Or please don't delete

First and foremost I am not putting this out on the chat boards so my journal can be erased. This is not praise for them nor is it an advertisement for their service.CGC changed the market when they arrived on the scene. Some dealers thought it was a great idea for a third party grading company while others (myself included) thought the idea was dreadful. I'm not sure when PGX started since my attempt to speak with them has been unanswered. I should try again, but part of me wonders why. There is some animosity by certain individuals that rivals fanaticism. I have had a few books graded by CBCS to try them out. I wanted to get an idea how they graded. Were they strict? Accurate? Dismal? The point for this journal isn't how they grade, but that with Steve Borock heading the charge they are a company with a reputation. Many of the people over there have been in Overstreet, or have been members of the hobby for a long time. This does not make them inferior, but it does make them a viable source of competition. But, how much competition? CGC is still running behind schedule. I still have an invoice (currently my only one) sitting at received since October 1st. This could be for a few reasons, either no one is paying attention to CBCS (which I don't believe is true, eBay has had CBCS slabs grow in number) or dealers and fans have been sending in more. CGC is hiring and if you have the chance I say go for it. I guess the point I'm trying to make with the completion finally arriving, is that it is making CGC a better company. Of course the part I speak of is the customer service and the graders themselves. The people behind the scenes are business people. They look at the bottom line. The graders are the ones that have been fortunate to deal with comic books all day. To see a Green Lantern 1 and a Detective Comics come across your desk. When this happens, they are not only grading an age old periodical, they are looking at history. Will I switch to CBCS? Will they continue to help CGC morph and change? Will CGC lead the market or fall behind? Will they delete this journal? Will my birthday books I send in get a deduction for speaking about "they who shall not be named". I hope before they do that, the graders and the customer service (who are the same people that we see at convention after convention) can read this as what it is. A thank you. Now...about that Iron Man 55. ??Thanks for readingTnerbPs. I need to thank Bagofleas for making these journals tolerable. He has been editing my stuff for a while now and putting up with my horrible grammar skills. This last journal was meant to be about him, but I couldn't do that because I would be omitting others like Ronnylama. If you don't know this guy, you should. His collection is phenomenal, and as good of a collection as it is, he is a better person. I am better for knowing him. There is also Surfer99 who showed me that having a 9.6 is just as good as a 9.8. Not to mention the (place your own negative expletive here) has gotten me addicted to Clash of Clans.Also Lee K, who showed me checker boards are just as nice as copper age Marvel comic books. Shivabali for being a silent supporter. And a slew of others who have read my ramblings. Now to go back for the past month and voice myself again on people's comments to those very ramblings. Thank you.