Rather than write some big gushing "good bye" post, I'm just going to cut to the chase. It's the standard "my real life isn't leaving me enough time for WOW" business... I like boobs, girls have them, I meet more of them getting out of the house than I do hanging around in my PJs at the computer all day.

That said, I've finally hit the point where - as much as I love each and every one of you, including Epat and Pyrael for sucking me into this seedy world 18 months ago (despite what I may say if you ask me in a less emotionally vulnerable moment) - it's time to close the book on WOW. Not on my friendships here - and I fully expect to continue dropping by the site, chatting with you on Facebook, and attending any NW guild events (provided you'll have a crusty old alumni), maybe even popping into vent! It's not goodbye... Just, hell, when was the last time I logged into the game, anyway?

I cancelled my subscription and it's over on the 17th, but if anyone is interested in having another account with a level 30-something Pally and a pretty cool L80 Shaman, I'd rather you have them than they fade off into obscurity and oblivion. Torvo's max JC and Enchanting with a ton of recipes, so he makes a great gold pinata if nothing else.

No. Seriously. If you want the account, just let me know. All I want is for it to go to a good home.

Most of the reason I'm trying to keep this so businesslike is I refuse to think of my relationship with all of you as being over. I don't believe in saying goodbye - because as far as I'm concerned, it's just "until next time".

So hit me up if you're in Seattle and want to grab food/drinks. Or you need a place to crash. Or you want a guided tour of the Starbucks HQ. Hit me up when Starcraft 2 comes out if you want to mess around on Battle.net (yes, I'm much more excited for SC2 than WOW). Throw me an invite on XBOX Live, even though I usually just watch movies on NetFlix and play old sports games... We can Netflix Party Watch "Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter" or some other equally terrible movie (Heeb McMazeltov).

Most importantly, keep being your beautiful selves. I'll miss you, and I'll be around.

--Brendan

Totally OT, but I figured given the state of the economy this is the sort of thing to spread the word on...

Come work with me! Starbucks has recently posted a bunch of new openings at HQ in Seattle, including:

-Editor/Desktop Publisher (Global Learning) -- 0000IY5
-Computer Operator (IT) -- 0000IXQ
-Data Administrator (IT) -- 0000IWJ
-Functional Analyst (IT) -- 0000IR6
-Collections Rep (Accounting) -- 0000IWP
-Category Specialist (Product Management) -- 0000IWI
-Recruiters (HR) -- 0000IVG [or] 0000IVI

All are 2-3 years experience level. Details at http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/job_search_pop.asp. Just type in the Job Number from above and hit search.

And if you want to know why it'd be awesome to work here, just check out our CIO's blog: www.theguildcio.com

Bump on 11/17... Here's an update:

Nothing has worked so far. The list of ideas Blizzard's tech support (I'll spare the long rant about how slow and ineffective they are) has provided is as follows: