Well, it was inevitable. This most recent comeback of yours was like Jordan in a Wizards uniform.
1- So what, next he'll return to upper management, then be fired?
Just for the record, let us note this line in the linked post.
(It's not even worth trying to convince you that this has nothing to do with resetting the TiVo, is it?)
I am not going to re-read the comments to that old post, but if ogged did, and is still standing, I would be impressed.
Whatever happens from here on out, ogged can know that he will always be remembered as a master at trolling his own blog, and an inventor of confidence tricks
sad day
i expect ogged back in 3 months, saying: "i wish i could quit you"
Somebody submit number 8 to punditpredictions.com.
Anyhow. Good luck, ogged. Try to steer clear of cancer this time.
Hic iacet Oggedus, blogger quondam bloggerque futurus.
(Yes, I said that last time. If you en't writin' new material I en't neither.)
Yep, whatever is causing you to leave this time, best of luck with it. I do hope we see you around sometime soon, even if it's only in small doses.
It was LB's SWPL post that did it, wasn't it?
Ogged! I have a feeling that this time it's for real. Good luck to you.
Best of luck on the campaign trail, Mr Presumptive Vice-Presidential nominee. Give Ron Paul my best.
Mr Presumptive Vice-Presidential nominee
Goodnight, sweet prince, and squads of angels swim thee to thy rest.
Go, bid the soldiers dive.
My bet is ogged doesn't make it to the end of the block before he turns around and comes back.
In the event that I'm wrong, see ya 'round, dude.
18: Ogged! I have a feeling that this time it's for real.
I do as well. Understandable though, it can't be easy trying the balance the demands of being "Mr. 50 Breaststroke" with blogging.
Soon, new bloggers shall mingle among the old, and in their co-mingling, a tingling.
Wait, so is this also announcing new bloggers? Will we finally get the wine and finance coverage we so desperately need?
Even as a practical joke, selling the blog to shearer and stras was not funny. Good luck.
So we once again get to amuse ourselves by seeing just what it takes to bait ogged back? Until then, enjoy hiating.
So this is the day of the Greater Oggedcultation.
Reading 8 as an over-under on how long he's gone (3 months, to save scrolling), I will, sadly, take the over.
Good luck, and I hope I'm wrong.
Do we at least get to keep BPL as a commenter?
4: well, yes, but what exactly does that mean in this context? We'll have to see. The Washington Monthly was clearly his ill-advised stint in professional baseball following retirement #1.
Ogged, you fucker. I'll miss you and your weirdly metastasizing neuroses.
Don't be a stranger. Send a note if you think you're going to be in the District some time.
damn, you know if he's gone for long enough, we might almost miss the swimming posts.
I already miss the swimming posts. Stras, you need a hobby?
and just when you started shaving your legs.
sob!
Mere imitation would be pale. Stras should seriously take up Jai-Alai.
Stras should take up stock-car racing.
So, when do we nominate ourselves for the job of new poster?
Ogged, you fucker. See you when we see you, may it not be too long.
I'm willing to blog lacrosse, but only on the condition that each lacrosse post inevitably descends into bitter ruminations on peak oil, capitalist hegemony and the failure of procedural liberalism.
Is that zombie stras or zombie mcmanus? It's getting hard to tell.
Aw, Ogged. Best wishes. I'm sorry we never got to meet up, but thanks for always giving me something to think about (and travel recommendations).
42: Ned, that's so tacky.
I hereby nominate Ned!
(Hint, hint.)
I believe you. See you around, al-Honkey.
If nothing else, ogged will return in two years to brag about staying clean so long. Unfortunately, instead of garnering praise, he will be chastised for backsliding.
I was trying to figure out which of the 12 AA steps this post represented, but I found that none of the steps is "Stop Drinking".
Anyway, ogged, we'll all be here when you get to Step 9. Good luck !
I vote for Putney Swope as the new coblogger.
Where will god put the cancer this time?
So, when do we nominate ourselves for the job of new poster?
