As I mentioned a few days ago, The Online Photographer (TOP) will be on hiatus till after the Fourth of July. Yr. Hmbl. Ed. has got to get a few projects done, and it's just not going to happen in the course of the normal daily workflow. I've even decided to stay off the Internet for the interval.
Stay off the Internet?! Can a person do that? I'm not sure if I can. We shall see.
If you are reading this, remember, you are a.) wonderful, b.) intelligent, c.) have good taste, and d.) are most likely good looking. If you are also e.) bored, don't forget that there have been 3,330 posts other than this one on TOP, and that the ones you don't see are accessible in the Archives. Plus another 1,349 at the original site (which still gets ~600 hits a day just from search engines). I don't even remember them all, so don't tell me you do. :-)
Thanks for reading TOP. See you here on the 5th of July.
—Mike, TOP M.C. and M.D. (Maintenance Dept.)
"Stay off the Internet? Can you do that? Amusingly, I'm not sure. We shall see."
Ha! I knew you couldn't do it!
Posted by: Dave | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 05:48 PM
You left out, "..and you sing well too."
Posted by: Martha Benedict | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 05:54 PM
Mike, if you are reading this, you didn't make it and are back on the Internet. Now, go and get your projects done!
Posted by: Dennis Mook | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 07:16 PM
Dave and Dennis,
It's still Monday. ;-)
Mike
Posted by: Mike Johnston | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 07:19 PM
I see a lack of confidence in (d), I'm sure we are all good looking, at least on a photograph.
BTW, You left out the most important "and you're a great photographer" but maybe it would look too phony at this point!
Posted by: Emmanuel Huybrechts | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 08:14 PM
Well, it's Tuesday here already!!
Posted by: MartinP | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 08:30 PM
I was with you until the singing...
Posted by: Michael Bearman | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 09:17 PM
ur a hoot
Posted by: Rico | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 10:22 PM
oh man . . .
Posted by: Ken James | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 10:54 PM
Enjoy your lacuna.
Posted by: RogerGW | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 11:12 PM
'Twill only be a lacuna for thee.
Man, I think I am really technically clinically a HOARDER. Have I ever got my work cut out for me. One rule that starts right now...NO MORE STUFF COMES INTO THIS HOUSE! There is plenty of stuff in it already, no need for more. Just rafts, reefs, drifts of CRAP.
Okay, now I really do need to get off the computer. (This is going to be a difficult withdrawal....)
Mike
Posted by: Mike Johnston | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 11:34 PM
Emmanuel,
Well, you're a great photographer. :-)
Mike
Posted by: Mike Johnston | Monday, 25 June 2012 at 11:45 PM
Enjoy your break Mike. I'll miss my TOP installments for the next week and a bit. But I'll appreciate them a LOT more when they do resume.
It's now Tuesday afternoon here (15:35 hrs UTC+10, 26th June), and the clothes are nicely drying on the line.
I'm looking forward to seeing this post in eight-days. But if it were me, I wouldn't be at home _and_ off the internet for that long.
The only times I've been off-line for prolonged periods, there has been NO connection within cooee.
Posted by: Thingo | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 12:42 AM
Since you won't be back until after July 4-- happy Independence Day in advance! May your break be productive.
Posted by: Zeeman | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 03:37 AM
"I've even decided to stay off the Internet for the interval."
Think of it as Lent, or Ramadan, or any regular spiritual fasting--a time to allow the body to heal and the mind to clear.
Posted by: MBS | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 10:40 AM
Would it be in poor taste to start a betting pool on when you break and post a new post? ;)
Posted by: Andrew Molitor | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 11:38 AM
Quick, folks, now we can say what we want about Mike while he's not looking... em, wait a minute while I think about that...
Posted by: Richard Tugwell | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 12:22 PM
Well, I for one will miss you while you're gone. Come back soon, ya hear?
Posted by: Mark | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 03:52 PM
just as long as the joyful nudes continue to change . . . .
Posted by: garyi@estreet.com | Tuesday, 26 June 2012 at 05:26 PM
Enjoy your unhoarding. Do not respond to this post as we'll all know you can't withdraw from the web. I know you can do it.
Posted by: Radiopaque | Monday, 02 July 2012 at 10:16 PM
FYI: The Subaru BR-Z and the Toyota GT-86 arrived here in Switzerland last weekend. I've seen 3 of the Subarus move and at least 12 of the Toyotas. The dealers change their showroom models daily. These things start at ~$42,000 here. I live on the top of a hill outside Lugano, where the road up is a series long straights and slow switchbacks: Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, and AMG test drives (double. triple. quadruple the speed limit) are not uncommon. The Toyotas have been the cars I've seen most. You're not alone: even the conservative Swiss love this car.
I hope you've enjoyed your vacation. (Please take all the breaks that you need to keep the good stuff coming to us!)
Jake
Posted by: Jake | Tuesday, 03 July 2012 at 02:32 PM
It's now the 5th here in Australia...... where are ya?????
Just kidding.... hope you're having a great break.
Posted by: Brett | Thursday, 05 July 2012 at 12:56 AM
"blow up your TV, throw away your paper, move to the country, build you a home"
John Prine (written pre-web)
Posted by: mike plews | Thursday, 05 July 2012 at 08:29 AM