That's All Folks

This is to give formal notice that as of the end of December, "Just Blowing Smoke" will cease the addition of new entries.

It was June of 2007 when I formally moved this blog over to the Google blogspot platform, and since then over 1100 entries have been added to a site that has experienced some 70,000 pageviews from all over the world.  In spite of the world renown that I have garnered because of it (OK, maybe renown is too strong a term, but my grandkids still recognize me when they see my picture), I've decided after 6-1/2 years that it may be time to fold up the tent and move on.  

I will not bore you with the terribly long, tedious, and self-serving explanation that has led up to this decision; as the odor of natural fertilizer production involved in doing so (not to mention the terminal boredom experienced) would probably drive you from the room in tears.  Tears are in fact, the last thing that this announcement calls for.  Instead I would simply like to thank the small and rather twisted, but extremely loyal following that has made this long journey an extremely enjoyable literary experiment.  (Well, at least for me, anyway.)

Speaking of tears, if you happen to know anyone who can use the efforts of a team of apathetic investigators from the Department of Just Blowing Smoke Security, or the services of a bunch of lackadaisical lexicographers (from the Stuck on Stupid Dictionary) please let me know.  Both obviously, will soon added to the growing ranks of the unemployed, and it is my intention to tearfully (but firmly) kick the Cheetos-eating bastards out of the headquarters facility as soon as they sober up on New Year's Day. 

The website will remain up even after I have ceased adding to it (not that there's a chance in hell that I will reconsider my decision), but there are a few writing projects that I am working to finish up; both here on the Blog and for the Toledo Free Press that will be posted to the site between now and the end of the year.  I hope that you will enjoy them, and all of the insanity that has come before as much as I have.

Thanks again my friends ...

Formatting Errors Under Repair

As it has in so many of its other efforts, Google has been updating the 'blogspot' platform that carries "Just Blowing Smoke".  Either through some mis-communication or an error on the part of yours truly (more likely the latter), many of my older postings are now devoid of paragraph breaks; and look like the longest run-on sentence in the English language.  


While I thought at first that this was limited to just a few posts, it appears to have run rampant through the almost five year history of this blog.


I am going to take it upon myself to go back and clean up each of the over 850 posts; but wish to apologize in advance if you go back looking for something and discover one of these efforts.  It may take a week or so, but I hope that in the very near future that the only thing that you will find to annoy you in these posts is the dismal writing, poor grammar, and worse punctuation contained in here.


Thanks for your patience ...


Update:
As of 2/3, the most recent 200 have been cleaned up; and efforts will continue as time allows.