Well, it’s been fun, right?
For almost four years, I’ve said a bunch of words. I’ve told you to watch shows like The Americans and The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead and Better Call Saul and Justified. (Let’s all forget about the times I thought ABC’s The River and FX’s The Strain might be worth watching, because HOLY SHIT.)
I was there when the Royals were miserable bottom feeders, and I tried to get you to hold on, because I saw the promise in Hosmer and Moose and Ventura and Salvy. Hell, I wrote a whole piece about how the key to KC’s success depended on Lorenzo Cain’s health. (Way back in like, ’11, maybe ’12.)
Before the Chiefs signed Alex Smith I said, “the Chiefs should sign Alex Smith.” And even though he crashed and burned tonight, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of him.
And when times got tough, I wrote ridiculous pieces about Craigslist, because why shouldn’t I? Craigslist is weird and creepy and you probably got a venereal disease for picking up a free dresser for your niece’s dorm room.
SORRY.
But it’s OK. I still appreciate you, Hep C and all.
You know, writing for a local “gossip” site like this isn’t as easy as it seems. You’ve got to have your ear to the grindstone and you’ve got to be willing to report whatever wild-ass rumors you hear when a local weatherman offs himself.
That shit ain’t easy, so let’s all give a long, resolute toast to our host Hearne.
Anyway, in short, most of you can fuck right off.
Ha!
While I’ll hold a special place in my heart* for the (dirty, horribly racist) Chuck, Stomper, Paul Wilson, miket, the Dude, Nick, KCMonarch, Jim (aka BWH), Furioso, Fake Name Guy, Jess, Shawnster, Super Dave, Dwight Sutherland Jr., and the guy who is Midtown Miscreant but who’s commenting name I can’t remember, I’ll also remember the truly awful folks:
Harley. Jack Springer, Kerouac, you gents can fuck right off. The lot of you. Have fun, fucking off. You’re awful. All of you. You seem to exist for no real reason. That’s neat! I too wish my WHOLE life depended on internet validity. That would be NEAT.
Anyway, yeah, I’m bad with goodbyes. So those of you who felt you deserved one, “goodbye!” Love you all. For real. Thanks for reading. I’ll be around, just not here.
*(plenty of others I can’t remember right now, and if I forgot you, I’m sorry!)
Hey BL I know writing for this site wasn’t easy but I sure did enjoy your stuff. Hopefully this whole site won’t shut down but if it does I understand as well. Best of luck to everyone whatever happens!
Thanks, Furioso. Best wishes to you and yours.
Gee, this is so sudden – Kerouac didn’t have a chance to give you an parting gift on your way out the blog door. Allow Sam to speak for me: “You don’t have to leave yet do you? You haven’t shoved a chainsaw up my *** yet! My head’s still on my torso!”
Lefty, thank you for flying Total Bast*rd Airlines… http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgu5tb_total-bastard-airlines_shortfilms
Buh bye
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You’re the worst. Thanks for reading.
Mystery solved eh?
website 404 likely incoming
Too much of nothin’ can make a man feel ill at ease. Some men’s temper might rise, while another man’s temper might freeze.
I’ll leave you with words from PJ O’Rourke, Therefore, make peace with your god,
Whatever you perceive him to be – hairy thunderer, or cosmic muffin.
With all its hopes, dreams, promises, and urban renewal,
The world continues to deteriorate.
Give up!
nooooo! brandon, don’t go!
needed your slightly off-kilter take here. nice balance to the weightier topics from dwight and onslaught of sports takes from craig. (i like the movie reviews… jack writes just like talks. how can you write with an accent?)
and i’ll never view craigslist quite the same again. so take care, keep writing, and try to pop in, somewhere, now and then.
best regards,
miket.
Now in my dotage, I have said Good Bye a great many times more than I can remember or wish to remember.
This isn’t Good Bye buddy! You will still suffer slings and arrows from Harley, Kero and Springer when you inevitably comment on the thoughts of other writers who occasion and contribute to this unruly room. Better yet, you will receive the accolades you so richly deserve for now the extemporaneous commentary you can now provide from the Peanut Gallery here with the rest of we plebes.
We commenting cognoscenti welcome you into a club who shuns exclusivity at the same level we shun consensus.
Mid Town Miscreant in Mark Smith, a brilliant writer who, in my opinion, should contribute here. He rarely even posts on his own blog, but here, he could find a home where he would be reviled and appreciated accordingly. Hearne, would do well to contact him, I don’t know if he drinks beer, but he might be K.C.’s most interesting man.
So! No fare thee well!
Hale and well met!
“is” Mark Smith. Sorry.
Here is Mark Smith’s latest post from over a year ago.
http://midtownmiscreant.blogspot.com/
I just read some of your best Lefty, you really are hilarious!
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