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Linda had been beautiful once. Now she was middle-aged, now she was grey-haired, now she was growing wrinkles shaped by the sneers and frowns she had worn all her life. But she was beautiful once, ice-blue eyes and black hair and slim body and most of all a face that lied. It was a face that looked sweet, and warm, and kind, even though she had none of these qualities. The truth emerged in the end, though, and her face grew to match what she was inside. It was ugly, and Linda was alone.

When she was young, she had dated men, slept with them, and accepted gifts from them until she grew tired of them, and then she found new ones to replace the worn out models. Her rages were legendary,…

It's been wonderful for all these years, but as of January 23, 2012 the Blockstackers have transferred ownership of Everything2 to Everything2 Media LLC. Jay Bonci, a once-and-now familiar face, will be taking over the helm of E2. It's been a good ride for 13.5 years, and I'm very happy to leave my baby cum live-at-home-adult-child in very capable hands.

If you have any questions about what this means for E2 moving forward, I suggest you /msg the new management.

California: "Good morning Jess-ee-ka, how are you?"

Me: "I'm doing well. My mother-in-law is down for the weekend. How are you?"

California: "Good, good. Jessica, we wanted to talk to you for a minute before bringing anyone else on. We've been running the program we discussed last time you were out here. We've made some changes based on your recommendations and we think it's really going well but we need someone to manage it. How…