I comment on your blog post first because I read your blog post first.
I also rewrote the address because, well, I posted a similar thing on the NFS World forums when they closed, and that address now receives a lot of unsolicited mail. :P
Dearest Stirling Silverstine, you have contributed so much to the KOTOS Universe, for the story, and the RPs, and in general interactions with the group, but don't worry about your absence taking anything away... you are leaving and that is a respectful decision - but what you have given us will always remain, as will our remembrance, respect, and appreciation. This isn't an end, only a change, and you are leading yourself to make that change, your path may lead you to consider yourself a Knight again. Or it might not.
You're also a writer and you have real imagination, creativity. What you create in the future, it doesn't have to be KOTOS, LU, or LEGO related. You are welcome to share it with us.
In what of the many ways we go in our lives, knowing the Knights of the Olde Speech, I'm sure that we will meet again.
May you see blessings in your endeavors.
Fare thee well.