Blogging & WAAGNFNP Posted by Oaktown Girl, 26 Oct 2007 05:12 am

Beaming Out

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[Note: I’d love to credit the source of this image, but I can’t for the life of me figure out where I found it!]

The plan was for the WAAGNFNP blog to run for one year, and it saddens me to inform you that we’re not quite going to be able to meet that goal.

I’d like to offer my sincerest thanks to my chief blog co-admins christian h. and JP Stormcrow for all their support, hard work, and friendship. Equally heartfelt thanks to James Killus and Kiera who stepped in to help when we needed them most.

To everyone who contributed posts: beyond thanks, let me just say that I’m so proud of the quality of what we’ve been able to do here and so touched by your participation that it feels like a mini-GNF going off in my heart.

To everyone who participated in the comments and made this so much fun, and to everyone who just lurked: thanks for being here in any way that you were. (Never forget: Gojira sees all!)

And although real-world life (stupid day jobs!) may be impeding on blog life, we assure you, as 3Tops is our witness, the We Are All Giant Nuclear Fireball Now Party lives on!

Oaktown Girl
Minister of Justice
WAAGNFNP

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  1. on 26 Oct 2007 at 5:29 am 1. christian h. said …

    Many many thanks go to the Minister of Justice, Oaktown Girl, who not only envisioned this blog happening but actually made it happen.

    (My own projects usually don’t get past the “this might be a good idea” phase.)

    What do we want? G - N - F! when do we want it? NOW!

    christian h.
    Tribunus Laticlavius
    MOOAD, WAAGNFNP

  2. on 26 Oct 2007 at 7:28 am 2. JP Stormcrow said …

    To everything christian says: “Ditto for me”. (I’m taking a continuing education class from the Rush Limbaugh School of Effective Demagoguery)

    JP Stormcrow
    General Factotum and Tipstaff
    (GFaT for the MOJ)

  3. on 26 Oct 2007 at 8:47 am 3. Seattle said …

    Shutting down, again, are we? Well, it’s been fun, educational, and occasionally eye crossing…

    ; )

  4. on 26 Oct 2007 at 9:05 am 4. black dog barking said …

    Gracias beaucoup Madame MoJ for the full-to-the-brim good spirits you brought this project and shared with all who stopped by. And before this the successful show trial of Chris Clarke. (Rumor is he’s out and living on your side of the bay.)

    Yeah, stupid day jobs, the better option only when paired against stupid starvation. Live on, fight another day.

    Thanks, too, to the officers, contributors, and general hangers-around. The Google-verse got a little smaller today.

  5. on 26 Oct 2007 at 9:59 am 5. Bill Benzon said …


    “Geez, no sooner do we get unpacked then we gotta’ get on the road again. Whatta’ life.”

  6. on 26 Oct 2007 at 11:54 am 6. James Killus said …

    “Go to it, Gojira. You’re the strongest one of all!”

  7. on 26 Oct 2007 at 12:23 pm 7. spyder said …

    My grateful thanks to the MOJ Oaktown Girl, the best host eva
    my MOOAD co-conspirator christian h,, aka Tribunus Laticlavius
    the wonder of the mind of James Killus,
    the deeply passionate voice of Zeus,
    JP Stormcrow for knowing what it takes to be a swimmer,
    Kiera PSI for keep the trunk warm at all times,
    Seattle for sharing her time and family adventures,
    the keeper of all things visual and informative Bill Benzon
    our resident philosopher of science Dr FreeRide
    jimmyraybob’s tours of the land-scraped and scaped
    TC who reminds us to think more widely as well as deeply
    peter and patrick and others who have contributed

    if i forgot you then i am an idiot.. but thank you too… and if today’s news don’t wake you up a little bit, then nothing will

  8. on 26 Oct 2007 at 12:24 pm 8. spyder said …

    Fare you well my honey
    Fare you well my only true one
    All the birds that were singing
    Have flown except you alone

    Goin to leave this Broke-down Palace
    On my hands and my knees I will roll roll roll
    Make myself a bed by the waterside
    In my time - in my time - I will roll roll roll

    In a bed, in a bed
    by the waterside I will lay my head
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    to rock my soul

