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1/ Ladies and Gentlemen. I returned to technology to the news that @mytntlife announced that as of this Sunday, he is retiring from Twitter. This is solemn news. I know many people who view this medium as a dumpster fire. However, I know it as a means of encountering many amazing
2/ people. Tom is one such person. I believe we rarely hear how we affect others, both positively and negatively. I want Tom to depart knowing at least one way he positively and one way he negatively affected me. On the negative side, Tom cut me deep when he revealed an enormous
3/ betrayal. Tom, after making me feel comfortable, nay proud of my New Balance 626 fashion, comfort, and practicality suddenly announced his acquisition of "Sketchers." I think shattering is not and understatement. However, after walking (comfortably in my 626s) for a while, I
4/ understood the imperfection of mankind, and the frailty of fashion. Tom was too cutting edge for me, and I had to accept he simply was diving deeper into later middle age than I was willing to go. I saw his Sketchers choice as brave inevitability. G-dspeed in your spongy soles
5/ On the positive side, Tom's humor, good will, and food hot takes will always be there. There is one clarion attributed that Tom brought to light that affects me every day. Tom's overwhelming live for Mrs. Tom is a standard that I now, in the best way possible hold myself to
6/ in my own life. In a world where marraige is the butt of constant jokes, and characterized as either a stifling prison of misery or some sort of biting battle of spouses, Tom is a constant reminder that marraige and a spouse is also a source of joy. A spouse is a balm to quote
7/ Beowulf. Tom's expressions of love for Mrs. Tom are not saccharine or tissue thin, Hallmark tripe. The expressions are from the heart and matter of fact. Whatever challenges Tom and Mrs. Tom face, his live for her is a constant, guiding principle. It is both honest and about
8/ this most masculine expression of steadfastness I have witnessed. I am saddened by his departure, but I want him to know that he affected one person in the best way possible. He is a model. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you @mytntlife
And I am a typo idiot. *love
