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So Long
Dear Duncan, Since moving from San Diego, I've slipped into the habit of browsing this webpage only every other month or so. So news of your retirement has traveled to me with a very unweblike sloth. Alas! It had to happen, but like the shuttering of a favorite theater or the death of a parent, it came as a terrible surprise nonetheless -- someone you always expect to be there, abruptly gone, their space occupied by some well-meaning but unfamiliar stranger. Fortunately, you are around to read our farewells. I wish you all the freedom from burden you could want, and give you many happy thanks for all the insights and pleasures. Free archive or no, I would buy a collection of your reviews in a snap. Thank you. Michael P.S. If the Chargers don't make the playoffs this year, I will take the unhappy conjunction of these two events as evidence of a metaphysical curse on San Diego.— December 19, 2010 11:12 p.m.