“Regretfully they tell us, but firmly they compel us To say goodbye to you. So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, adieu – Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu.”

And that’s all she wrote.

Thank you so much for reading The Spin this semester. When the blog returns August 30 I will no longer be its editor. Next semester, I’m leaving my warm, comfortable home at 4015 Walnut Street for the far away land of Belgium. I hope it’s worth it.

But The Spin is moving up in the world. "http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/user/index.cfm?event=displayAuthorProfile&authorid=2413484" target="_blank">Ali Jackson, a former columnist, will be the next spunkier, funnier Spinster-in-chief. Adam Goodman, also a Spring 2007 columnist, will join Ali in the mighty Ed Page office, taking the indomitable Ms. Tillman’s role as Editorial Page Editor. This San Diego coup of the fully DC metro-area opinion office was fate. It’s not the first time this pair has collaborated — Ali and Adam are both from Southern California and were co-editors of the La Jolla Country Day Palette in high school. But that’s not all this pair has in common. They are also both pimps of opinion journalism and will most definitely bring the Opinion section to new heights (at the very least because they have a combined 21 inches of additional editor on Zoe and me.)

Speaking of Zoe, I’d like to take a minute to acknowledge her work as Editorial Page Editor. Zoe is an obscenely talented journalist and manager. I can’t wait for the day when I pick up The Washington Post and see her byline on the lead story — there is no doubt in my mind that it will come. Our collaboration and friendship have been the biggest rewards of my work this semester as has getting to know the rest of members of the crazy capable 123rd.

I’d also like to thank Dan, Blogsbe, Evan, Camille, John, Simeon, Sarah, James, Elizabeth, SteinZ, and Sharon for putting up with me for the last four months. It has been my sincere pleasure to work with and get to know y’all. If you guys had 1/3 as much fun as I did, this semester was a success. You da best!

Okay, this is starting to look like an Oscar speech and I, afterall, did not win an Oscar — I just edited a blog. So…

Siegel, out!

PS: Check back in a few weeks for information on applying to be a columnist or blogger for Fall 2007.

Thanks for the memories!