The horse, Zooze, runs the show here. I am merely introducing hir. When it comes to this blog, I do whatever zhe tells me to do. Zhe said, "Move the compound to Orange, Texas." The horse is the boss.
There are not yet Rules of Misery in Orange. Zooze mostly just wanders around Orange grazing on hay and contemplating hamster fur and higher education issues. A duck sometimes waddles across the pasture. And alpaca sightings have occurred.
For the foreseeable future, Zooze is both moderated and constipated--kind of like Cal was at RYS. Maybe that's good because it allows everybody to be more deliberate.
So email hir your post or your kind, thoughtful whatever.
One last thought: I question Zooze's sanity because successfully starting up a blog requires all kinds of hard work and lots of luck. It would be a cold day in hell before I'd ever moderate a blog like this. I have experience IRL founding and running a site with thousands of unique monthly visitors. Not millions like Gawker or Trump, but still. It drives a person to guzzle bourbon. So I think zhe's nuts for attempting this, but that horse is more optimistic and kindhearted than I am. I recommend hir without reservation.
P.s. If you are seeing this, it's because Fab Sun has a good heart.
Please be kind.
ReplyDeleteRespect libel laws.
Respect intellectual-property laws.
Respect all laws.
Be true to your one pseudonym.
Vent your spleen.
And perhaps occasionally propose an ingenious way to improve the academy, if you wish.
Those, I guess, are the "rules of the pasture."
Suggestions are welcome. The pictures aren't blurry enough? The letters are too small? Too big? Bad links? Please just point it out. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the font or the color or the size of things the size of the horse the color of the sky the cut of my jib of your jib. Other than that, I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteXOXO
Fab Sun
Ha I remembered to add it to my Feedly this time.
ReplyDeleteBubba, you crazzy bastard! When I got the news from Fab I thought, "Bubba is in it for it now!" Good luck, my friend!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh, jesus, not me. I'm neither drunk enough nor crazzzy enough to take this on. I only helped the horse a little with the Blogger set-up stuff. I hope people submit some good posts to hir.
DeleteThese dark times call out for the Return of Yaro! Yaro, you're our only hope!
ReplyDeleteHuzzah for Zooze!
ReplyDeleteYour servant, Zooze, and a glass of wine with you!
ReplyDeleteSince the last attempt at resurrection seemed to have run afoul of a dearth of contributions, I call on my fellow longtime lurkers to say something once in a while to help keep this new incarnation going.
ReplyDeleteI found you! You complete me!
DeleteHooray! So many things to discuss:
ReplyDeleteLegislating away tenure.
What are we spending our money on? Guess.
How many words can you make with the letters in "Zooze the Horse?"
This tea-partying guy.
That's a lot of content for a comment!!!
DeleteFab
There's only room for one ungulate mascot! The alpaca is going to be pissed.
ReplyDeleteI've reclaimed an old Fab Sun personal email account to partake here. The old College Misery one has a sore hamstring. So I'll be posting under my own name in the future. And just a head's up, sorry if any of you got a couple of emails today about Zooze. I sent notices from a personal account, the old CM account, and asked Cal and Hiram to reach out to anyone that I thought might like the ZOOZE-NEWZ.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks to Bubba for giving that fucking horse some free time to do the formatting.
Bubba, you wonderful bastard. You are next in line to run a Blog. This is nothing short of spectacular. Thank you for carrying the torch. If you have any second thoughts about this, just look at the happiness you have created in this single thread of comments.
ReplyDeleteAren't YOU Bubba? Aren't I?
DeleteAren't we all?
DeleteYippee ki yay! What a relief. Started having withdrawals....
ReplyDeleteMost excellent news.
ReplyDeleteMe too - Kathy!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Zooze.
thank you! misery shared is misery...shared.
ReplyDeleteThank Zooze for this place!
ReplyDeleteThank Fab for letting me know about it!
Hey Zooze,
ReplyDeleteSay 'Hi' to Hayra for me, as well as Daymaytear, Hayficetus, Hairmayz, Upawloe, Pocideon and all the others on your big hill.
Aha! Trust OPH to solve the mystery of the horse's name for me (or, even if that isn't the correct explanation, at least to help me remember the blog name). I suppose I, another classical figure, should feel right at home (though my choice of screen name is probably as much a tribute to Florence Nightingale as to the original Cassandra).
DeleteAnd hi, everybody! And many thanks to Zooze and hir human companion for setting up this lovely pasture and all its amenities. I'm only very reluctantly conceding the reality that a new semester is about to begin, but once I get my ducks in a row, I'll be stopping in, happy to see so many familiar faces. I think I even had ideas for a post or two back around Thanksgiving; we'll see what my memory yields.
Um, Pegasus was a horse. So was Bucephalus.
Deleteand Thalacephalos.
DeleteBut now that the inspiration for Zooze's name is (arguably) cleared up, maybe I'll stop hearing the Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Susie" in my head when I visit the page.
Of course, any ear worm is better than "A horse with no name".
Rosebud was a sled.
DeleteSpoiler!!
DeleteHeavens to Betsy! It is I, Proffie Galore, who swore off some previous incarnation of this blog on account of not getting enough work done. Then, thanks Cal and Fab, I come here and see all the old familiar faces, and Bubba INCLUDED ME!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHello, everyone, and thanks, Bubba and Zooze, for taking this on. MWAH.
I am so glad you found this page. Bubba's fine horse Zooze is in charge. God damn it smells in the compound.
DeleteStill one of my favorite user names and avatars. XOXO!
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