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I'm grateful for this community. 
 
My life is pretty terrific - I'm reasonably healthy, very much in love, work a job that is both survivable and sustainable, and even if I have to switch jobs in the upcoming year for whatever reason I don't have many worries on that front either.
 
My extended family is doing pretty well and my friends seem to be in good places in their lives, for the most part.  I have no complaints. :)
 
But I am also exceedingly glad to be able to converse with all of you about whatever comes to mind.  Usually it's the Mariners, sometimes it's something else entirely.
 
I am not a journalist.  I don't wake up in the morning dying to write articles... but I do wake up and log in here a dozen times a day to join in the conversation.  Sometimes that's by starting articles, and sometimes just by replying to them.  I come for the conversation with people all over the country - indeed, the world - who have so very much to add to the fabric of my day.
 
For as long as Doc would like to run a Mariners site, I'll hope to be able to contribute.  I find sites like Fangraphs to be informational but not necessarily educational or mood-altering.  They give me new facts, but don't increase the poignancy of my day or whet my baseball appetites.
 
Those sites (Fangraphs, ESPN, MLBTR, et al) are my news venues. They help inform the conversation I may eventually have, but they aren't the reason I have that conversation.
 
This site (and/or any future site) engenders the joy I feel from the sporting arena.  It pulls it all back to life, rather than stats.  
 
This site makes me smile.  And for that, I thank all of you, and hope to continue to see you all and share in those moments of joy for years to come.