I'm Basically Retired (For Now)

I'd rather not talk about this, as it makes me sad and will probably make some of you sad too, or possibly contemptuous, or, Christ, I don't know, I never know what the hell people are going to make of this shit. (It's also weak and unprofessional, but I no longer worry too much about those things.) However, some kind folks have recently made me professional writing-related offers I find myself unable to respond to, and since I think at least a couple of them are reading this, I hope it will ...