Changes afoot / Oliver Chantel

Dear loyal reader(s?)-

As the calendar flips so does the scheme of this precious little website. Don't fret. I'm right there with you. As far as adverseness to change is concerned, I consider it one of my primary shortcomings (along with adverseness to flossing and adverseness to finishing magazine articles (both of which will be dealt with in subsequent years)), but with the new year comes a new attitude. You see, change can be good (groan). OK, change can be the catalyst to progress (gag). Fine, change can be 41 cents which is a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and a penny!! (uproarious applause). OK then! Glad you are on board.

So, with that said, ZFFAS will institute the following changes effective immediately:

- the site will no longer be updated every weekday.

I'm going to scale things back a bit. You'll be seeing new posts twice a week instead of five. Granted this will result in 60% less opportunities to make you think, smile, cry, or waste your time, but with the drastic cutback in content will come an (fingers crossed) equal escalation in brilliance. For a wise man once said something regarding quality and quantity. That man is probably dead but I assume his funeral was adequately attended.

- entries will no longer be accompanied with picture of words I deem interesting.

Gone are the days of a picture of a cauldron, an abacus, or a parasol. In 2009 you'll get a picture of a person. This is some dude named Oliver.

Why the changes, you ask? Because 2009 has a lot in store for team zeroth beyond pictures of tapioca and short stories of bear maulings. Things in store include but are not limited to:

- building a better website (goodbye blogspot, hello wordpress?)

- finding a bigger apartment (the growing baby and dog have me regulated to the corner where we keep the dirty laundry and roasting pan)

- working on a movie script (google 'rich zeroth swollen head')

- start working on a book (gulp)

Do the tasks listed above warrant a radical shift in ZFFAS's format? Am I just being lazy? Will you continue to check back on my latest musings, stories, and absurdities? That all remains to be seen. I hope the answers are a resounding yes, no, yes.

Keep reading, start commenting.

rz