It occurred to me that around these days I have been writing this blog for a year already. I had a moblog earlier, too, but the technology was not quite mature for that at the time (and, IMO, still isn’t to the extent I need it to be) so that died off after a few months of experimentation. This, however, has become a convenient new location for my random rantings, thoughts as well as a photography archive and a place for other contents that used to reside on my homepage.
Through the blog I’ve gotten to know a few interesting people (you know who you are) and that alone has really made it worth the trouble. The blog has also been a great place to write down my thoughts on all kinds of issues – some of them have been made into posts, some have been deemed stillborn and deleted before publishing. I realize Only slightly bent might be easier to read if it was focused on one specialized subject, but that hasn’t happened nor is likely to ever happen – for better or worse, the mishmash of topics is bound to continue.
As the seasonal holidays seem to be creeping up on us, here’s a great wish I was sent last year (original author unknown). With this, I thank everyone for reading Only slightly bent during the past year or so & I’m looking forward to many more (years and readers)!
Please accept with no obligation, implied or implicit, my best wishes for an environmentally conscious, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, gender neutral, celebration of the winter solstice holiday, practised within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice, or secular practices of your choice, with respect for the religious/secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all and a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated recognition of the onset of the generally accepted calendar year 2006, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures and their contributions to society and without regard to the race, creed, colour, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform or sexual orientation of the wishee.
By accepting this greeting, you are accepting these terms. This greeting is subject to clarification or withdrawal. It is freely transferable with no alteration to the original greeting. It implies no promise by the wishee to actually implement any of the wishes for her/himself or others, and is void where prohibited by law and is revocable at the sole discretion of the wisher.
This wish is warranted to perform as expected within the usual application of good tidings for a period of one year, or until the issuance of a subsequent holiday greeting, whichever comes first, and warranty is limited to replacement of this wish or issuance of a new wish at the sole discretion of the wisher.
Merry Christmas and Boxing day!