At the least he’s taking a break for an extended period.
We thank him for his years of faithful service and wish him all best, always.
Wow. Well. That’s a shock!
Thanks for all your hard work on our behalf!
Dang, Czar, we’re gonna miss you as a mod. I hope you’re hanging around as a poster at least.
Good luck in whatever you’re doing, and thanks for your help in keeping track of this bunch of nuts! 
Ah, jeez.
I love all my mods/admins and I hate to see any of them go - even for just a while.
Come back when you can Czar. We won’t forget you, okay?
Q
I’ll ask Tuba to keep the jackboots warm.
I’m not going anywhere, dudes and dudettes.
Just plain ol’ Chicken Of Bristol now - how plebian.
I appreciate the fine work you’ve done as a mod, Czar. I’m glad you’re going to stay on board as a poster. The Dope wouldn’t be the same without you.
Don’t lose your head!
Thanks for all you’ve done!
<thumbs up> Glad you’re still gonna hang with us cool kids.
I’m glad to see you’re keeping your “Chicken of Bristol” title. Otherwise, you’d just be “Illudium Q-36 Space.”
Thanks for your help. Good to know you’re sticking around.
Thanks for all your modding, Czarcasm – you put in one of the longer modding stints in board history, I believe, and have been pretty integral in making the board what it is today.
Now you can sit back and let other people do the work. (It’s pretty sweet, I recommend it, in fact.)
Hmmm. What did we do wrong?..
Seriously, welcome to the sweet life! You’ve done a good job as a Mod and I’m pretty picky.
I almost got really sad and wistful at you leaving, but I see you’re still sticking around. Thank goodness, as I always liked you in Moderation and in excess at times as well. You were a model Mod for me.
hug
You did good, Czar, you did good.
Anyone in mind to become the next SDMB Mod Czar?
A scene from **Patton **comes to mind:
Translator: The general would like to know if you will drink a toast with him.
Patton: Thank the general and tell him I have no desire to drink with him or any other Russian son of a bitch.
Translator: [Nervous] I can’t tell him that!
Patton: Tell him, every word.
Translator: [In Russian] He says he will not drink with you or any Russian son of a bitch.
Russian general: [In Russian] Tell him he is a son of a bitch, too. Now!
Translator: [Very nervous] He says he thinks you are a son of a bitch, too.
Patton: [laughing] All right. All right, tell him I’ll drink to that; one son of a bitch to another.
Cheers, Czarcasm. One to another.
Oak
Nobody get excited. That’s actually a compliment.
Thanks for your work!
Thanks for all your hard work Czarcasm!
I’ve enjoyed your sense of humour!
Who?
Thanks for volunteering for such a tough job.