Retiring....
It's been four and a half years. Time to hang up the keyboard and do other things.
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I will miss you. Thanks for the work on Cobell & ABramoff.
Posted by: Bruce | March 20, 2007 09:01 PM
Well, darn. Good luck. Feel free to drop by for some expressive benefits any time.
Posted by: wcw | March 20, 2007 09:05 PM
You will be missed.
If your travels ever take you to Maryland please drop me a line. And if I can ever help with anything please let me know.
Take care
Posted by: dengre | March 20, 2007 09:46 PM
I have learned a tremendous amount from you. I do not wish you to go away. I would love to talk you out of this, but I also understand the urge to just say "Enough."
I hope you'll change your mind and continue here. If not, you're always welcome to guest post at UnSpace should you feel the need.
God bless and thank you.
Posted by: Rob | March 20, 2007 09:50 PM
Sad, but understandable. do na da ga hv i.
And stay in touch!
Posted by: The Local Crank | March 20, 2007 10:41 PM
Cool runnings, friends.
I hope to occasionally see you both dropping in for a comment here and there.
If you change your minds at any point, I'll be eager to start reading again.
Namaste.
Posted by: Kai | March 20, 2007 11:48 PM
much love and luck to you.
Posted by: erizzle | March 21, 2007 06:08 AM
Quitting! Once again proving, as you did every time you posted, that you are way smarter than me -- indeed, than most of us.
Thanks for everything. Vaya con Dios.
Posted by: roy edroso | March 21, 2007 09:22 AM
Wow, its not a stretch for me to say that this blog had a big impact on my life. Without this blog, I would have missed out on a myriad of experiences, above all was house sitting with a case of Anchor IPA in the fridge and trying to figure out how to direct fields.
So long and fare the well, but not goodbye.
Posted by: tom | March 21, 2007 09:35 AM
Best wishes.
Posted by: Chris Clarke | March 21, 2007 10:38 AM
Oh, and that photo makes me want to as well.
Posted by: Chris Clarke | March 21, 2007 10:42 AM
Yes, but Chris, then the blogosphere would have a gaping wound, rather than just the moth hole arising from my absence ;-).
Posted by: MBW | March 21, 2007 10:59 AM
Damn it!
I understand the impulse, and cannot but accept your decision, but I am sorry to see your blog stop.
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | March 21, 2007 12:17 PM
:(
[inarticulate with grief]
Posted by: Avedon | March 21, 2007 01:14 PM
Will you be maintaining your archives, or will our links to your works die?
Posted by: Spartacus O'Neal | March 21, 2007 01:25 PM
q: maintain or not?
a: maintain.
Posted by: ebw | March 21, 2007 01:28 PM
Dwight,
Your password begins with a "G", not a "g".
Eric
Posted by: ebw | March 21, 2007 01:40 PM
whoa
as keanu would say.
much love to you and yours. if we do not meet again, i wish you the best, warmest, happiest days. thank you for everything!
Posted by: nezua limón xolagrafik-jones | March 21, 2007 02:01 PM
I only knew of y'all for a brief time, but it was time well spent. I wish y'all well on your future endeavors. Peace.
Posted by: Yolanda Carrington | March 21, 2007 02:14 PM
Where did you get the blogoNarcan, and how can I get some?
Posted by: L.G. Fucktard | March 21, 2007 03:12 PM
Sorry, Medic-speak. Narcan.
So long, and thanks for all the Horse.
Posted by: L.G. Fucktard | March 21, 2007 03:25 PM
Be Easy! Hey is that a sunset I see you ridin' off to? Danke fur alles!
Posted by: T Ray | March 21, 2007 03:28 PM
Oh, gee... I'm sorry to hear this, for selfish reasons, of course. I've learned so much from you guys and have had my eyes opened over the years on a number of topics, but especially Native American ones.
Take care of yourselves, and smooth roads ahead, I hope.
Posted by: Nanette | March 21, 2007 03:37 PM
I am so sorry to hear this. I'm just a simple lurker, but wow what a wealth of information I have received here. So intelligent, so clear, information we cannot get anywhere else. Thank you and best wishes. I hope we hear your voice again soon. You will be missed.
