Lakey my friend, step outside, take a deep breath and have a glass of wine.
You started the Apollo Thread but you are not “The Apollo Thread” and it is no longer solely yours…I know you know that.
Around 17 years ago, I came up with an idea—a concept—to create and build a business that was an unique and original concept for a Mature Industry.
A couple of very wealthy folks (far, far more wealthier than I) and a couple of folks much, much smarter than I (Post Doc smart) thought it was one helluva a concept, but, it would take huge front-loaded risk, near lunatic devotion, 10-12 years to reach "Critical Mass" and some old fashioned luck along the way. A little over 5 years ago, The Universe smiled down upon me and blessed me with a Hemorrhagic Lesion and Mass in my brain and I had to let go of it. Like to broke my heart at the time.
Scores and scores of people buy and enjoy the ultimate fruits of my labors, my passion, my considerable risk taken and hard, hard work every day and they don’t have a clue who I am or anything about me. That don't matter to me—anymore; it was the fullfillment of a Life's Dream.
But, I have my memories of the wonderful times, the thrill of the fire in my belly glowing, growing and—with huge, brilliant and beyond my personal limitations contributions from host’s of others, “Big” and “Small” and, frankly, never woulda happened without them—lighting a niche pathway in that Industry that lives on, and will live on, long after I saddle-up for the next go ‘round.
To our Yiddisherkop Host and his Compadre and Comadre…here’s to mudd in your eye.

(Clink)
Let ‘er buck!
Face
PS: The only good thing about having your Ox goard is realizing that you at least have an Ox that is alive enough to bleed and worth being gone after.