1797 - Nathaniel Briggs patented a washing machine. His wife was so pissed * he didn’t invent a diamond ring, box of chocolates, or bouquet of roses.
1930 - The cities of Constantinople and Angora changed names to Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey. Muslims were outraged.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War ended. Like the French, Spain surrendered to itself.
1941 - Soon after reading one of her own books, author Virginia Woolf drowned herself.
1979 - Nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania…So that’s what’s wrong with FIAR!
2000 - Supreme Court rules unanimously that an anonymous tip does not justify a stop-and-frisk action against a person. Later that day, all 9 Justices were arrested on their way home.
2007 - Fmragtops decides to pull the plug on Fmragtops.com…No that’s not a joke. I thought about holding off until April 1, and doing the April Fools Joke that wasn’t an April Fools Joke, and that would be the joke. That’s just too weird.
Seriously, folks, I’m hanging up the keyboard. At least from the perspective of having my own blog. I’ll still visit and comment, and FIAR said I was still welcome to guest post over there, so I won’t be completely gone. Just forgotten. =P
Oh, you want to know why I’m hanging it up? Well, simply I just don’t have enough time to blog anymore. You may have already noticed that. Between school, kids, a fast approaching wedding, and…ummm…wait, there was something else on that list….OH YEAH! work. Between all those things I just don’t have enough time. It’s just a matter of having to pull one of the irons out of the fire. Blogging is the least important of all the irons. In a few weeks my hosting subscription will run out, and I imagine this place will disappear into the ether. I could be wrong about that though because I am complete computer idiot.
While I am effectively resigning the blog, it may not be forever. The one thing that stays the same is that everything changes. I may very well decide to come back one day when my situation changes.
Until then, I thank you all for stopping by, pimping my blog, and visiting my friends on my blog roll. Do me a favor, a last request if you will, browse my “Blogs I Read” blogrolls in the left sidebar, and find at least one of those guys to take my place on your blogroll.
Later, y’all, thanks for all the good times, and fond memories.
* edited by fmragtops to make more sense.