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I spent a lot of the last week or so in a state of fugue. Walking around but not really accepting where I was. It took a few final words and a semblance of an exit plan in order to really begin to make myself function again.

In going through a few old files, my sister came across a binder of mine that contained printouts of the Vacuum Diagrams newsletter I once put out. What funny things we once were. Me and my sultry crew of post-teenage angst writers. Were we good? Were we bad? That’s more for others to decide. I’ll let you decide.

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There’s a strong wind blowing through the San Fernando Valley tonight. I’m feeling nostalgic tonight as I prepare this website to be something more than it is now. Little known fact – way back in the day (around 1999 – 2000) me and a group of friends got together to write a newsletter titled the Vacuum Diagrams. The newsletter was named after a Stephen Baxter book which inspired me to create something that I hoped would allow those of my friends moving out to college to maintain a semblance of connection to the place they once called home. In many ways, this website serves to be a resurrection of that, a place to post news, musings, stupid little tidbits of information that randomly pop into my mind, and the occasional informative article.

Ahh, those were the days. Staying up late trying to come up with something to say. Getting on Michelle and Helen’s ass to write me an article before I sent out the newsletter bi-weekly. It had a good run, 85 issues 50+ subscribers – most of which weren’t even people I knew. It was sad to see it go. What started out as a way to ship off news to far flung friends became something more. A way for 3 friends (4 if you weren’t in the joke) to say something about their lives, their hopes, and their ambitions. It holds a fond place in my heart.

So, to honour the memory of VD I’ve decided to revive a section of the newsletter here on my blog. The section is called “In The Corner”. It’s basically a collection of random musings that I think of and post. There will be no explanation and if it makes sense even better. It’s just about saying something that mostly for me, but you get to read it too. Eight years later and at least Xanthros lives on, if not in newsletter form, at least on this blog. I hope you decide I’m worth reading and I hope while you’re here you find something worthwhile.

BTW: If you are interested in receiving the entire set of the Vacuum Diagrams contact me. I’ll hook it up.