Amy Gesenhues signs off.

Amy's columns have been fine weekly reads, and every time the newspaper loses an erudite columnist like her, the pop-up ads and sports fixations win. It is unclear why she's leaving. Politics, perhaps? Lemme tell you, running for office can be death for the future placement of your column (unless you're Ed Clere), but at any rate, we hope to hear from her again. You can read Amy's blog here: Amy Wrote It.

GESENHUES: It’s time to sign off

... I’d hate for anyone to believe that I think so highly of myself (or, my words) that I need to devote an entire column to saying goodbye. But, so it goes; this is my farewell column to all the readers who have taken moments of their days to read something I have written.