Thanksgiving

In Canada, today is Thanksgiving day, and it seems like an ideal time to say thank you.

Thank you to my friends, those I've played with and those I haven't met yet.

Thank you to the creators who have inspired me with their works.

Thank you to the various people who have taken a chance on me in both personal and professional capacities. Even though I haven't lived up to your expectations, you did not owe me the chance, and I'm grateful for it.

And, just to round it out, can I say that I'm sorry to the people I have wronged? I'm not the most self-aware person*, so if you're thinking, "If he were really sorry, he'd know what he has done wrong" ...except I have a list of things I have done that is somewhat longer than your kitchen table and a memory somewhat leakier than a screen door. I know that I have wronged people (I can think of two dates where I behaved abominably, for instance, and there are a lot of missed deadlines in there...). f you were to present me with your grievance, there's a very good chance that I'd acknowledge it and admit that I behaved badly...there's even a chance that I try not to live my life that way now...though I'm not a saint, and sometimes the barrier between self-knowledge and self-correction seems insurmountable.

TL;DR: If you're reading this, thank you.

This concludes your mushiness for another few months.

 

*I was going to have a footnote but I changed my mind.