Am looking at making a few edits and additions to this blog. Nothing too drastic though. I used to change up The Knight Shift's appearance about once a year or so. But it's had this template for five years now and it really does seem to be the best it's looked.
And I'm going to make sure it stays looking good, up until the very end.
A long time ago I heard about something that, it was kind of a legend. That somewhere in the bowels of the CNN headquarters in Atlanta, there was a videotape. And it was explicitly noted that it would not be used until the end of the world had been confirmed. CNN founder Ted Turner had declared when the channel first started up that it would be on the air until the absolutely final moments of Planet Earth. There would be no signing-off of CNN until then.
It turned out that this was not a myth. Turner did make a "hold until end of the world" video. Here it is on YouTube. Depicting a military band playing "Nearer My God To Thee". To be followed by CNN going out into darkness eternal.
When the tale turned out to be real, an idea hit me. That I should also have a final post to be made on this blog. There are actually two posts for the occasion: one to be made when my own passing away happens (hopefully a LONG time from now), and one to also hold for publishing until the apocalypse truly is upon us.
So if you are wondering what the very final words will be on The Knight Shift, after all this time and more, here's what is "in the vault" ready to be used at the closing of human history. Please ignore the January 2050 timestamp. That's just a placeholder for the actual date of Armageddon.
Anyhoo, here it is:
I want to be well into my eighties before I leave this earth, however it happens. I was a kid when Halley's Comet visited in 1986 and it really was a letdown unless you lived in more southerly latitudes. Hoping I'll get to see it during its next appearance and praying it will be much better.
Well, there it is. When you all see that post, you will know to step away from the computer or put down your smart phone and embrace your loved ones as destruction rains down upon us.
I just like being prepared, is all :-)
That's really cool. I hope the chance never comes to actually use that but it says something that you've thought to have it. Thanks for giving us a little peek behind the curtain :)
ReplyDeleteDemonstrating that these things are never "finalized", I moved the song up to the very top of the post. Don't know why I plopped it in the middle of the text. Looks much better now.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, let us hope that the moment this post is prepared for, does not happen in our lifetimes or those of our children and their children.
But if it does and I can get to my iPhone or iPad or desktop PC fast enough, this will definitely be the very last post that appears on my blog. There's a bit of grim humor to be had in that. I can't but think that's some of the Eighties "always living with the threat of nuclear annihilation" childhood coming out of me :-)