The J-Walk Blog: Recent Comments

By Doug on 14-Oct-2011 @09:55 pm in Final Open Mic:

No reprieve from the warden?
By UncleRandy on 14-Oct-2011 @09:48 pm in Final Open Mic:

TTFN
By Jayden on 14-Oct-2011 @09:46 pm in Final Open Mic:

Hasta la vista, baby!
By Bisbonian on 14-Oct-2011 @09:41 pm in Final Open Mic:

And you, Rance. Glad you could make it.
By Doug on 14-Oct-2011 @09:39 pm in Final Open Mic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYi7ZXj1lu8&feature=youtu.be&t=3m52s
By Rance on 14-Oct-2011 @09:38 pm in Final Open Mic:

I need to add that it was a pleasure to meet you too Bis.

I'll be in touch Curtis. I need to make a re-entrance to the hut for sure. I've some questions for Andie if she's still around.

I've just seen the posts on the the G+ thing. I'll poke around and see if I can't totally confuse myself until breakfast!
By wormpicker on 14-Oct-2011 @09:34 pm in Final Open Mic:

I think I got the last word. Good night John Boy.
By Tony Hitchens on 14-Oct-2011 @09:33 pm in Final Open Mic:

And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full
I traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets I've had a few
But then again too few to mention
I did what I had to do
And saw it through without exemption

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes there were times I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out, I faced it all
And I stood tall and did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that
And may I say not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way
By Bisbonian on 14-Oct-2011 @09:28 pm in Final Open Mic:

Tap, tap, tap. Is this thing still on? Tap, tap.
By Frogman on 14-Oct-2011 @09:25 pm in Final Open Mic:

Last to comment wins !

And I win !!!
By Curtis on 14-Oct-2011 @09:15 pm in Final Open Mic:

Rance! email me or check the Hut.
By deciBelcat on 14-Oct-2011 @09:02 pm in How The Post Office Will Survive:

I'm sticking with what I said, as back in the day, even the sucky humorists and satirists didn't use emoticons.
By gdm IV on 14-Oct-2011 @08:56 pm in Final Open Mic:

Awesome Rance! Glad you made it tonight -- always enjoyed your great photos. Good luck with your move, and check out the recent couple of posts that J-Walk has done explaining how to use g+. It really is quite easy, especially if you start by simply reading his & Curtis's g+ pages.1
By Rance on 14-Oct-2011 @08:51 pm in Final Open Mic:

I made it Curtis!

Sorry I've been such a stranger this past year. So much going on it seems I'm more married to my work than my wife anymore. But I'm still around. I'm clueless about the G+ thing. But if someone can give me some direction I'll take the time to delve into it. Thanks for the few years of good humor J-Walk. I am fortunate enough to have met you and Pam, along with Mr and Mrs Toad, and I'll never forget you Curtis!
The wife and I may be moving to New York in the next few months. She may be attending a university on Long Island and since I'm working over here...it just makes sense. We'll keep the house in Alaska for periodic visits home.

One last picture for you guys. From last week out at the cabin.
By Halford on 14-Oct-2011 @08:42 pm in Final Open Mic:

John,

My productivity was reduced for slightly more than 3,200 days.

Thanks, Keith
By Mark J in LA on 14-Oct-2011 @08:29 pm in Final Open Mic:

John,
I've been reading your blog faithfully since I first discovered it in '03 and want to add my voice to the chorus of folks who have already weighed in with their kudos and thanks. You've brightened an awful lot of mornings for me and I appreciate all you've done.

All the best,
Mark Johnston
By Doug on 14-Oct-2011 @08:19 pm in Final Open Mic:

Good night, thank you, and may your god go with you.
By Curtis on 14-Oct-2011 @08:18 pm in Final Open Mic:

It's a long way from...
By chazunga on 14-Oct-2011 @08:15 pm in Final Open Mic:

Oh, we were all just praying for J-Walk's soul.

All in all, it was a mighty fine way to pass the time.
By damich on 14-Oct-2011 @08:12 pm in Final Open Mic:

It was a great run John! I didn't comment much but was a faithful reader. I'll be checking in on G+
By Royal Flynn on 14-Oct-2011 @07:59 pm in Final Open Mic:

Dude, going to miss ya
By AZJohnB on 14-Oct-2011 @07:59 pm in Final Open Mic:

Say goodnight, John
By Hanan Levin on 14-Oct-2011 @07:57 pm in Final Open Mic:

John,
I discovered your blog 9 years ago or so, and it is one of the 3 last blogs that I still read daily (Metafilter & Reddit are the others, but they are collective efforts). We started our communication on the wrong foot, but your blog was among those that inspired me too to start blogging and to carry it on for seven exciting years of daily prolific postings of my own. During these years we exchanged hundreds of links & re-blogs back & forth, so I've always considered your humor, interest & style very similar to mine.

