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Last week the sun flipped its magnetic poles.

Big deal, four weeks ago I joined the ranks of the professionally employed.

This event, while almost destroying reality as we know it, also managed to send a small ripple through the day to day events of my life (I'm talkin about the job here, not the sun thing). No longer did I have the time to sift aimlessly through the detritus and porn that a bored bunch of geeks invented and we have come to call the internet. University must eventually come to an end (for most of us that is. Fi remains a whole other story.) and with it the hour long discussions that lead to the formation of this column.

So right now you've probably realised what this is, well most of you. For those who don't here it is is big bold type.

THIS IS THE LAST THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY…….EVER.

Wasn't that hard to say after all.

Myself, and a few dedicated others, have been bringing to you all you need to know for almost 80 weeks, give or take a few, and that's not too bad an effort. Heck it lasted a good lot longer than any romantic relationship I've ever had. I knew I was going to get bored of this at some point. I thought I could, with some help, thrash this out for a couple years and could have if I didn't land such a demanding job. But that's just an excuse covering for a myriad other reasons. There are other things I want to do with the time I spent of GBU and I owe it to myself and others to start those things.

I'm not vanishing. You certainly aren't lucky enough to be getting a message board free of the wit, vitriol and inventive swearing of I. I'll be around, just not weekly anymore. And if the occasion presents itself maybe I'll even exhume this corpse. But before I pack it in there are some names that need to be mentioned.

First off, and the real no-brainer, is RATBAT. Ratti created the site, the messageboard, pinch hit, put me to shame, and basically is quite possibly the most decent person living on the bloody planet. Without her there would be nothing. She is, and always will be, my Goddess of HTML.

Thanks to Gra for stepping in and doing his bit. Euan, Nick and Rob for joining me in doing what we do. The rest of the Evil Bunnies for being there to inflate my ego, though unfortunately not blowing much else. The Adelaide crew for telling me to shut the fuck up regularly and thus thrusting my rants on the web. My Family for having absolutely no appreciation for what I did here. Crystal for driving me around the bend. Katie H for being there for me when I needed her the most. Joss for the late night TV. Cynan and Sean for the pool and being new friends. NYC for giving me somewhere to go. Warren for letting me be honestly afraid. Kevin for letting me realise I could do that and should. And finally the Coopers family, without whom I would not be who I am today.

Thanks for the company and the ego boost kids. Now, where is the beer?