In keeping with the tradition of further hackneying old, weather-beaten phrases, "you reap what you sow" never fails to make me choke.
And with song lyrics making up about a quarter of the posts at SDRR, here's another for you, this time delivered by the lofty likes of the New Radicals: " You get what you put in / and everybody gets what they deserve ".

Such insights are so hard to come by, and even more difficult to ignore. As has typified my relationship with these cliches, I have only one word in response. Here's a clue: it starts with B and ends in ollocks.

What utter, unblemished rubbish. Who ever gets returns commensurate with their effort levels?
Here's the cold, hard truth, and I'm pulling no punches while I'm at it: you get absolutely nothing if you don't put in anything in the first place. But even if you slave away all year, it doesn't mean you'll reap the appropriate reward. So all you can do is work at it. And hope -- that maybe someday Luck herself smiles on you, and it all becomes worth it in the end.

The stupidest thing to do, undoubtedly, is to just stop. Because not getting anything is a poor veil for recalcitrant laziness, and giving up is for those who're destined to be forgotten.
Bottomline: If you try and fail, you're nothing but a LOSER. But if you don't even try, you're an even bigger one.

Yes, yes, this could have been pulled off with a lot more elegance if a lot more thought had been put into it. Sue me. (When did I ever get so belligerent and implacable?)
Anyways, as an aside, the editorial staff at SDRR would like to offer our full assurance to our readers that the publication will be up and running from Wednesday, 8 June, and fire and brimstone will have to hail down to stop us fromgetting things back on track come 8 June.

Or maybe later. We can't say for sure.