There's no way I could reproduce ogged's blog posting output without drifting over the line into unemployability, but I would like to make the hiring committee aware of my availability to take over a limited selection of ogged's duties, namely that of provoking B. in the comment threads.
So long, ogged.
Oh my God. Goodbye for now, Ogged. Thank you for making my life better for a number of years.
I found a job. First comment from work.
Oooh, Kraab would make a good blogger. I nominate her. No ulterior motive winks, either, except maybe to update the blogroll.
I've already said my goodbyes to ogged in private, IYKWIM, so I'll just say that some new bloggers have signed on but we aren't announcing them at once. We'll let them make their grand entrances. I think you'll be happy with them. The sitemasters are.
I guess you can't sensibly nominate people with well established blogs of their own (at least with ones they already don't post at often enough).
Sir Kraab would make a good addition.
I've already said my goodbyes to ogged in private, IYKWIM
Now I'm thinking of quitting.
Obviously I meant "ourselves" in the plural, not the gender-neutral singular, sense. I nominate, um, someone other than me.
In the spirit of the Missouri Compromise all additions should aspire toward gender balance, and once reached, should maintain gender balance for the infinitely foreseeable future. Therefore I nominate bob mcmanus.
There's another blog, isn't there, Ogged? Is it that slutty Monthly? Don't do it, that blog's had more posters than Cheney's had heart attacks. You'll only be cheapening yourself.
I nominate her
Y'all have taken something like a thousand comments and still can't come to agreement on whether SWPL is funny or not. We certainly aren't opening the floor to debate on this, people.
Petey is then, eh? I suppose that makes the most sense.
No ulterior motive winks, either, except maybe to update the blogroll.
Not gonna happen.
heebie & soup, thank you kindly, but I was definitely joking.
all additions should aspire toward gender balance, and once reached, should maintain gender balance for the infinitely foreseeable future
Standpipe Bridgeplate doesn't come around these here parts much anymore.
Since I can only assume we want a kinder, gentler Unfogged, I nominate me. I've been commenting here for a year, and I have been so blandly inoffensive that I have offended no one other than Sifu and Ari, who are inhuman beast men that all decent God-fearing folk should hunt for sport.
Oh, I knew I shouldn't have pretended to stop being an active commenter. This was my one chance to be elevated into the highest echelons of blogdom.
71: you offended me? Was I there?
She's not joking. Don't fall for her false modesty.
I think "Walt Something" is the same person as "Robust McManlypants". The version cut for TV broadcast.
See? I can't even offend Sifu, and he's like a gigantic bundle of nerves yearning to be poked.
I can't believe no one even solicited my resume. I have an extensive set of sample posts prepared and waiting for this day. You would have been impressed.
I am neither Robust, nor currently in his pants.
81 and 82 to the opposite of 83.
I'm not one of those new-fangled fast zombies.
72 encapsulates my reaction perfectly. Damn!
89: And ogged doesn't last forever, either.
90: true. but we're at the wrong end of the tenure, right? Did somebody burn some flax?
Sic transit gloria mundi.
Sic semper tyrannis.
Hey, I'll get to say my goodbye in private too, IYKWIM. See you in August, unless someone goads you into making an appearance in comments before then.
Sic semper tyrannis.
They retire on their own terms and are remembered fondly by many? Sounds historically accurate, but a depressing political statement.
74: Sssh. I'm relying on that false modesty to camouflage my plans for world domination. Er, I mean, little old me take over the world? Don't be silly.
92, 94: John Wilkes Booth, Tim McVeigh, Ogged.
MOB: A Monstrous Ongoing Brotherhood.
Shit, this might be girlfriend-related, and therefore for real.
Good luck, ogged. I'll miss your presence here.
but a depressing political statement.
mostly the true ones are.
97: Yeah, planning a wedding is like having another job. I can see why a person wouldn't be able to keep up with blogging.
The traditional Lur wedding requires three camels, dozens of sheep, and a flintlock for each groomsman.
This for real?
