So, this is it. My last post as hecklerspray editor. Weird.

I've been with hecklerspray for over five years, in which time I've written almost 9,000 posts, won awards, helped the site become quite big and received more woefully misspelled death threats than I could ever count. So these next few paragraphs might be a little bit self-indulgent. Sorry.

Mainly, I need to thank some people. Chris and Dave, the shadowy hecklerspray puppeteers, for giving me this chance in the first place. Friends and family, for putting up with me when I've ignored them in favour of work. Michael Bay?s lawyer, for not going completely apeshit that time I accidentally called his client a murderer. Britney Spears, for shaving her hair and going mental that time. Seriously, Britney, that was hilarious.

Hello everyone. So. Bad news. After a long period of uncharacteristic soul-searching, I’ve reached the painful decision to stand down as hecklerspray editor as of Friday.

It hasn’t been an easy choice to make – I’ve been here for five years, and this has been my entire life for most of that time – but the sad truth is that other my commitments have left me no time to give the site the attention that it deserves. So, for the sake of hecklerspray and its readers, I’ve decided to step aside and let someone else take the reigns instead. It’s bittersweet, but it’s probably for the best.