Like Saying Goodbye To A Friend

On Tuesday, March 17th, 2009, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (better known locally simply as 'The PI')will print its final paper edition after a long 146 year run.

I grew up in the Seattle area, and I had looked at the PI every morning for decades. Its sports stats were top-notch, its reporting was first rate, and it employed a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning Editorial Cartoonist. It was a phenomenal paper.

So, as it goes into the sunset (as I'm sure many other newspapers will also go), I can't help but to feel like I'm saying goodbye to a friend...one I have personally grown with over my 46 years.

I know, I know,...sappy; and somewhat ridiculous. But when you lose something that has literally been a part of your entire life, one does become nostalgic; reminicing over seemingly trivial things that don't really have much meaning.

And so here I am, losing a friend. I will miss the Seattle Post Intelligencer. It really was the phenomenal newspaper I make it out to be.