Dear Gay Authors Members,

I regret to inform you all that effective immediately, I am resigning as Project Manager and Administrator to the website. I have been with the site for nearly eight three years and have seen it grow from a community of only a few hundred members, to over five thousand. I’m proud of the site and the work that has went into making this place what it is now. I owe a lot of where I am now in my life to this site and the members I have met here.

However, all great things must come to an end. As many of you know, I entered a relationship a few months ago, and things couldn’t be better. We recently decided to move in together, and are doing so tomorrow… on one condition. He wants to have a serious relationship, but won’t if I can’t commit to him. He’s tired of being second to the computer and the internet life I have. While I realize this may seem harsh, I can’t disagree with him and have agreed to leave GA, and my internet life behind. This means I will no longer be on MSN or AIM as well. The only access I will have will be the university computers which block many of the sites. Even then, I will respect his wishes and not get online to talk.

I am forever grateful to all of those that have stood by me. You mean the world and I couldn’t have done this without you.

Thank you all for being one of the best communities I have been part of. May you all find happiness and enjoy your lives.

Sincerely,

Joe
Former Site Admin

Edited by Dan Kirk: Folks, my bad here. I thought this was an April Fool's Joke because I was thinking of doing the same thing, so I snuck in and changed the # of years to eight. It seems that I was mistaken and all I am going to say is boyfriends can be very bad news. First Dom, and now Joe.

You will be sadly missed by everyone.

I hope it is not something to fool us!! (Read the date!!)

If it not, then ... As a member who has just declared hi own hiatus, I can imagine how difficult this decision would have been for you.

Take care...I wish you all the best for your life.

We would miss you...

BeaStKid

If this is not a joke.

Good luck, Glad happiness you have found in your lover.

Thanks for making this site great.

Edit: Didn't find this very humorous. Zip, zero, nada. In fact, I think it was offensive.

...................Best of luck to you and your partner Joe.....I'm leary of today's date though!

April Fool's Day....


Well, if you're serious, then good luck, but frankly the relationship sounds too controlling. So I guess wishing you good luck is all the more important.

Take care, Joe!

I have to say this. I can't wish you luck because your reason is disturbing. He's making you get rid of your computer (that he probably didn't pay for) and you're not even allowed to be on MSN or AIM whether you're talking to real life friends or not. What you do in your spare time is none of your boyfriend's concern. If he wanted you to spend less time in front of a screen to spend with him, that'd be understandable. But if he's so needy and self-centered that he's making your completely scrap something that means so much to you (I mean Christ, you've been here since you were ten!), then it's only going to get worse until you're afraid to do anything without him for fear of how he'll react. And that's not a healthy basis for a relationship at all. Trust me, I've been there, done that. It isn't about you choosing the internet over him, it's about him having the maturity to understand what your hobbies mean to you and being patient.

I already know you're not listening and that your mind is made up, and there's nothing I can say. I just hope you know what you're getting into.

One thing that is a serious danger sign is a partner with insecurities that run so deep that they consider family, friends as competetion. This is the tip of the iceberg and you will quickly find that living with someone with those sorts of insecurities is a little slice of hell.

I hope that I'm wrong and the two of you are very happy together but in my experience when one partner goes mine all mine, it's not a good omen.

Best of luck Joe,


James

Well I'll simply say that it's been a great pleasure interacting with you over the last few years, Joe. I've thoroughly enjoyed our friendship and our working relationship and I have the utmost amount of respect and admiration for you. I'll always wish you the best in all of your endeavors.

I wish you both the best of luck and I'm very happy and excited for you guys. Obviously you know you can look us up if you change your mind or just find that you have a little extra time.



Take care and all the best
Kevin

Is this Mr. Right. Love me first, above all else? That's a heavy demand, a demand full of jealousy no one wants. I wish you the best of luck and safety, especially safety. I pray love doesn't blind you to the possibility of a tightening grip on your soul. Hopefully, we won't see your eviscerated body on TruTV and wonder what went horribly wrong.

Is it a bit of April Foolishness? It is a very good resignation letter and I will miss you very much. All things do come to an end and maybe this is your time to go far, far away.

Live well,

Carl

If you're kidding us, I will come after you with a voodoo doll.
If not:
I hope that you and he work out.

OK...um
today IS April 1st
eight years ago Joe was 10 years old.
eight years ago GA didn't exist.

I think Joe is funin' us.

.........Nice catch!!!!!!! Both of those escaped me, nice going Jay!!!!!!!!

Guys, go back and re-read Joe's post. I thought he was April-fooling and changed the number of years to eight, but well, now that I've chatted with him I've changed it back the real # - three. Joe was with GA for three years, since he was fifteen. He has always been a wonderful resource for GA and when he leaves will be sorely missed. Myr and I are going to have to have a long discussion on how to keep the site going without him since neither of us have the time to do all the technical work he does for the site.

Not to mention how Trebs based the whole Texas convention for me as an opportunity to get Joe drunk and back to our hotel room (maybe his boyfriend is right after all...)