I guess we can make fun of w-lfs-n, but it just won't be the same. *sniff*
I like been waitin for hours and hours, but nobody has read #9 and said:"No bob, ogged quitting is not your fault" or even "Dammit, bob, this isn't about you you sick paranoiac fuck." I may quit trolling outaspite.
Billmon, with the classic Nazi Death's Head American Flag, quit with style. ogged could have simply posted an ascii raised middle finger or something. Or jeez, wasn't there anything on Youtune?
Please don't go, bob.
I'm sure it wasn't you that drove Ogged away.
You are probably all that kept him here for so long.
The traditional Lur wedding requires three camels, dozens of sheep,
Technically, these aren't for the wedding, but rather for the honeymoon.
I like been waitin for hours and hours, but nobody has read #9 and said:"No bob, ogged quitting is not your fault" or even "Dammit, bob, this isn't about you you sick paranoiac fuck."
You went all kind of Fafnir there for a minute!
This is because I've been gone for the past month, isn't it? I've just been really busy lately, baby.
Yay Penny! I'm so glad to hear that something is going well in your life!
Cryptic Ned: We've missed you. It's good to see you again.
Boo ogged. Please come say hello every now and again, even if it's only annually. Now I feel doubly gypped by the fact that you didn't come to UnfoggeDCon. I was figuring that I'd get to meet you next year.
Do we at least get to keep BPL as a commenter?
Josh's question is an important one and deserves an answer.
Stuff Lur People Like: "Quitting your blog". Slainte mhor, sweet troll.
I found the first step towards really quitting posting (front page at least) was to quit posting about how I was quitting posting. But if this is for real, good luck & all that.
112: That make sense. If one still feels enough of a community connection that they want to let everyone know they're leaving, they probably feel enough of a connection that the urge to stay/return will eventually win. Then again, maybe not.
113:I wish Katherine would quit trolling me.
I had been under the impression that the whole blog was retiring.
the whole blog was retiring
And shy.
I am fully prepared to both envy and pity the new bloggers, whoever they might be.
I wish Katherine would quit trolling me back. There fixed for you.
I am heartbroken.
I was looking forward to meeting you in person this year at Dcon.
Lurking will not be the same without you.
I will miss you, and wish you much happiness.
If Fleur comes to the Con, how can Ogged miss it?
Ingrown toe-nail, bad hair day, I'm sure he can find a reason.
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What exactly the heck is the deal with this E.U. constitution thing? Does this Ireland vote actually mean anything? Will the E.U. be different in any way with or without this constitution or treaty or whatever? Is it even possible for the existence of this "constitution" to have any effect on anything? Will anything change as a result of this vote? Did any of the people voting know what, if any, effect the constitution would have on anything? Does anyone know?
Please address these questions in order, in detail, on your own blog, and then post links here. Thank you very much.
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I can't find the link, but last December he promised me that if I came to the flop house party, he would kiss me... and then of course he promptly got sick.
Coincidentally, so did I.
My last posting was sincere, and I am so sad about this.
Don't feel too bad, Fleur. Past behavior indicates he'll be back in a few months. He'd better bring Cargo this time, dammit.
Don't feel too bad, Fleur. I'll kiss you.
125: He'd better bring Cargo this time, dammit
Any volunteers to build a black BMW mock-up out of bamboo?
Thanks for the blog, Ogged. I will miss you.
i've been away for one day and the world has changed or what?
how and what caused this much distress i don't understand, perhaps it's just too much physical tiredness caused by the swimming competition or recent melancholic posts?
all those death posts perhaps should be banned
if people stop blogging i maybe should stop commenting too
adios and be back really soon! i'll be checking
Oh dear, 130 indicates that read is not going to be one of the new co-bloggers. a disappointment indeed.
Well, damn. Good luck, be well, &c.
I may quit trolling outaspite.
McManus and McCardle should be the new cob-loggers. Totes.
Hey, bloggers aren't allowed to quit. And if you're going to lurk (and you will) you'll be drawn into commenting, especially difficult to resist for those who've finally lost their commenting virginity, let alone nympho-comment sluts like Ogged. And if you're commenting you might as well throw in a post or two. Or is it that you're actually getting laid for the first time in years (decades?) Is there an inverse relationship between blogging and sex?
