It's customary, I suppose, for a writer to make his so-called "swan song" column his last one before he leaves a particular publication.
But that just feels so final, and goodbyes are hard enough. Thus, I thought I'd go ahead and let folks know I'm leaving in this column, so that I can really go out with a bang in my last one next week.
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