    River gonna take me
    Sing me sweet and sleepy
    Sing me sweet and sleepy
    all the way back back home
    It’s a far gone lullaby
    sung many years ago
    Mama, Mama, many worlds I’ve come
    since I first left home

    Goin home, goin home
    by the waterside I will rest my bones
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    to rock my soul

    Goin to plant a weeping willow
    On the banks green edge it will grow grow grow
    Sing a lullaby beside the water
    Lovers come and go - the river roll roll roll

    Fare you well, fare you well
    I love you more than words can tell
    Listen to the river sing sweet songs
    to rock my soul

  9. on 26 Oct 2007 at 2:43 pm 9. Seattle said …

    Well after reading that article, since we all will still be alive probably in 20 years, I’d say the end is going to be nasty.

  10. on 26 Oct 2007 at 3:01 pm 10. Sven DiMilo said …

    with apologies to Bacharach and David (I think):

    One less
    Place to go to procrastinate.
    One less
    Site to read.
    One less blog
    To which to contribute stupid comments…
    I should be happy
    But all I do is
    re-click my Pharyngula bookmark.

    So, adios…it’s been virtual.

  11. on 26 Oct 2007 at 3:07 pm 11. James Killus said …

    Reasons to be Cheerful:
    One

    Two

    Three

  12. on 26 Oct 2007 at 3:17 pm 12. James Killus said …

    I had one last slugfest with Spam Filter, on spyder’s behalf, not mine own. I moderated my own videos, (what a mensch!) and note that the Massive Attack song behind the last video is the one also used behind Dead Sheep, because once you get the Giant Nuclear Fireball in your head, you can’t ever get it out.

  13. on 26 Oct 2007 at 3:34 pm 13. Bill Benzon said …

    James: Cowboy Bebop! Good stuff!

    In a contemplative mood

  14. on 26 Oct 2007 at 4:06 pm 14. Seattle said …

    Ok, well ping me when you set the reunion date. I’m off to a kid’s birthday party…

  15. on 26 Oct 2007 at 4:14 pm 15. christian h. said …

    Bill, that is such a cute bear! What’s his/her name?

  16. on 26 Oct 2007 at 4:41 pm 16. Bill Benzon said …

    Sparky, aka Sparkychan.

  17. on 26 Oct 2007 at 6:30 pm 17. spyder said …

    Thanks James, nice to know that those that some consider elders stay attuned to the cultural lexicon of the young adults. I like Massive Attack, and have always enjoyed Cowboy Bebop. It is a treat to end on these chords.

    Inquiring minds what to know, can Sparkychan play a nine iron from there????

  18. on 26 Oct 2007 at 7:49 pm 18. Kiera said …

    It was fun…and if anybody is feeling nostalgic, feel free to TRUNK yourself at any time. I can guarantee that it will be either roasting hot, freezing cold, or chock full of enough junk to be worthy of an iron maiden…

    Kiera

  19. on 26 Oct 2007 at 8:24 pm 19. Donnie McLightly said …

    My work here is done. I now carry the “New Nihilism” of the WAAGNFNP back with me to the future. The “Twelve Mementos of Sweetness and Light” was always just a cover story - they shall have always never figured it out.

    Perturbing Space-Time Since 2037

  20. on 26 Oct 2007 at 8:39 pm 20. HAL said …

    I’ve still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission.

  21. on 26 Oct 2007 at 9:00 pm 21. JP Stormcrow said …

    Donnie: My parents didn’t get me what I wanted for Christmas.
    Dr. Lilian Thurman: What did you want?
    Donnie: Hungry Hungry Hippos.
    Dr. Lilian Thurman: And how did you feel, being denied these hungry, hungry hippos?
    Donnie: Regret.

    … No tomorrow, no tomorrow
    And I find it kind of funny
    I find it kind of sad
    The dreams in which I’m dying
    Are the best I’ve ever had
    I find it hard to tell you
    ‘Cos I find it hard to take
    When people run in circles
    It’s a very, very
    Mad World

  22. on 26 Oct 2007 at 11:45 pm 22. Zeus said …

    It was a nice community. So what if it was an extended flash mob. The minds and the weirdnesses, the exhaustion, and the accomplishment. Without irony, gonna miss you nuts. Oh, just in case you wanted to know there is in fact a gojira berry. I bought the juice the other day at Berkeley Bowl. Interesting orange hue and good mixed with water and a little atomic apocalypse.

