IOLer's, How fitting, Steve's poem, as, the party is over for me as well.
I've decided to leave my job as Captain Baker, Phys. Ed. Instructor, and
move on the faster waters. I've found myself in an eddy here, and as I've
watched the waters of life roll by, come to realize I've lost my momentum as
well. Still read IOL posts but the magic seemed to wane. Perhaps the new
board will offer a North Current; fresh, cool, and clear waters to begin
sailing again. We shall see. For now, I'm trying to get into
Pharmaceutical Sales to use my advanced science skills coupled with contact
with new people and fresh ideas. Maybe I'll end up in another cess-pool,
but if so, I'm sure it won't stand and I'll move on again. I've spent three
and a half years here at the Military Academy as Captain Cut Diesel, but
from now, it's accolades for one, not inspiration for many. After one year
here I wrote the following note, "So gravity must and gravity will, but
saunter must we mustn't still." It took 2 1/2 years to sink in that in
order to grow I needed more. As Steve wrote below, I realized this was a
masquerade that had to wind up. As I wondered how to do it I burried myself
in lifting. As such, last year I wrote, "I shall bomb, I shall blast, I
shall blitz until the muscles do not last." Now, tens of thousands of reps
later, realizing the inevitable stagnation of the position I'm in, it's time
to test myself in the waters of uncertainty. My training has made me ready
for the brunt of change. I add
a personal note of thanks to the support I received from IOLer's in the past
3 and 1/2 years, Now, I leave IOL, in pensive mood, with this; (just wrote
it)
"Waters, waters, rise in tide, catch the current when is nigh,
ebb and flow more give than go, holding anchor for the show,
time to catch the current still, testing, resting ever will,
time to sweat and toil and last, 'fore the time is gone to past."

Farwell IronOnline, as such, and good luck in your chosen plights in the
future, maybe I'll surface again in New York, like a shiny new penny! For
now I've got a bar a beckoning, and not the smokey type...
Captain Cut Diesel...AKA...James Baker

>"The party's over
>It's time to call it a day
>No matter how you pretend
>You knew it would end this way
>
>It's time to wind up
>The masquerade
>Just make your mind up
>The piper must be paid
>
>The party's over
>The candles flicker and dim
>You laughed and shared through the night
>It seemed to be right
>together again...
>
>Now you must wake up
>All dreams must end
>Take off your make-up
>The party's over,
>It's all over my friend"
>
>....But on to the BOARD!!! ... and New York City for Bash04...
>
>~Stingo

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