A big thank you

Dear Reader,

Does that happen to you too? The first week of 2012 2013 is almost over. And I am still typing and writing 2012. I fully expect to continue making this mistake for another week or two. Usually, by early February even my last brain cell has made the transition.
No, this has nothing to do with age, alcohol or too much excellent food over the holidays. Or maybe it does.

In any case, 2012 has been a wonderful year and I like to thank you for the fun and excitement.

Thanks!

How did 2012 end for diablog?

We had yet another record month in visitors and page views. Thank you!

During the last bored meeting Pete resigned every five to ten minutes and promptly got re-elected every time. To our disappointment, Glynsky did not resign.
That might have been due to him being mentally absent during 99.99% of the meeting.

The bigger disappointment was the physical absence of the ladies and girls at Glynsky Towers. No Christina, no Philippa, much less the strippers and Go-Go girls promised by Glynsky. In his mentally removed state Glynsky offered to do a striptease instead, we all declined. The horrifying picture in our minds was bad enough.
 
So, what can you expect from Glynsky and Pete in 2013?


In short: nothing.
This is in accordance with Glynsky's career motto:

"Keep expectations at and set goals to zero,
and you won't disappoint anyone."

In line with my motto:

"If it ain't broke, break it."

sometime in 2013 diablog will undergo some technical changes.

We intend to move our stuff away from Google to a dedicated server.
Along we will drop using Blogger and switch to WordPress as content management system.
The transition will happen later in the year over a weekend. I expect to screw up big time and hope for my helpers to cover my ass then. If all goes well - what are the odds? - you will hardly notice anything.

Since nobody came up with better - or rather any - ideas for our "look and feel", the layout and everything else will pretty much stay as it is. Sorry for that.

Sidenote:
When one of the models from our great header photo (all credit to Pete) asked for royalties, Glynsky laughed and then threatened to send over the cousins from Italy. That settled that.

Otherwise, Glynsky will probably continue to bore us all most of the time.
Pete is expected to continue writing the best and most-read posts, hopefully more than in the past year.
And I will try to stay out of the way as much as possible.

My current spirit is expressed pretty well by the Beach Boys:

 
Looking forward to an even better 2013 and wishing you all the very best,
Engine Room