The End.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this post for nearly a week, but every time I start, the text begins to reflect a level of self-seriousness and narcissism that I can’t stand in myself and am forced to delete it all and start over. So I’ll just get to the point:
I’d like to bear my testimony, that I know this blog is true, but I’m still going to kill it right now. Seriously.
This is probably the last post on this blog for a while. And by “a while” I mean “ever”. I do not have the time or energy to continue maintaining it in the fashion that I want to, so I am pulling the plug. I have accomplished everything I set out to accomplish with this first foray into the blogging world, but the effort required to keep it up or push it forward is not in the cards for me right now . While I could lighten the load by adding more authors or posting less frequently, the fact is that this blog has meant a tremendous amount to me, and I don’t want to re-invent Dead Seriously as something new and thereby alter my memory of it.
Thanks to everyone who has commented and supported me. Some of the discussions in the comment sections are among the best memories I have of the past year. The friendships and community I have gained in maintaining this blog means so much to me, and I will miss that aspect of this site very much.
Thanks also to those who disagreed with me, often in the most plain of terms. I am a better person because of your sharp criticism.
While I do not plan on updating this site anymore, I have no intention of giving up blogging entirely. In fact, for the indefinite future, you can find me (in the event that you want to) at By Common Consent under the name Scott B. After my guest stint there, the Powers That Be had what I can only describe as a moment of extremely poor judgment, and asked me stay on for all time and eternity until I screw up so badly that they show me the exit. My decision to hang it up here and my decision to join BCC are not connected to each other. While I will not be posting there as frequently (probably a few times per month) as I did here, the numerous other contributors at BCC are far more saturated in awesomeness than I could ever dream of; thus I’m sure you’ll find frequent visits to be well worth the time spent.
Thanks again,
Scott
you know, a cynic would see this as similar to someone starting a new company for the sole purpose of being bought up by a large competitor (i know that’s not the case, but it’s still fun to point it out).
Julie,
Thanks for reading. I’ll probably not return to The Citizen, but stranger things have happened!
Fletcher,
I know it looks like that; in fact, that was one of the reasons I told the BCC people I was shutting it down before I was told they were voting on my worthiness as a perma, but it does still look like I was trying to leverage this somehow. Like you said, though–I wasn’t. I was fully prepared to relegate myself to the comment sections, and still have, to some degree. In any case, Thank You for your commenting and supporting and contributing to the content and ideas on this site from the outset.
Goodbye DS, my fourth most visited site. I will miss you.
JB
[6'1", 170 lbs.]
Hmmm. . . your mom warned me this was coming. I will keep in touch at your new blog address. Maybe you could write for the Citizen again????? Those were the days.
I can’t decide what music I hear in the background.
Do we sing “God Be With you ’till We Meet Again” at this funeral?
Or Pink Floyd’s “Goodbye Cruel World?”
Or is it a happy funeral where we sing the Beach Boys “Good Vibrations?”
JB-
Come, Follow Me. To BCC.
Mike,
There was a thread on BCC about Funeral music just yesterday that may have influenced my decision here, but I’m going to go with Queen’s “Another One Bites the Dust” here.
Thanks to both of you for your support.
Scott,
I have only recently (since joining facebook a couple months ago) reconnected with you and begun reading Dead Seriously. I have enjoyed it! My mom has also been following your blog the last few weeks. We look forward to following you on BCC and your awesome Fam on your wife’s blog! Hope things are well for you!
Erin Jeanne ( Go P-Town! )
Erin,
Thanks for your nice words–please say hi to your mom (and your sis & bro) for me. I had great neighbors growing up!
I'm having serious withdrawal pains already…so tempted to post something new already.
Scotty,
Sorry to hear about your closing blog. I did the same with my blog a while back and since have had similiar withdrawl pains. But, it’s far better to have more time for the things that you desire more. So I say, congrats, and I respect your decision to put time into other areas. Bon Vogage’ (just kidding, we’ve known each other longer than I’ve known anyone outside of my family. I’m positive we’ll be seeing you elsewhere)
Scott, you saved me $10,000 in therapy. My anger, frustration, and thirst for revenge towards those who voted for Prop. 8 have at last been vanquished.
It would have been so easy for both of us to follow our peers, be we took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
Thanks for the very entertaining and many times enlightening posts. I was hoping to convert to true libertarianism through your posts but haven’t had a chance to delve into it enough. Thanks again and good luck with not blogging.
Amy,
You’ve been my friend for nearly 30 years, and I don’t expect the end of a blog will change that too much.
ASquared,
Thanks for your good contributions over the past several months–you have been a welcome voice.
Mr. Weston,
I owe you too much to bother attempting to say it in a cheap comment box.
Thank you. Really.
But I just found your blog? Seems kind of unfair that the first day I find your blog and you are pulling the plug.
SB