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Retiring....

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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.

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Well, darn. Good luck. Feel free to drop by for some expressive benefits any time.

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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

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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.

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Sad, but understandable. do na da ga hv i.
And stay in touch!

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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.

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much love and luck to you.

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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.

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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.

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Best wishes.

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Oh, and that photo makes me want to as well.

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Yes, but Chris, then the blogosphere would have a gaping wound, rather than just the moth hole arising from my absence ;-).

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Damn it!

I understand the impulse, and cannot but accept your decision, but I am sorry to see your blog stop.

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:(

[inarticulate with grief]

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Will you be maintaining your archives, or will our links to your works die?

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q: maintain or not?
a: maintain.

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Dwight,

Your password begins with a "G", not a "g".

Eric

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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!

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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.

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Where did you get the blogoNarcan, and how can I get some?

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Sorry, Medic-speak. Narcan.

So long, and thanks for all the Horse.

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Be Easy! Hey is that a sunset I see you ridin' off to? Danke fur alles!

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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.

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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.

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Oh, no! I just found you all recently! *sigh*

Be well, and thank you. Best wishes for all you do.

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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.

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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.)

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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.

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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.

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Thanks, MBW, for all you've given us these past years. We're lucky. Enjoy what lies beyond the keyboard.

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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.

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Enjoy the change of pace - that pirate trip sounded like a lot of fun!! Here's to many, many more.

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Mahalo nui loa, a hui hou -- aloha oe.

Best wishes on your future endeavors.

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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.

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So sad to see you go, but I understand.
Thanks for everything you've done.

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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!

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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.

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Best of luck; you will be sorely missed.

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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...

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So does that mean you'll be hanging out on the Moms List more? :-) Just askin'....

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MB,

Just read the news via Avedon.

Thank you for years of good work. We'll miss you.

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Wampum was one of the first blogs I read regularly. You impressed me, and I don't impress easily.

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