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	UPDATE: See the new project by Publisher Stephen Cassady: The Adventures of Pinty Lightbottom Book 1 available now, and for free! The Book's Plot At three-and-a-half feet tall, Pinty Lightbottom is the shortest psychopathic bar owner and professional adventurer in all the realms. When his ex-fiancee is kidnapped, her father conscripts Pinty to bring her back home. Things get more complex when the rescue mission leads Pinty into the middle of a full-on war inside the local thieves guild. In doing what he does best, Pinty is abused, beaten, stabbed, sliced, clawed, drowned, berated, poisoned, and otherwise exploited by everybody he meets. It doesn't help that his ego well exceeds his cranium (so one might say the abuse is well earned). As Pinty cuts a bloody swath through the mystery of the guild war, we meet his many companions, including his ever-loyal Muel; Mavis, the head cook at his pub the Bottom Up; and Gloom, a cat with the nasty habit of turning invisible in a murderous rage of hunger. Thank you. All of you. In 1995 we - Robin Thompson and I - launched the first full-on youth oriented website (see Growing Up Digital by Don Tapscott). It was awesome. At that time there wasn't even an Internet Explorer, FireFox, Chrome, or Safari. The best internet speed was a 28.8 modem. We won awards, and showings, and accolades. Most importantly though, we won (and I say won, because it was an amazing, undeserved, prize) the hearts of teens and youth worldwide. We grew a phenomenal group of young, active users. And it's from those users that I learned that teens are vastly more intelligent, conscious, and aware than most any person over the age of majority will recognize. People and society constantly and almost with malice discard the maturity of our youth. Because of the amazing talent of our volunteers, users, and members - I will always strive to give the full credit so richly deserved to those under 18. We lasted 6186 days from our first page impression (back in 1995) till I turned off the site 07 September 2012. It was a very, very, very, good run. I am excessively proud of what Spank! achived. At just short of 17 years of operation (really, was it really that long?) it is finally time to shut down. Thank you - all of you who participated. You are awesome. You enriched my life, you made me a better person (yes, sappy by true), and I enjoyed supporting the site for this many years. Yours, always - Stephen Cassady Canadaboy (CB) Publisher, Spank! Youth Culture Online PS. There is a thriving post-Spank!community of 80+ members in a secret, hidden, group on facebook. Message someone that you know from Spank!, and they will link you in. UPDATE: See the new project by Publisher Stephen Cassady: The Adventures of Pinty Lightbottom