135: Hell, some of us have sex while blogging (or commenting). I'm having sex right now. Sex is no excuse.
9 is completely right. Or would be if I actually believed Ogged was quitting. The past retire-and-return pattern is pretty crafty, actually, because everyone now so completely expects the "return" part that Ogged is effectively The Once and Future Blogger.
Goodbye you bastard. I hate the way this makes me feel like perhaps *I* should have something better to do with my life too.
You could still come to UnfoggeDCon III though, surely? If it, or anything similar happens of course. C and I are thinking of a North American winter break so I might make it there again.
Danke für die gute Zusammenarbeit, ogged.
Is there an inverse relationship between blogging and sex?
Yes.
Listen to Teo, people. He knows.
Indeed. Just look at my recent posting frequency.
Does that include the 1692 blog?
It does, actually, but it's hard to tell from reading it.
This is related to his recent swim meet, isnt it?
He must not have swam well.
Sad news about Ogged. Since I am in Costa Rica, I will not mourn for long. He better make it to the next DC Unfogged.
I keep half-expecting ogged to comment in this thread.
Probable location of future co-mingling tingling.
Goodbye, Norma-jinejad
From the lurker in the 22nd row
Ogged is leaving? This is highly unsatisfactory. But hold on - there are legions of unemployed Lur out there who'll blog for food. I say just wheel one of them on as a replacement under the Ogged™ brand-name - everyone can put on a brave face and carry on as though nothing has happened. It'll be as seamless as the transition from Dick York to Dick Sargent as Darrin in "Bewitched".
Non angelus, sed oggedus
Does this mean we can all stop dreaming about ogged? Or will his power grow in our dreams, until he has to fight Jason Voorhees?
Tryin' to find Psalm #151 was me.
actually i dreamed about ogged once
nothing frivolous though, just a slim half-indian-turkish-mediterranian looking guy passed me by through one door to the next in the longish empty lobby i was walking through too
story of my life, to get passed by
coz i know noone close to that look i analyzed it must be was ogged
good night, the other day's psalm was very good about all flying away
So when is the site officially renamed to Lizardbecks?
Bloggers quitting is like death in the Marvel Universe: it never sticks.
153: I had a weird dream about unfogged too. A book had been written about it. One of the chapters covered the affairs of some of the commenters. It was a behind the scenes look. The book pointed out that a couple of people who seemed staid on the surface were actually having affairs with other commenters.
I do think that ogged should have said a few things in the thread instead of just cutting us off cold turkey.
157 -- Name names!
144 -- Agreed.
60 -- This is pretty good tease.
Only alameida can get away with using an emoticon.
Lizardbeckson Alameida Labs
Ahem.
Lizardbeckson Alameida "Black Where It Counts" Labs
There was only one name. I realize that you need at least two people to have an affair, but I was so shocked by the revelation that this one commenter was having an affair and was a well-known lothario that I stopped reading for a while and didn't even read who his partners were, but he wasn't the only offender.
It wasn't you, Napi.
Gay where it counts. Black when I'm drunk.
165: "gay when I'm drunk" seems workable, too.
was a well-known lothario
The intersection of "comments on unfogged" and "well-known lothario" has got to be vanishingly small. At a stretch, I would believe "well-known would-be lothario".
"gay when I'm drunk" seems workable, too.
This describes one of my childhood friends perfectly. I met his (second) wife some years ago, and she asked me, "Did A----- always used to disappear when you guys were young?"
The look on my face must have told her that I had no idea what she meant, because she continued "Sometimes when he goes out drinking, he just up a disappears, and when he comes home the next day, he says he doesn't remember anything he did."
I tried to think of something vaguely reassuring to say to her, but I'm pretty sure I didn't succeed.
169: Don't bogart our sarge, Knecht.
162: Sorry. Lizardbeckson Alameidapostropher Labs.
has got to be vanishingly small. presidential.