It Is Time - Hanging It Up

Back in October 1997, Dean Smith tried to get motivated to start his 37th season as head basketball coach at UNC and found he couldn't muster the fire. Coaching is a hard job and requires immense amounts of commitment and intensity. When it's not there, you can't fake it. Coach Smith knew the signs and so retired. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not really comparing blogging to coaching an ACC basketball team, but like Dean Smith, I just can't summon the necessary motivation to keep this thing going. Life has stepped up around me - work, family, work #2 - and to compete with that and keep this blog as good (OK, nearly as good) as I want it to be would require effort I can't provide. I've known this for a while now but just couldn't bring myself to write a coda. I like this blog! It's been a lot of fun and while it didn't turn out to be what I wanted, it did become more than I ever really deserved. Even now, due largely to the bizarre w...