Commencing an orderly shutdown, I think

Ok, so it's become reasonably obvious that I haven't gotten around to blogging in far too long, and there isn't really any strong suggestion that this is likely to change in the immediate future. There are various reasons/excuses I could offer for my laziness, but those who have been tracking me on facebook have probably heard about all of the adventures (travel, medical and romantic) of the past year or so - and so I think the time has come to post a 'farewell' type of post up here to give an orderly ending to the saga. I guess this blog has been a bit of fun, it's been adventurous, it's been an avenue for me to spout my occasionally ill-considered opinions in the general direction of The Internets just in case anyone happens to wander by and decide to read any of what I have to say... and it seems to have come to a natural end. I'm going to leave all the "content" up here, just in case it happens to be interesting or useful to anyone, and I may even drop back in sporadically to say hi - but for now, this is probably it. Thanks everyone, it's been fun.