So Long To All That

 

    Well, that does it for another year.  Before I realized it, the A-Z Challenge for 2025 has ended.  Personally, I’m tired, as daily blogging (with the exception of Sunday) is a tough slog.  It proved difficult to come up with sufficient wiseguy “snarkery’ to address twenty-six topics for twenty-six letters.

"No, no, no!  That's only twenty-FIVE letters! We need twenty-SIX!"
"What if I put in an 'X'?"
"How's it pronounced?"
"Like 'Z'."
"Aw, screw it.  That'll give us 26 at least."

    I don’t think I’ll continue with daily posts, though, at least until the 2026 challenge.  Primarily, because I don’t have the time to do so.  The effort I put into these posts has taken me away from working on my book.  Which, when finished, will net rich rewards via untold amount of royalty money.

Royalties

    Secondly, and almost as importantly, very few people have the time devote to reading daily posts.  At least huge ones.

   Even though Penwasser Place can be laugh-out-loud funny.

    I did enjoy working my way though relatively obscure bits of history.  I may do so in the future, although I will also include topics other than trips into the often-murky past.  I’ll also write a few “serious” posts, although they’ll be outnumbered by the silly.

"Well, I certainly hope so."

    I also very much enjoyed getting to know a couple of new people.  You’re the reason why I wanted to do this thing in the first place.  To those who did, thank you for visiting.

    Finally, I’d like to extend my sincere thanks to my regular followers, Alex, Chris, Liz, and Birgit.  Why you’ve stuck with me all these years is unfathomable.  Maybe there’s a bit of masochism there?  In any case, I thoroughly enjoy your blogs and look forward to the future.

    So, anyway, this is Al Penwasser (or Ken…whatever) checking out until next time.

    Which will be a continuation of the story of Xerxes the Great.

Remember, this is the Hollywood Xerxes.

    In a few days or so.

    So you have that going for you.

"Which is nice."