August 17, 2006
The Big Scaleback
No, that's the Vic Tayback.
Thirty-nine months and two thousand posts in, I find that a certain predictability has crept into the site, a gradual en-stalening brought on by the inevitable feeling that you're repeating yourself. As of right now, the only weekly features I'm really interested in keeping are Wednesday captions, reviews of obscure and (hopefully) high-quality DVD releases, and perhaps some sort of Friday musical exercise, perhaps delving more into vinyl rather than the digital jukebox. In the interim...
-- I think I'd still like to be known as The Left, but plumbing the depths of lo-traffic reactionary sites to see what ridiculous things I'm being blamed for every Thursday is getting a bit tiresome. You can still try it, but what's the point? I'd rather make the point in a more spontaneous fashion in somebody else's comments.
-- Sunday coupon dissection: nobody but degenerates liked you, my poor little bastard-feature. I'd rather somebody point out some sort of ridiculous corporate-sponsored thing like we had last Sunday.
-- Link dumps with ironic juxtaposition can be had in real time at Think Progress, as if nobody knew. Better yet, you can get (and probably already have gotten) newspaper headlines and stories directly delivered to you by e-mail. I won't be stumping for any particular candidates in November, but I think I can safely say that anybody contemplating voting for a Republican, regardless of his or her personal merits, is fucking cracked.
In other words, I have to start waiting for things I'm really interested in making fun of to commit a post to the eternal archives. Which means a little more enforced silence unless I think I have something approaching original commentary.
Meanwhile, you can (1) feel free to be creative for me in the comments, (2) keeping scouring those sites in the right hand column [find a site or two you haven't heard of or checked out and visit them], and/or (3) assault my Flickr self- and others-embarrassing site for the time being...
UPDATE: Looks like I picked the right week to start sniffing glue.
Follow the Muse, Dude. But I am curious about how you knew I was a degenerate.
Posted by: doghouse riley at August 16, 2006 10:20 PMYou could give us your version of The Aristocrats!
Posted by: teh l4m3 at August 16, 2006 11:39 PMI have never let lack of originality, thought or quality stop me from posting.
Guess I'm more dedicated to lowering the blogosphere's quality than others...
And for the record; not only do I laugh and love your Sunday coupons but I'd gather the children around the monitor and share it with them. It was our Sunday Family Activity and now you're saying no more?
I now know what our forefathers went through when AfterM*A*S*H was cancelled.
Posted by: salvage at August 17, 2006 07:51 AMyou watched the last three Astros games, too, didn't you?
Posted by: paperpusher at August 17, 2006 08:51 AMWell, I'm certainly not going to fill any space with grandiose post-season predictions for any Houston sports team. The Longhorns should lose 2-3 games this year.
Wait a minute, what am I saying? Shane Battier = guaranteed Rockets championship!
Posted by: norbizness at August 17, 2006 09:00 AMWell, my degenerate self loved Coupocalypse; while perusing the coupons, I try to guess which ones you'll mock. The corporate thing was funny, too.
I do hope you'll still write about the abortion that is politics in this country. Also, legal issues and SCOTUS decisions and their effect on us.
Oh, and Ax da President.
Please.
Posted by: Nancy in Detroit at August 17, 2006 10:03 AMSo now I'm a degenerate? Best affirmation I've gotten all day.
Posted by: kcb at August 17, 2006 12:19 PMI always enjoyed your Red Meatified commentary. Just beggin'.
Posted by: Steppy at August 17, 2006 02:26 PM