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So what do you do to close an e-mail? Well, here are several alternatives:
-Play with "That is all." By doing this, you're acknowledging it's a cliche — and isn't self-awareness what our favorite expression is all about? You could do "All is that," "All that is" or "Is that all?" mystyle
-"Take on the day." Why let Dr. Laura have a monopoly on this underrated little phrase?
-"END" No period, all caps. Organizing your thoughts with fake HTML tags is itself old, but you can still get away with BASIC or
-"return;" if you like C better. nicely
-Write a coherent message that has a logical closing sentence. Okay, this one might actually be a little played out, having been a favorite tactic of essayists from Montaigne to Orwell. But it's been out of style long enough that it's due for a comeback.