I just retired as network owner from The Anime Fanlistings Network, after four, almost five years of toil. I’m logged out of the boards and will not return until at least the end of February. It’s strange, but I think it’ll be good, in the end. For one, I now own THE shiniest team badge [...]

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Christmas was low-key this year. We slept in, had breakfast, had my dad over for movies (A Christmas Carol circa 1951, Futurama: Bender’s Big Score) and dinner (lemon roasted chicken and potatoes), then went to Lenneth’s for the evening, watched the end of That 70’s Show season five and made snickerdoodles. On Christmas Eve we [...]

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I feel like my eyes have been glued to one book or another for days now — the upshot of which is that I’m only five books short of completing the 50 Book Challenge. I’ve been re-reading Madeleine L’Engle’s Time Quintet (one book left, one I didn’t know about; the Quint to my Time Quartet) [...]

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I don’t even LOOK at this thing, let alone give a rip what’s on it. Five one-star ratings from the Dream Team? Oh I’ll be sobbing into my pillow tonight, believe you me. [rolls eyes, continues laughing]
Woo, never a dull moment with the Dream ‘Tards, that’s for sure.

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Although The Anime Fanlistings Network is a volunteer, unpaid project of mine, it represents a large chunk of my life for the past five years (it, and fanlistings in general.) As such, I want to expand on my previous announcement — this time, hopefully without the bombastic anonymous commenting — and discuss some of the [...]

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As just announced on the TAFL Message Board, I am retiring as network owner at the end of the year. I love TAFL and I’ve poured almost five years of my life into it. I think it’s time to step back.
Comment here, comment on the boards, whatever. I’m going out for most of the day, [...]

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Funny, I talked about work all day, thought about writing all day, and didn’t get anything on either front accomplished. What I did get (along with Johan and Lenneth) is some new mugshots, seen to your left and in various places. (Yep, all three are different pictures. Particularly proud of the TAFL one, although it [...]

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