Thanks, and I'll See You in the Funny Papers

No more posts. This is it. I'm not Mr. Rogers, or Carol Burnett, or Douglas Adams; no clever farewells here. Since I announced that Pittsblog would be shutting down, I've received several invitations to guest blog from time to time at other blogs around Pittsburgh, and I may accept some of those. (Is that a threat or a promise? You decide.) It's not the topic or the audience that I need to leave behind; it's the time that I invest in blogging that I need to recapture. I may appear here and there in the future, but not all on my own. One person even suggested that "Pittsblog" is a brand that means something. I'm not so sure about that, but I appreciate the thought. This blog will stay up, of course, as long as Google permits.

In general, I appreciate everyone who's read the blog over the years, whether from time to time or regularly, and I especially appreciate those who took the time to comment. I know well that lots of people didn't agree with me (even earlier today!). Thanks to everyone, including the last group, for taking the time to pay attention -- even briefly. Writing and corresponding here has been a lot of fun for me, and I've learned a lot (whether or not you can tell!). You can still find me in the blogosphere at Blog Lebo (our little microcosm of Pittsburgh -- really -- down in Mt. Lebanon), and at my law-and-technology-and-other-interesting-things blog, co-authored with a bunch of fellow law professors, at madisonian.net. Around Pittsburgh, my proto-entrepreneurial interests will get expressed through a new program in entrepreneurship that we're working on at the law school at Pitt. Look for more early next year.

With that, I'll sign off. Here's a Joe Grushecky video that I like. It has nothing particularly to do with me, but it's a lot of fun. And it seems to capture a spirit that a lot of people think of when they think about the best of Pittsburgh. I really do like this place.