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You flatter me. And, you also let the cat out of the bag. So, I guess I now have to come clean.

Yes, I do the news now. Gail "The Magnificent Maven of News" got headhunted by a high tech firm and now it's just li'l ol' me here.

As per my usual modus operandi, I never said anything publicly about this change because I wanted to get the hang of it. Besides, as most people here have come to realize, I'm not big on making announcements (e.g., going pay, site redesigns, and the like). Nevertheless, I do think that more than a few people had it figured out anyway.

Any who, thanks for the compliment, Ed (and no, I didn't put Ed up to this even though he does do our Community Observer column).

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