artistic influence:

Happy birthday, Mr. Welles.

My blogfather Andy, the man who inspired me to give life to this blog, has finally retired from his tireless blogging crusade at the World Wide Rant. I would like to take a moment of silence, which you are probably already doing unless you’re reading this aloud.

You will be missed, Andy.

CLINT HOWARD

A USED TOYOTA PRIUS

SIX BLUE LIGHTSABERS

THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON OF “I LOVE LUCY”

GORILLAS

PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT RON PAUL

A BEDAZZLER AND ASSORTED RHINESTONES

THE OWL FROM CLASH OF THE TITANS

MR. MISTER

RON PAUL