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We’re just wrapping issue 155 of Ride, marking my 70th issue. Who knows what a scene website and decent writing skills will bring you, eh? I hate to lament (that’s not the right word) over things like this too often, but it’s a wild thought that it’s been six full years. When I first got hired, I had this weird idea that it was all some sort of joke, and Ride’s least memorable editor, Scott Mcewenly (however his name was spelled…sorry, this is coming out more asshole-ish than I wanted), was going to come back, and be like, “What the fuck are you doing at my desk?” So I left all his belongings untouched: stickers, phone rotisserie, and even “The Rick Thorne Experience” written on the white board. It started as some sort of weird paranoid thought, but after a year or so, I realized I was probably there to stay. I ripped off the DJ-whatever stickers on the cabinet next to me, decided to keep the phone book, and when I went to wipe off The Rick Thorne Experience off the To Do list portion of the white board, it wouldn’t come off.

It’s been six years and it’s still sitting there. I don’t even use the white board.