Another one gets her wings and leaves the nest. Congratulations, look forward to reading it!

I always found you insightful and intellectually honest. As someone else who likes to occasionally be provocative, I always enjoyed our exchanges - even when we disagreed.

I wish you enjoyment and many readers at your new home on the web.

Congratulations, the site looks great. Best wishes on this new adventure. I know it's gonna be fun.

I for one will miss you here but your place has already been installed in my bookmarks toolbar. You're right between Whitescreek and Russ McBee so you're in good company.

Visit us at

Wearybottom Associates

Do we trust Carole to behave when we're not around?
:P

If we get any bad reports, Neal and I will be over there with the paddle.

And don't forget to link the old skipper up.
ablogination.tn420.org/blog

Well done, Carole. ;)

"The mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open."

Congrats Carol! Now, I'll look at yours if you'll look at mine. :-)

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Larry Van Guilder

Congratulations, Carole. You provide healthy doses of provocative thought and you're a fine writer. Come back and stay active in the comments, OK?

I want to add links to everyone's sites, especially KnoxViews, etc., but it might take me a couple of days to figure out how. I'm pretty slow on the techie stuff. Eventually, people will be able to post over there. Right now it's just a place to comment. Thanks for all your good wishes.

Congratulations on the new blog, great post about eating invasive species!

I wasn't trying to run you off. Actually, I was using you to get at Les Jones and SayUncle, who are on pretend hiatus, protesting like hippies in a tree. They are formerly active participants who quit commenting and posting entirely because they were told to ask permission to have blog posts promoted to the front page. In other words, they were asked to give an inch, so they protested a mile.

Most of that happened before you got involved, so it probably makes little sense. I'm trying to goad those boys into participating again, not to get rid of anyone. Sorry for any hard feelings.

I don't make the rules around here, but I do think people who serve as vectors for stuff like that spinning ballerina deserve to be teased. That was my intent. You should have your own blog, Carole, and I hope you post plenty here and there.