"The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated!"
"He must have something better to do!"
Despite the many rumors, The Good Doctor is alive and well and have not died or taken ill. Neither have we been incarcerated by the rumored FBI undercover masquerading as the Los Alamos Police Chief.
Instead, we have been rather busy elsewhere and quite frankly have lost interest in the bulk of the commentary being generated on *any* LANL Blog. We do not hold our fellow bloggers accountable, but do hold many of those who choose to comment so. Get your stupid heads out of your asses people! Quit with the whining and the cheap shots, be thoughtful. Please.
We give our thanks to Pinky AND The Brain, to Buck Turgedson, to Calvin (who has also lost faith in the quality of participation on the blogs... relayed via private correspondence), to Brad and Doug, and to Gussie Finknottle herself for keeping the blogging spirit alive here.
Amongst the commentarians, only the random interjector known as "Darko" has consistently impressed us. There have been other comments of merit, but most have not even offered a psuedonym and therefore seem to be one-shot wonders (or perhaps they are!).
We know it is hot... so maybe that explains the lethargy. Or is it the continued grind of the machine?
Carry on,
- Doc
19 comments:
Welcome back Doc -
Carry on we will!
I've taken my own haitus due to the heat of the summer and the general pissiness of most of the commentors on the blogs, not to mention yours and Calvin's blogs having gone dark for so long.
I'm tired of bitch-slapping the smarmy whiners and detractors, but maybe with you back in the saddle, I'll get up the energy for a little of my favorite kind of fun.
Maybe.
Glad to hear Calvin is OK... I guess at his age he *should* be off chasing the "girls of summer". There are certainly still plenty of them. I couldn't believe we have anyone willing to come back after that Summer of Shame under Nanos!
BTW... I fired off a salvo of comments to Eric Fairfield's blog Working at LANL. We'll see if he lets them through in his moderation. I tried to be kind, if not gentle.
"Whistling in the Dark! Dark, dark Dark!" - They Might be Giants
- Darko
Darko is the best poster? I think that speaks volumes about the utility of the blogs.
For Calvin with his stupid "pissed" blog to lament the quality of posting is particularly amusing. His entire blog is pathetic. Even if he is a 21 year old postdoc.
"Good Lord" is that you at 6:07?
I don't want to speak for the good Doctor but my guess is that he's giving me credit for being at least consistently self-identifying (if psuedonymous).
When you suggest that Doc's nomination of me as his "best" (or is it "favorite"?) consistently identified poster "speaks volumes about the utility" I start to wonder what you are talking about.
That Doc would give me a little credit, says nothing about the "utility" of anything. At most it might say something about Doc's judgement...
Get a clue.
- Darko
PS *are* you the commentor often known as "Good Lord"??? if so pick your own psuedonym and at least be consistent with (self) attribution!
Welcome back, Doc.
Glad to hear that you're still out there attempting to build a work portfolio at LANL. At least you're trying (very*)
*"[...] and to Gussie Finknottle herself[...]"
Herself indeed.
--Gussie
Hey Gussie!
Thanks for weighing in...
Meanwhile... let me say that only a small fraction of my own colleagues are bleating sheep or "retired on the job"... most have their heads down and are busy trying to work through the inanity that keeps raining down from all quarters... some have job offers elsewhere but are reluctant to leave until they have to.
The young ones seem to not find this all that out of the ordinary. They seem convinced it is like this everywhere and that they will play this hand out all the way and then move on to another table when the game breaks up. More power to them.
- Doc
PS. Darko, that "voice" is way too familiar... almost for sure "goodLord". And here I thought *nobody* was listening to the deafening silence I've been leaving here.
OK, I'll call myself GL for short.
- GL
Are you also a Group Leader?
I guess Doc and Darko pegged your "voice".
GL (good luck!)
Nope, not even close, bozo.
- GL
Welcome back, Doc!
When you list your posters of choice, I'd recommend you include some from the lab's actual official "blog," The Reader's Forum. Recently, there are been several posters displaying courage and insight there that I think you would appreciate.
(I deleted my earlier post bec I forgot to include the name of the official LANL "blog")
Frankly 12:28, we admit to not having caught up on the LANL...Story Blog comments well enough before we shot our mouth off here.
Yes, there have been some very thoughtful comments interlaced with the bogus crap... and if anyone would identify themselves at any level we could attribute regularly consistent good stuff.
We look forward to more from you John.
- Doc
PS. GL... what does "not even close" to a Group Leader mean? And what about offering up the alternate reading of the initials make the poster a "bozo"?
Fuck! I can't even read your comment properly John!
Ok.. LANL "reader's forum"... I check it out... probably no anonymity there...
- Doc
"Not even close" means I am not a GL.
As for the bozo remark, hey, it's just all part of the wild and wacky fun we have here on this meant-to-be-funny blog!
- GL
Oh...
haha ha
The rumors of my demise are ... RIP?
Yup! Pretty much Rest In Peace (RIP) for the moment...
We've checked out for weeks and not felt like we were missing much...
Thanks to Pinky and Gussie, the news continues hit the wall (or the fan, as you will) without our won twist on it...
It's an ugly blogosphere out here with the folks taking cheap shots from one side while others whine and whine and whine...
Fortunately, we know this is only one facet of LANL and enjoy (from time to time) some really good work... which keeps us busy and out of trouble (i.e. Blogging)
From private correspondence with Calvin, BoyAmIPissed might be RIP for good. He was totally disenchanted with the bullshit that has been passed around lately on the blogs.
As for GoneNuclear? Time will tell.
- Doc
Thanks for interesting article.
No new posts for over a month...I think time has spoken. I'm not shedding tears.
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