sadness and fear

another co-worker is leaving today: Ben Horner is going off to England. This makes me happy for him, yet sad for us. We saw him turn into the best web designer I know, and perhaps one of the best, period. And his print design rocks too.

I actually miss him already, since for a while last year Michelle and I were in the same Bible study with him. It's funny (odd, not ha ha) that I've been in close proximity with him for over 2 years, and never really knew him until that time. And now that that time is done, back to simply proximity. I guess you'll have this in "quiet guys" of which I am one as well (mostly).

So he'll be an ocean away, and I surely hope we get someone in here that's even close to having his skills and personality (his chief virtue that I saw in this office: patience with all of our, er, interesting idiosyncracies). I don't want to slight anyone we may have already interviewed, but it's been really tough to find his replacement. But we'll go on and still be the best web company around. Or something like that.

Bye bye Ben.