Except for this, and any other plum gigs anyone would like to throw in my lap, I do remain officially and happily dead to blogdom.
Yay! We love you, ogged!
You should blog under the name 'ogged the White'.
That would be a lie, Matt. He's still Ogged the Mexican.
[I can still delete impersonators, you know.]
It's comforting to know that, like the myths tell us, he returns in our hour of need. (I still maintain that ogged is blogging as Slart. How many swim geeks can there be in the world?)
Extreme prejudice? I thought 7 was funny.
The only rule is "no impersonations."
Well, that in addition to: "Your first night at the Mineshaft, you have to mine."
Isn't there also a rule against Biscuit Conditionals, or did I just imagine that?
15- some Mexican, apparently. Probably an illegal.
Seriously, we need to put a fence up around this blog.
There's no rule against biscuit conditionals, if you're curious.
Biscuit conditionals are encouraged rather than forbidden, if you haven't noticed.
There is, however, a rule against pre-plagiarism.
I looked in the mirror and I thought, "Who's the only strategic thinker who can give this country the high-intensity, high-traffic liberal anime blogging it deserves?"
And the mirror spake back unto ogged, "Ogged, you're the fairest where you are, but Ben, the Wolf's son, is more beautiful by far".
7 gets redaction exactly right. No more total deletions, please.
Pre-plagiarism is the new Weiner-pwning.
Can we impersonate if we do this?
Can we impersonate if we do this?
No.
yay, how neat! i'll be reading for sure.
I figured prepending two whole extra words would be a little more obvious than a misspelling.
Or perhaps this would be plain enough to behold.
I believe the tradition is to signal your real identity by the e-mail address/URL, so it looks like all y'all are impersonating yourselves, which is without point.
And the point is: ogged! ogged! ogged! hooray! he's going to blog about his love life for the Washington Monthly! It'll be just like this!
(Or, more likely, he'll offer up insightful political punditry, and the commenters will make him miss us bad. Even me.)
Also by prepending the initial letter, thusly.
I read the post and my heart leapt; I read the first comment and it dropped right into my stomach. Time reopens all wounds, I guess.
It's kinda like Ogged dumped us and then stopped by just to show off his new girlfriend.
Oh wait. Actually, it's exactly like that. Mean!
It's like crack, ogged. You'll never be free--never, you hear me?
Fucking anaphora
yes when I put the rose in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes
(Warning, I have not read the whole book so I have no idea what she may be saying or doing. But I like to think of it as fucking anaphora.)
Perhaps ogged wouldn't mind guest-blogging at unfogged later on.
So there was something much dumber and cruder where Molly Bloom's soliloquy used to be, in case anyone wonders why I brought the pseudonym.
38: Yeah, but like in 34, she'll never be as good for him. We know that.
I dunno, Ogged, you think the center left is ready for Urotsukidoji? They didn't take too kindly to the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party the last go-round.
Following B, seriously, is this a joke? Was the whole "absurdly loyal" thing a dream? Can one even link to a dream-comment?
You fucking ingrates. It's just a guest-blogging gig for a couple of days, after which I'll disappear again, and this post is a heads up to my peeps, because it wouldn't have been nice to just suddently show up elsewhere.
Uh-oh. Mommy and Daddy are fighting.
Unfogged: putting the fun in disfunctional.
We need to do even more homework?
Uh-oh. Mommy and Daddy are fighting.
Everything old is new again.
Also, who had one month and eight days in the "when is ogged going to post again" pool?
Also also, nice to see you back, even briefly.
after which I'll disappear again
My response is delivered by my child.
I'm with apostropher's child.
Really, Ogged. It's just . . . so soon, you know? We haven't had time to heal. To move on. The wound is still sore. And then there you are, all happy, moving in exalted circles, with someone new. Someone less frivolous than us. Someone more successful. Someone less . . . desperate.
We're all really happy for you, of course, and of course we'll all come to your party, and ooh and ahh over the nice apartment and the new girlfriend's gracious manners and sparkling wit and all. Really. We love you. We're glad you're happy.
I'm with apostropher's child.
Shut up, goddammit! Mr. B thinks it's his!
I don't remember the strikethrough being there before I reloaded the page.