Posted by: Mary in Wisconsin | March 21, 2007 03:43 PM
Oh, no! I just found you all recently! *sigh*
Be well, and thank you. Best wishes for all you do.
Posted by: Sylvia | March 21, 2007 03:58 PM
I just want to clarify - I'm the only one riding off into the sunset - Eric and Dwight are under no such obligation. I am just ready to move on to new non-blogtopia (y!sctp!) endeavors.
And thank you all for such a kind send off.
Posted by: MBW | March 21, 2007 07:32 PM
And I would have posted that clarification earlier, but I was off with my kids doing non-bloggy things! (Like driving across the desert to the Colorado River and back - and pretending we're pirates along the way.)
Posted by: MBW | March 21, 2007 07:36 PM
Another lurker here. Enjoy. Visit the campgrounds in Viejas if you get to the East San Diego County
area. Would also love to be of help if possible.
Posted by: jeanie | March 21, 2007 11:49 PM
Congrats on your retirement, Mary Beth. If you can judge a woman by what people think of her, you're amazing. Put another way, I think you fucking rock. Have fun with whatever you do next.
Posted by: Ampersand | March 22, 2007 01:22 AM
Thanks, MBW, for all you've given us these past years. We're lucky. Enjoy what lies beyond the keyboard.
Posted by: pseudonymous in nc | March 22, 2007 03:22 AM
I can understand the impulse, enjoy your time and new endeavors. We will miss you but that is entirely not the problem of Colorado river pirates.
Posted by: Hawise | March 22, 2007 06:02 AM
Enjoy the change of pace - that pirate trip sounded like a lot of fun!! Here's to many, many more.
Posted by: eRobin | March 22, 2007 07:04 AM
Mahalo nui loa, a hui hou -- aloha oe.
Best wishes on your future endeavors.
Posted by: Rayne | March 22, 2007 11:30 AM
It's sucky, and probably suitably profound, that the first comment I leave here is to tell you I wish you wouldn't stop. But here's a note of appreciation from a lurker.
Posted by: rbabe | March 22, 2007 08:48 PM
So sad to see you go, but I understand.
Thanks for everything you've done.
Posted by: Oaktown Girl | March 22, 2007 09:36 PM
I am very sorry to see you go, Mary Beth - but I must say I'm not surprised. Best wishes, my dear - in everything. I hope your future’s so bright you have to wear shades!
Posted by: The Fat Lady Sings | March 23, 2007 12:29 AM
Sorry to see you hang up your virtual spikes, MB. Where will I go to see the happy blog dance be done about Stephen Griles' guilty plea today?
Best of luck in all you do. Like everyone else here, I'll miss you.
Posted by: Charles Kuffner | March 23, 2007 09:19 AM
Best of luck; you will be sorely missed.
Posted by: the talking dog | March 23, 2007 03:55 PM
I can't say I know how you feel MB, but, I do have one piece of advice about retirement from writing on a blog - or anywhere for that matter.
Never say you'll retire. I see it only took 2 days before the itch to say something (I totally agree with - deleted bits included *sigh*) about Griles...
Took me all of 6 months, but I had plenty of harrowing distractions to keep me occupied.
As a wise writer who once tried to retire said (totally bad paraphrase warning ahead), it "caused my hair to fall out, I gained 35 lbs, and I ended up sick as a dog - then I grabbed the typewriter and was right again".
But if you can survive retirement, I wish you love and luck and all the joys of freedom from "the damned keyboard" - and while you're at it - tell me (tell us all) how you did it!
Peace...
Posted by: Michael Berger | March 23, 2007 07:26 PM
So does that mean you'll be hanging out on the Moms List more? :-) Just askin'....
Posted by: emily | March 23, 2007 07:55 PM
MB,
Just read the news via Avedon.
Thank you for years of good work. We'll miss you.
Posted by: Stranger | March 24, 2007 04:59 PM
Wampum was one of the first blogs I read regularly. You impressed me, and I don't impress easily.
Posted by: P6 | March 25, 2007 12:26 PM