08-28-2008, 11:09 AM
I'm heading upstate, so I'll miss the shutdown. Those connected on Facebook, or who head to the board on WaxFantastic...we'll be seeing one another. Boredplanet.com still plugs along with the same post whores...Topper, Header, Rooner, Flock of Moosen, Ballz, etc. What they talk about? I couldn't tell you. I don't read it. But it is there nonetheless.
There is a lot of history on these boards for me. Being over 400lbs, workaholic and miserable...yet modding OpieAnthony.com, AIM chats with Anthony and his wreck of a girlfriend. Sig pics, mentions from the show, all that mod politics and hoopla. CDIH being made, and there being a golden heyday here as much as there was on OA.com. Alkey's creation on YMB. My thinner days. The all sorts of weirdness from Slash's crash and burn (yes, most are very lucky to miss most of that). YMB's heyday. YMB's fall from grace. Being asked to make a board for SaveOA board members and those unhappy on YMB...then having people freak when we didn't tell most we were rolling it out. BP's small heyday. Then it's plugging along as I posted here and there.
Last 7 to 8 years were a wild ride. Board women. To infighting. To finally watching several of us branch out to new horizons. I'm still chubby. At least that's a constant. But, I'm doing things I never thought I would...married. New kid on the way. Writing about hockey. Credentialed by hockey teams. Mentioned in the NY Times, Sports Illustrated, SportBusiness Journal, Newsday, top hockey blogs, etc. I've had a wild ride in the past year and a half. Some might not be aware because I simply have not shared it or promoted it on the board. For me, if you haven't noticed. I'm pretty private. But, I felt I should share in the farewell.
In fact, I owe a lot of my style, swagger and experience to these boards. That all that text back and forth...whatever silliness, fickleness, insular ravings, trollish stylings, and bizarre humor we all threw at one another...made us better. The blogosphere has been a natural progression for many of us. Podcasts for others. For others, relationships happened. Somehow, the things that ties it together is here.
This board marked us. For that I thank you.
I wish you all the best. Sincerely.
There is a lot of history on these boards for me. Being over 400lbs, workaholic and miserable...yet modding OpieAnthony.com, AIM chats with Anthony and his wreck of a girlfriend. Sig pics, mentions from the show, all that mod politics and hoopla. CDIH being made, and there being a golden heyday here as much as there was on OA.com. Alkey's creation on YMB. My thinner days. The all sorts of weirdness from Slash's crash and burn (yes, most are very lucky to miss most of that). YMB's heyday. YMB's fall from grace. Being asked to make a board for SaveOA board members and those unhappy on YMB...then having people freak when we didn't tell most we were rolling it out. BP's small heyday. Then it's plugging along as I posted here and there.
Last 7 to 8 years were a wild ride. Board women. To infighting. To finally watching several of us branch out to new horizons. I'm still chubby. At least that's a constant. But, I'm doing things I never thought I would...married. New kid on the way. Writing about hockey. Credentialed by hockey teams. Mentioned in the NY Times, Sports Illustrated, SportBusiness Journal, Newsday, top hockey blogs, etc. I've had a wild ride in the past year and a half. Some might not be aware because I simply have not shared it or promoted it on the board. For me, if you haven't noticed. I'm pretty private. But, I felt I should share in the farewell.
In fact, I owe a lot of my style, swagger and experience to these boards. That all that text back and forth...whatever silliness, fickleness, insular ravings, trollish stylings, and bizarre humor we all threw at one another...made us better. The blogosphere has been a natural progression for many of us. Podcasts for others. For others, relationships happened. Somehow, the things that ties it together is here.
This board marked us. For that I thank you.
I wish you all the best. Sincerely.
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