Do you know, just yesterday I had PK in class with me, being as Mr. B. is out of town, and to illustrate a point about the history of divorce law and women's property, I said, "suppose, for instance, that PK here were not my husband's child."
(I said it in a stage whisper, and PK was busy talking to himself and playing some imaginary game, so he didn't hear me. The students were rather shocked, but they got the point.)
Who put the <strike> on B's 52? The polytheistic Unfogged can be so confusing.
Ben did it, b/c I was complaining that the strike command didn't work and I'd had to do the stupid square bracket fake strike thing.
Also because I am carrying Ben's baby.
that PK isn't your husband's child? you didn't go and bring another w-lfs-n into the world, did you?
ahh! it's true, and I've been pwned! Which is worse? Which is worse?
Yes, Ben was an 18-year old babydaddy. It's time the world knew.
you must introduce PK to sports immediately and never, never let him study grammar.
*ahem*
PRE-PLAGIARISM IS THE NEW WEINER-PWNING.
(Actually it's BLASTING WITH CAPS LOCK.)
it's just not catching on, Weiner. Now I've got to shower and clean up after all that blasting.
never, never let him study grammar.
This reminds me: I'd actually never known the difference between en and em dashes before I started reading here. And I've still never looked it up.
Didn't security get his keys when he left? Change all the passwords!
Mr. B. is out of town
"Mr. B is out of town and I can't find anybody to have an affair with so I just mosey down to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at all the satyrs with hard-ons..."
-Bongwater, "Obscene and Pornographic Art"
Roberta is the hero! I've been wanting to quote that at bphd for years.
I'm not a big fan of teaching grammar, but I suppose he'll learn it at some point. Latin, however, interdicit est.
Latin, however, interdicit est.
Appropriately, this is ungrammatical.
Alas, I do not know that song. I assume we are referring to Bongwater the band, and not, say, the movie, she says after a moment's googling.
#70: Hook, line, sinker, Ben. Just like I reeled you in on that stormy night all those years ago.
I'd have an easier time believing that you had trolled me had you not just asked me if it's really ungrammatical. And had you not asked me to provide a word for "forbidden" for your use.
Let's talk about this public / private distinction, Ben.
Sorry. I was trying to create intimacy by referencing private discussions in public.
No, that's the opposite of creating intimacy. It creates the *impression* of intimacy for the broader audience, but it undermines *actual* intimacy.
Not to mention the effect of your continually stopping what you're doing in order to type.
Doesn't look to be the way to Advance, Ben.
Ogged is blogging, B and he are fighting, and w-lfs-n goes for a grammar-related w-lfs-n Indiscretion Error...is this what you guys mean when you talk about the "eternal return"?
Bongwater the movie
With Luke Wilson and Brittany Murphy. Of course.
(It is the band being referenced.)
I'm thinking Text's advice is the right one. I certainly don't want my son to grow up to prefer gerunds to . . . other things.
Oooo. Does this mean that we all get to bask in reflected glory? Are you going to throw us a link?
I certainly don't want my son to grow up to prefer gerunds to . . . other things.
I'll have you in the second supine position in no time, have no fear.
Link issues
Grumble. At least this time it's possible to reconstruct the intended link from what actually showed up.
that first review actually makes me want to see the movie.
Apparently aggressive inboxes don't deter Ben.
OMG, John, you are so calling me a slut!
Someone has to love the women with vaginis dentatis.
See, this just makes my day. I work until 11 p.m., come in the house all grumpy-like, check my RSS reader, and see Author: Ogged. The previous 15 hours have been forgotten. All is well with the world.
Do you know, I had to explain the concept "vagina dentata" to someone just the other day.
ogged, I'm sorry for 44. It was rash and undeserved.
94: Apologizing isn't going to help very much now, SB. You've ruined it for everyone. Now he really is gone for good.
95: Because mine bit his dick off, and he wanted to know what was up with that, natch.
Now we see why I pretend to be interested in gerunds.
How, in a discussion of vagina dentata, you resisted the temptation to put an 's' in front of 'natch', I'll never know.
I thought it was to cover up for the lack of inbox availability.
99: I was well aware that my audience would do it for me, obviously. Subtlety counts.
I thought it was to cover up for the lack of inbox availability.