I haven't been around really long, but from what i have seen you have been doing a great job on the site ! You will be missed a lot around here.

I definitely wish you all the best !

Wow. I don't know what to say. You've been a consistent presence at GA since I've been here.

I hope this works out for you and the BF.

Taking time away from the internet & GA can be a good thing. Just remember, you can aways come back after a hiatus .

Take Care®,

Vic

Congrats for all the hard work. I never failed to be amazed by the prompt reaction to messages about bad links. And someone is quite lucky to have a good-looking guy like you as a boyfriend. Hugs.

If he's having some fun with us, then may the flea's of a thousand camels infest his groin.

I thought it was April Fools but jesus.

You can always pop in once every while. You're still welcome to do so. ^^

Joe,

I don't know what to say, this has caught me by surprise. First of all, it was nice knowing you all these years you have been here. I remember the (not really the first moment) that I first 'met' you through GA chat and the fun we all had in there with the long since gone gang. You will be sorely missed, you were (are) an invaluable member of the GA community.

I can only hope that you have a happy future and remember that GA will here when you return.

-Julian Alexander
Wondering how many originals are remaining.

I certainly agree with those sentiments.

I have a few things to say about that little <explitive deleted>.

It is beyond me that he is such a pussy as to let some guy dictate his life. That is assuming that this supposed "Mason" is really a guy. HE drags my ass back here only to leave, threatens me if I don't go to Dallas, not to mention threatening me if I do (One is worse than the other) and then decides to leave his online life behind. Thank GOD I didn't invest more in the freindship with him. Then the little ass decides that some boy <explitive deleted> is more important than we are. I hope that he marries (or the social/legal equivalent in what ever state/jusrisdiction the pussy boy ends up in) The Jar (Mason ... that is a joke) and lives a miserable life as someone's bitch. I suppose it is a good thing he likes being on his knees because he is gonna be spending the rest of his life there.

Maybe I am supposed to say "thank you for all you have done for the site", but as far as I can see, he sat on his ass while power mongers did their best to ruin the place for their own personal gains. I say good riddance to the lazy admin who doesn't have the <anatomy part deleted> to be his own person.

Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" "Stupid Snowy" Dog

..........I wish you wouldn't beat around the bush!!

Wow Joe.. you owe me an Article.. - but I'll definitely let it slide. I know life does get important, and you'll need to try things out for yourself too. You're young though, and I don't know about your personal life enough to judge. I hope you the best. I don't know why people are taking you leaving so negatively, but! I hope you have fun.

And, if you do come back, I'm sure you'll be very welcome here. As we owe a lot of what we see in front of us every day, to you.

Thanks,

Krista

I hate April Fools!

You guys haven't seen pictures of Mason. I have.

I'd give up GA to keep him happy...

That's just your way of singing an online rendition of 'The Wind Beneath My Wings' to Joey.

Vic

P.S. - Did you notice in the BF fineprint that he didn't promise to stay out of videos?

Vic, he might have been joking. He does have a good sense of humor. I thought he was serious at first but maybe he isn't.

I come back from Vacation and this is what I see?

Thanks Dan... or at least I think it was you.

Oh sure, Joe, you IM me at midnight asking me to help you with your April Fool's joke and now you blame me? Puh-lease! At least I had the nerve to actually do the Dom April Fool's Joke.

It was actually around 2am

besides... I knew you were better connected to Dom to pull something like that off.

Dan ...

It was just a joke Joe

Say "hi" to Mason form me

Dr. Mr. Snow "Snoopy" Dog

Blah... Krista being a gullible ditz - AGAIN.. this is not a holiday blondes enjoy, let me tell you.

You're also, no longer off the hook with that Article.

Dirty Dirty Dirty!

This joke is worse than C James' evil cliffhanger from Christmas. Naughty! *fetches paddle*

Sure hope Mason likes fleas

Snoop

Hehe.

and actually Mason was in a picture on his blog a bit back.

You know, I laughed at the Joe one...Got me. Ha ha.

But joking about Dom's Hiatus? About Dom being hurt or in danger? Not funny. Not funny at all.

Me will Slaughter You.

-Jules

I felt it was time we got to know Joe a little better. So, we now have an Ode to Joe page.

I'm laughing hysterically at this one. *checks pants* TG I didn't pee them.

You do realize that this means war, right?

But Joe, somebody had to do something to memorialize your resignation? Besides, what makes you think it was me?

Couldn't we just, you know, blame Shadowgod?

Surrender now, Joe. Just give it up, and remember, you did say it was your favorite holiday.

I would call Shadowgod your scapegoat, but something about calling HIM the scapegoat sounds inappropriate. Poor Shadowgod... I should give him a great big hug.

Would it be okay to post private PMs from Joe on the Ode page?

You do realize how easily he can make changes to your profile, don't you? Do you remember their last war?

Never give up... never surrender!

The last war wasn't a war. That was just childs play. THIS is war. Starting tomorrow. I'm tired

So does that mean everyone gets to choose a side? That could be a lot of fun.