Tonight’s the night when it all ends. It’s the final episode of Lost – a show that I have been in love with since I watched the very first episode the night it aired. Andrea and I weren’t like so many people who became obsessed once they watched it on DVD; we were there from the beginning. There’s no question the show has had its ups (“The Constant”) and its downs (most of the third season), but through it all, it’s kept us wanting more. There haven’t been too many shows that have captured our imaginations and our excitement quite like Lost has over the last six years.

As I go into this evening, I know one thing – We’re not going to get all the answers. There’s no way we’re going to learn everything. And that’s ok. We may never find out why Walt was so special. We may never find out where the Egyptian influence on the Island comes from. We will surely never know the entire story of The Others. These are mysteries we’ll simply have to accept, just as our characters have had to. Maybe one day there will be a book written by the producers that will fill in these gaps. But if not, that’s ok. Maybe it’s better if we leave a lot to wonder.

The only thing I hope for tonight is some sense of closure. Not everything has to wrapped up with a tight little bow, but I want to know where these beloved characters stand at the end of their journey. We don’t have to know if they’ll live happily ever after, we just need to know that their ordeal with the Island is over; that they have found some sense of peace.

So here’s hoping we get a satisfying ending. With so many TV finales that have gone down as less-than (Seinfeld, The Sopranos, L.A. Law, etc.), it would be a real shame to add Lost to that list of great shows with incredible runs that petered out in the end. I guess we’ll just have to see.

My latest mental_floss article is online – How to Tweet Your Way Out of a Job – and it’s been a pretty nice hit for me.

The story is all about people who got fired after sending out a tweet or two that got them in trouble with their boss. I have to say, reading through these stories made me think about some of the things I’ve tweeted in the past. While I haven’t done anything as dumb as some of these people, I have sent out a few thoughts that could be construed as less-than-appreciative of my job. I definitely learned a lesson doing the research for this one.

As I said, it’s been a nice, solid hit for me on the site. It’s been retweeted like crazy (Irony?) and has been linked to on some nice sites. I haven’t heard anything from any of the really big boys yet, but we’ll see what happens.

Thanks for reading and keep checking back for more!

I’m writing this post from the bathroom at work. No, seriously. My new Android-based cell phone has a WordPress app. Ain’t technology grand? Who needs a flying car when you can blog from the can?

As I had hoped, my talking animals story was reprinted on CNN last Friday. A fellow mental_flosser told me she saw it on the front page of CNN at one point this morning. I’m glad to hear it’s being fairly well received.

Man, I can’t believe it’s been so long since I last updated. Life has simply gotten in the way around here. Busy, busy, busy as always.

I’ll start with my mentalfloss.com updates. It’s been a good couple of weeks – some good, solid stories – but nothing that has taken the internet by storm.

First up was Pet Sounds: 4 Animals That Could Really Talk. It was a really fun one to write, it received a good number of retweets, and CNN.com was interested in it, but (so far anyway), hasn’t actually reprinted it. I still have my fingers crossed that they’ll come through, but we’ll see.

Next up was Not Your Father’s Lodge: 5 Charities That Make Giving Fun, a look at some non-traditional charities like St. Louis’ own Zombie Squad and American Mustache Institute. I actually wrote this one a while back, but it didn’t fit into the publishing schedule until this week. The story sort of bombed, unfortunately, at least by my standards. It did get some solid retweets and, perhaps most importantly, I got some kind words from the St. Louis charities through Facebook. The guys from the Mustache Institute even sent me a personal email saying thank you for including them. The story was also mentioned in one of mental_floss’ daily Watercooler Ammo emails, which was really great of them to lend it a hand. So I have a feeling that as much as could be done to promote the story has been done, but for whatever reason it just didn’t connect with as many readers as I would have liked. I have a feeling it was a little too long. Hindsight being 20/20, I think I would have trimmed things down quite a bit. I’ll definitely keep that in mind for future stories.

For a little personal news, it’s been kind of a rough week in the Lammle household. As many of you know, I’m adopted and, thanks to a story that would make one hell of a screenplay, tracked down my biological parents a few years ago. This week, my paternal biological grandfather passed away after suffering a stroke a few weeks ago. I didn’t know him all that well, but the few times my wife, daughter, and I visited him, I got the impression he was quite a character. So we’ll be visiting the family to pay our respects and give some of them the opportunity to meet our daughter for the first time. As usual, the visitation will be a sad, yet joyous event. A true celebration of life in all its stages.

Well, it’s almost 3:00am, so I should probably hit the sack. Thanks again to all my friends and family for following me and supporting me over the years. I’ll try to keep things updated a little more often around here, so check back again soon.