I've never had trouble getting servers to go down.
Heretofore, I've stopped reading blogs long enough to check my work e-mail, via the Outlook Inbox, and this Inboxing has been free from any blushing whatsoever.
Thanks, Unfogged, for taking that innocence from me.
If only -gg-d would take "Innocence" with him when he goes again.
ben, the plural should be vaginae dentatae. wait, or were you assuming the english "with" acts as the latin "cum" on the following ablative plural? shit, did I just say that? it's like grammar-bukkake.
That was exactly my assumption. I understand that doing shit like that is common practice in German.
Ogged, are you getting aid for this gig? Cause if you are, I wouldn't feel so bad that you came back for the Monhly but not for us.
Are we missing a 'p' or an 'l' in the previous comment? Either way, I'm with bg. If neither, I continue to hate you.
Definitely not being paid.
I hate you more.
But he didn't rule out that he's getting some sweet Drum action out of the deal. Go Ogged!
o-Rundgren: Ogged don't wanna play/He just wants to bang Kevin Drum all day.
Just make sure you bang the Drum slowly, ogged. That's how he likes it.
110: This is how it always starts. "I will never drink again" becomes "Just this once - how often do you reset the Tivo?" becomes "It's light beer, for gawd's sake!" becomes "And what's the cheapest fifth?"
help me get away from myself
I wanna fuck you like a Political Animal
I wanna read you for the insight
I wanna fuck you like a Political Animal
My whole existence is blogs
You get me closer to ogged
114 is the story of my life, ps.
I'd like to thank the academy and my lawyer and Sirajul and Mujibur who haven't had much attention lately and all my friends except Mavis who should have known better.
I was loose as a deuce
You're as gay as a tune
I was light as a kite
Better loosen up chum
Your drum is apt to snap and go boom boom
It's paradise to me
It's not because it is the grand old seat
Of precious freedom and democracy
No, no, no
It's not the greenery turning gold in fall
The scenery circling the Mall
It's just that's where my baby blogs
That's all
Great song, 'smash, but not enough lyrical modification for my taste.
Yeah, I'm a little busy, I just wanted the nice "Washington, Monthly" to ring. I hadn't previewed and seen 116 or I wouldn't have bothered.
I am probably not the last of my generation to never be asked to do the guest host thing at WM.
I figure I'm about #1500 on Kevin's list. The whole "you got datamining/NSA/believing-Hayden all wrong and never admitted it" thing likely has nothing to do with it.
The idea that people "give up blogging": how stupid are people? I mean, really, how fucking stupid? How long is, say, five years? How about twenty? Are these large numbers? Have people not been online that long? Won't they?
Kids!
(My first award: 2026.)
Perhaps a Lifetime Achievement Koufax in 2026?
Gary, I bet he'd ask you before he'd ask me.
Well, I bet he'd ask either of you before he'd ask me, so I say, quitcher bellyachin'.
I know he'd never ask me, given the outcome of the Rose Bowl.
Hey, I still think dreamily back on the day when Drum agreed with me in Jane Galt's comments -- a brush with greatness on that level is all I ever expect.
I'm actually guest blogging over there in ten days. I was trying to think of a good way to break the news.
by the by, does anybody know what happened to that thread where I went on about Daniel Guap? I think it's gone, and that's a shame, for I cracked me up in that thread.
is it ass kissing if I sent Drum flowers for several months in order that he should let me guest blog on his bloggy thing?
hooray! I tried searching for "Daniel Guap" in the bloggosearch but it didn't show.
Now I've got to find a way to make that relevant to whatever it is we've been talking about.
As demonstrated by the update to this post, Kevin Drum is just a big tease.
So maybe I wasn't
Gone very long
And I got used to it
And I would return
Just like Obi-Wan
If there were somewhere
else I could go blog
So maybe it's true that
Your cries of loss
Were oh, so very faint
But still I heard
And knew something was wrong
Just nothing you could put your finger on
And I will return
Just like Obi-Wan
Just like Obi-Wan
So, tomorrow we see if it's possible to have a good Washington Monthly comment thread?
Either no one likes Aimee Mann, or everyone likes her a lot.
So it begins...with a recycled story. Forgive me Unfoggetariat, he set me up.
