<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[David Hendler&#039;s Writing]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://freetaco.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[David Hendler]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://freetaco.wordpress.com/author/davidhendler/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[FreeTacoHere is dead. Long live Free&nbsp;Taco!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I began a blog on March 22, 2001. It ran for 4 and a half years, through happy beginings, near endings, real endings, 5 jobs, 3 moves, 2 wars, a massive identity change (for me), the &#8220;blogging revolution&#8221;, a lot of learning, a firing, and the single largest attack on American soil. It was there when I needed it, listened to my secrets, found me lost friends, and told my troubles.</p>
<p>There was a lot about it that I didn&#8217;t like, of course. But one thing that kept me going was that it was free and it was available. Always. But now it&#8217;s coming to an end.</p>
<p>I found the other day a message, saying that the service I hosted with will be ending as of December 31, 2005. So I&#8217;m moving on to greener pastures. Here. Here is where the Barbaloots have plotted down their parcels and Barbaloot suits for a rest. New service, more streamlined name. The Taco shall survive.</p>
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