Dear Faithful FMA Followers (if there are any of you left),
October 10, 2010I think we’d all agree that Five Minute Answers is a good thing. Some of us might even go so far as to say it’s the best thing the internet has ever done with its clothes on. I would agree. But, alas, as the saying goes, “all good things must slowly diminish in quality and frequency until they are nothing but a shadow of their former selves which feel as though they are being maintained purely by compulsion and obligation and are eventually ended altogether by a combination of apathy, exhaustion, and audience abandonment.” Something like that.
So here’s the deal: I’m tired of working for a living and want to start writing for a living. In order for that to happen I need to start writing for people who have money. While I don’t doubt the financial stability of any of you good people (except you, Hustedt), none of you have been exactly throwing support checks and tax-deductible donations my way either. So, seeing no patrons on the immediate horizon, I will be taking an indefinite sabbatical from Five Minute Answers to pursue other, more profitable endeavors.
It’s been a lot of fun writing this for the past six months, and – who knows – perhaps I will return to it one day. But it won’t be anytime soon, so you can save yourself the 5-10 seconds you spend every week coming over here to see if anything new is up. I’m pretty sure I’m Facebook friends with all of you, so you’ll know if/when FMA starts spitting truth again.
In the meantime, I’ll leave the site online so you are free to peruse the archives and relive some of the life-changing moments we’ve shared. What we had was real and no one can ever take that away from us.
Also, brace yourself for the latest literary venture from Kent Woodyard Industries going live on the Intertron on 11/1/10 (not quite as cool as 10/10/10, but still, there’s a lot of ones and zeros in it). I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but here’s this: it will be the single most mind-blowing thing you’ve seen in the five years since Ok Go did that thing with the treadmills. Seriously, that good.
Thanks again for reading, linking, and commenting. It’s been a hoot. We’ll meet again, you can count on it. And if that day never comes…keep your ear to the grindstone.
hugs and kisses,
Kent
What? how/why was i not consulted previous to this decision? I know i’m working in El Paso which is the closest thing to not-existing ive ever come but really there’s no excuses for this…Too many changes going on in life right now, I’m ready for a bit of pure, unadulterated monotony…
After being one who checks your website everyday for new posts, I’m crushed to come to your site (for the second time today) and find that you’re leaving.
If anyone ever came close to ruining a perfectly wonderful life, Kent, it would be you and this post. This was on my top five things I look forward to every week, and yes it rated above seeing what new and exciting music/movies iTunes could offer me every Tuesday, and your new posts even beat seeing what was new with Matt Drudge.
Seriously though, I will miss you severely. Please do not disappear. Know that while here you were loved and admired, and your deep, real talent was appreciated and enjoyed. Keep up the excellent work.