WOW!

I can’t believe the amount of traffic and comments that one little resignation would create! For the record, I greatly appreciate the private messages and public comments of support. My in box was nearly full this morning and thats saying a lot with G-mail. A lot of the support and well wishes have come from surprising (well at least to me) places, and greatly appreciate that.

As far as the situation is concerned, I have made peace with everything that has transpired. I believe a lot of what has happened has been a result of frustration, misinformation, and emotional reaction. I think everyone is on the same page, at least I hope so.

Now some good news, while home with sick kiddies yesterday I was finally able to install that new hard drive my home PC needed and get my OS installed. I also received a call from the greatest computer tech in the world, he was able to save all my data from my failed hard drive and in the next day or so I should be getting a DVD with all my kids pictures and other files on it. I cannot begin to express how happy I am about that! My modem is still down, dang ISP can’t seem to get the broadband connection to stay at my location. It was down most of last year or at best intermittent. They finally got it fixed but it was slow before Christmas. Now my PC blows up and the modem goes out, or so I thought. Turns out it is the connection not the modem (as I got a different one and had the same issue), so a tech has to come out this week and look at it again. Hopefully won’t be to much longer before I can get back online from home. That will be a happy day.

Never say never, and never say die. Hopefully things are looking up on all fronts. Thanks again for the support and encouragement. I greatly appreciate it.

Regards.

***<Updated> ***

Out of a shortage of in box space, I have accepted the numerous requests to reinstate my editor account.  I never really wanted to leave , but for fear that my PR (whatever the heck that means) was going up on this site from the attention I decided I had to give in and come back.    Seems my retirement was short lived.   Thanks to everyone who showed support and concern by email, PM, and comments on this blog.  It really means a lot.

Regards.

Sad Day

It is with a very sad and heavy heart that I post today.  Effective immediately, I have resigned my account as an ODP editor.  It would seem I failed miserably at living up to the faith and support shown to me by those great editors that have always been there to help and guide me as I grew up as an editor.   I can only hope that those who know me, understand that I did my best to honor my mentors and friends even though I know I let them down.

I hold no ill will towards anyone within the ODP and wish the editors nothing but happy trails in the future.  I always did what I thought was best for the directory and my fellow editors and in the end it wasn’t enough.  I failed to do what needed done and let everyone down.  I hope that someday I can make up for my failures.  I also hope that something changes and I can come back to the project I love and poured my heart into making better.

Good luck to everyone who is still fighting the good fight!  I am with you in spirit if not in person.

Love you all!

Shadow575 – 2008’s Most Hated

Well another week has gone by and another editor/group of editors is pissed off at me. Seems I am doing something wrong (or perhaps right, depending on how you choose to look at it). I can’t even so much as change the status of my IM to some nonsense saying without offending someone, who apparently thinks I am out to get them. I can’t even post a message on a forum, with offending someone to the point at taking an unnecessary shot at me.

Frankly it bugs me that someone takes everything I say personally, I rarely allow myself to become engaged in petty bickering. Rarely, not never. I have never been one to keep my mouth shut though, when I see something wrong. Perhaps if something I said struck a personal cord, you need to look in the mirror not at taking a public shot at me. Most everything I say, post, or blog is generalized and non-specific to one individual or event. If it is directed at an individual or event, I have never been accused of pussy-footing around it so you will likely know it.

Personal note to the two most recently pissed off individuals, take a closer look at what I have said previously. I hold you both with the highest respect and admiration. You do an excellent if not amazing job with what resources are available to you. I only wish there was something I could do to help make it better. I thought that was what I offered on Christmas Eve 2007 and again later on January 11, 2008. Taking offense when someone offers support and help, is a personal issue and not mine. Blaming me for your problems is not helping to fix those problems. However, if you want to discuss it reasonably, you know how to contact me.

To everyone else, the above is probably very vague. Sorry about that, but its not intended for everyone to understand the message. Only the ones directly involved need to know its meaning.  Everyone else need only know, that once again I am forced to step away from DMOZ.  Hopefully, after a break I will be able to return to the project that I love.