The wonderful Daily Awesome<\/em> is ceasing production<\/a> in favor of the real world:<\/p>\n

\nWhen I launched Your Daily Awesome 16 months ago, I was between projects and looking for a creative outlet that incorporated the myriad cultural phenomena that constantly inspire me. YDA was the perfect vehicle for this, and to my great surprise and happiness, other people shared my enthusiasms: The earliest days of the blog drew a few dozen visitors daily. November alone has seen more than 90,000 hits, a level of popularity that excites and humbles me.<\/p>\n

But all good things must end, and this is the final entry on YDA as we know it. I am a writer first and an artist second (or vice versa, it\u2019s hard to keep track): Blogging is not my main gig, and for the past several months, I\u2019ve been unable to devote myself to my real work so that I can noodle around on the internet every night, hunting for something appropriately awesome to blog. Those (substantial) daily chunks of time need to be applied to other projects that are more significant to me, creatively and professionally.<\/p>\n

When I posted the clip from True Stories of David Byrne deadpanning his way through the history of Texas, I didn\u2019t realize that it would be YDA\u2019s last real post. But if pressed to choose a closing statement, I\u2019d be hard-pressed to select something more appropriate to this blog\u2019s sensibilities.<\/p>\n

Infinite thank you\u2019s to Your Daily Awesome\u2019s readers, linkers, and the artists who inspired this blog. I promise to spend my time wisely.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This has been a wonderful source of, well, awesomeness, and will be missed. Life is complex, however, and I can certainly understand the problem is competing priorities.<\/p>\n

Happily, the blog is still up<\/a>, so you can go back and sift through the splendiferous back catalog.<\/p>\n

Best wishes to Chas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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