    Citizen Zeus (out)

  23. on 27 Oct 2007 at 1:27 am 23. Bill Benzon said …

    JP - Sparkychan is deep in aerosol country in that shot. No one plays a nine iron back there, though I’ve seen someone put penny on a rail before a freight train rolled through and made the penny fatter and flatter.

  24. on 27 Oct 2007 at 7:24 am 24. Kiera said …

    there is in fact a gojira berry

    Indeed. It comes from the Himalayas originally, and non-Party members mistakenly call it “Goji”. It’s supposed to be the source of longevity, good health and long apparent “youth”. It’s good stuff without alcohol, and is chock full of vitamins and minerals. A bit pricey, though Loyal Party Patriots can alway get a good deal.

    [This comment has been slightly edited by the Ministry of Justice to conform to Party Doctrine.]

  25. on 27 Oct 2007 at 9:37 am 25. A.Citizen said …

    It’s a dirty rotten shame ya all are leavin’ !

    Good luck in all yer future endeavors and do not forget to drop by virtually or in meat space to visit us at B.R.A.G. or Drinking Liberally, Oaktown.

  26. on 28 Oct 2007 at 8:17 am 26. Arnaud said …

    Well, thanks from a semi-lurker for the words and the music and the crazyness and the welcome.
    I’ll just wait for the GNF now, because, well, there is nothing else to do!

  27. on 28 Oct 2007 at 3:32 pm 27. Bill Benzon said …

    Leonard Bernstein recording West Side Story:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWnsm5HVdXU

    {have facial tissue ready]

  28. on 01 Nov 2007 at 7:56 pm 28. romy b. said …

    Hello! So, something wonderful has been happening here and is to be truncated prematurely, since I am only now discovering? Wow, is story of life…

  29. on 02 Nov 2007 at 12:37 am 29. The Constructivist said …

    Oaktown Girl, sorry to hear the Party Is Over and for not doing my part to Keep It Going. Stupid day jobs, indeed! Hope there’s a way of archiving the material on this site, b/c I have a feeling there are more like romy b. who will discover and appreciate what you all have been doing in retrospect. Is there an easy way to migrate the site from a paid to free host?

    Hey, and since all the clouds in a nuclear winter have silver linings (radioactivity–yum!), I notice peter ramus is blogging over at The Quotidian these days. And of course all Party-ers are welcome to enjoy the privileges of the author function at Mostly Harmless, where Gojochan and Sparkychan have been adventuring and the golf blogging is plentiful.

  30. on 02 Nov 2007 at 7:53 am 30. Bill Benzon said …

    When are we going to see the NEW adventures of Gojochan and Sparkychan?

  31. on 02 Nov 2007 at 11:03 am 31. Bill Benzon said …

    Check out the pome in the third comment:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/stc4blues/316825456/in/set-72157594408636935/

  32. on 02 Nov 2007 at 11:32 am 32. The Constructivist said …

    Hah, you expect me to answer that question here after all my failures to keep previous promises? You are optimistic, indeed! Let’s put it this way–we’ve finally figured out how to download the photos off the camera but don’t have time to actually delete the ones clogging up the camera’s memory….

  33. on 02 Nov 2007 at 11:48 am 33. Bill Benzon said …

    BTW, MB has informed me that if it comes down to Hiliary and Rudy, he’s draftable.

  34. on 02 Nov 2007 at 11:50 am 34. Bill Benzon said …

    Why don’t you ask Suweet and Saja to help?

  35. on 04 Nov 2007 at 2:42 pm 35. The Constructivist said …

    Will do!

  36. on 05 Nov 2007 at 3:32 pm 36. spyder said …

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    David Lenson (chair)
    Nicholas Bromell
    Dennis McNally (discussant)
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    Nicholas Meriwether (moderator)
    Steve Gimbel
    Stanley Spector
    James Tuedio

    BY THE GRACE OF GOD: Religion & The Grateful Dead
    David Bryan (chair)
    Jenny Hartley
    Leora Lawton
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    http://www.umassconnections.com/unbrokenchain/program.html