Hello, Friends!
Goodbye, Friends!
I'm outta here.
I bet you're thinking this is a juicy, dramatic, GBCW with bonus FU, yes?
Well, click onward to find out if you're right.
I joined DKos in 2003 and really didn't think much about posting to it.
I entered my real name as my username.
And that's how it's been for 3+ years now.
Well, that all ends today.
I have taken a new job with the potential to have a higher profile than I've had before, and it's time to make a bigger separation of the personal from the professional. I can't do that using the identical name.
I am not leaving DK. I will be using a different name.
Others have had to do this before for the exact same reason. So, please spare me any snide allegations. If the circumstances were different, I'd keep my name here forever. I'm not running away from anything. Every one of you who has chosen a screenname with no relationship to your real name has made the same choice for privacy, and now I'm doing the same.
I cleared this with McJoan, by the way.
Of course, it's best if I don't announce here what that name is, because that sort of defeats the purpose, doesn't it?
I really don't know how I can nudge you guys in the ribs and say "Yo! It's Kim!" and not make a trail back to dear old Kimberly Stone, but I'm open to suggestions. Maybe you'll figure it out. If you do, please, don't make a comment saying "Ha ha, it's you Kim!" because again, I'd like the trail to go cold.
New year, new face. It'll be very odd for me for awhile. And, dude, I so hate giving up a UID in the 6000s.
So that's that.
For the new year, I wish you all health, happiness, and at least one moment where you feel this country is moving back in the right direction. In other words, I wish you hope.
You can express your thoughts in the silly poll below.