I was not much of a participant in the lively comments here, so I still want to chip in today and say 'So long and thanks for all the fish'
By Maven on 14-Oct-2011 @07:55 pm in How The Post Office Will Survive:

deciBelcat:

Not to put down Bisbonian (since I did recognize his post as sarcasm), but the authors you quote were quite skilled at their craft, and thus we *should* be able to recognize their intent to skewer. Most posters on a blog comments page on the other hand...
By Cap'n Walker on 14-Oct-2011 @07:46 pm in Final Open Mic:

Found this blog about '04 and have looked in almost daily since. It is one of the best parts of the day. I would post a pic if I knew how; still do not get the 'circle' thing but will sometime. I want to follow John and all of you to G+. Too many of you are favorites to post all here. If any of you can tell me in few words how the circles work, thanks. I am not usually this difficult with tech stuff.
By Curtis on 14-Oct-2011 @07:44 pm in Final Open Mic:

Goodnight, John-Boy.
By Phil on 14-Oct-2011 @07:42 pm in Final Open Mic:

BYE!
By Joe on 14-Oct-2011 @07:37 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thank you! I wasn't here for the beginning, but I'm glad I'm here for the end.
By terri on 14-Oct-2011 @07:37 pm in Final Open Mic:

Whole Wheat Radio died last year about this time, and now this blog is hittin' the trail. My internet is much the poorer for their loss.
By hucktunes on 14-Oct-2011 @07:24 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks for the many years of fun John.
By Dinsdale Piranha on 14-Oct-2011 @07:02 pm in Final Open Mic:

last post

Doougie MAClean bye bye
By Lorence Sing on 14-Oct-2011 @06:56 pm in Final Open Mic:

Dang, one less halfway-decent blog on the web.

Seriously, though, thank you for your effort. Yours was the first blog I got hooked.
Also thanks to you I discovered PZ Myers & pharyngula, helping me to be more vocal and forward with my atheism, so you've helped my 'spiritual growth' as well as entertained and informed me.

Many thanks and see you on G+.
By Debra Dalgleish on 14-Oct-2011 @06:53 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks for livening up the newsfeed every day. And now that the scheduled events are over, I hope you'll finish things off with a late night feast at the IHOP.
By Otis on 14-Oct-2011 @06:50 pm in Final Open Mic:

I'm not happy about this because...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTi3bRKohQU&feature=related
By Dar on 14-Oct-2011 @06:38 pm in Final Open Mic:

What is that?
By ElMoney on 14-Oct-2011 @06:28 pm in Final Open Mic:

I wish all of you the best that life has to offer, and thank you for the many laughs had and new things learned.
Thank you, John, for having the party at your place. I am sure that, given enough time and sanitizer, the lawn will grow back and the furniture will be as good as new. And as for your couch that is upholstered in Bermuda Grass, that will be doubly true.
By lobstah on 14-Oct-2011 @06:16 pm in Final Open Mic:

Good night, Irene.
By sekirt on 14-Oct-2011 @06:13 pm in Final Open Mic:

I may never use my TinyPic account again.
Thanks for the chance to be there! Enjoy the new "+" era.
By Doug on 14-Oct-2011 @06:10 pm in Final Open Mic:

Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got.
Taking a break from all your worries, sure would help a lot.
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Sometimes you want to go
Where everybody knows your nym,
and they're always glad you came.
You wanna be where you can see,
our troubles are all the same
You wanna be where everybody knows
Your nym...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD8ljNobUys
By jmnorthcutt on 14-Oct-2011 @05:56 pm in Final Open Mic:

I guess I have to take your blog link off of my little micky mouse web page that I more or less use for my own shortcuts. See you on G+
By meg_mac on 14-Oct-2011 @05:45 pm in Final Open Mic:
By gdm IV on 14-Oct-2011 @05:39 pm in Final Open Mic:

Sorry I'm late -- what's up?

Oh, we were all just praying for J-Walk's soul.
By DonL on 14-Oct-2011 @05:35 pm in Woman Defends Husband's Faith:

I don't know what it's like to have a burning bush, but I'm sure it's serious.
By chazunga on 14-Oct-2011 @05:34 pm in Final Open Mic:

Sorry I'm late -- what's up?
By mmmark on 14-Oct-2011 @05:33 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks to all, and to all a good night.
By Nohelp on 14-Oct-2011 @05:33 pm in Final Open Mic:

<sniff>

I guess this isn't "goodbye" but "hello to new productivity"

Thanks for all the stuff--most of it did, actually, interest me.
By thompsongunner on 14-Oct-2011 @05:31 pm in Final Open Mic:
By DonL on 14-Oct-2011 @05:30 pm in Final Open Mic:

Great goodbye shot, John. Thanks again, and I'm off over to G+.
By gdm IV on 14-Oct-2011 @05:28 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks again, J-Walk.

Thanks to everyone for commenting here. This place has provided the majority of my socialization over the past 3 years. Seeing all of your photos on WOMs was always great. All the hilarious screen names & funny JWB humor have provided much entertainment. So many good memories! It's been great.

Cheers to all of you, and goodbye to the good old J-Walk Blog!
By Dinsdale Piranha on 14-Oct-2011 @05:21 pm in Final Open Mic:
By ed on 14-Oct-2011 @05:19 pm in Final Open Mic:

Toad, Curtis, wok, Dinsdale Pirana, john weeks, Bisbonian...wow, names I've read comments from on and off for years. I've had times where I'd come here everyday, and then have some long breaks. I feel like I've taken the J-Walk blog for granted. John, tonight I'll honor you by walking against a red light.
By RobertSeattle on 14-Oct-2011 @05:18 pm in Final Open Mic:

I don't like Banjo's and I don't eat bacon but I still read just about every post that was made on this blog. Thanks and good riddance - more free time! :-)
By banjo brad on 14-Oct-2011 @05:18 pm in Final Open Mic:

No sign or booze, since I gotta get going to open up the jam room, but:

maybe this will do it? The expression might say what I think of the blog closing.
By Andie on 14-Oct-2011 @05:10 pm in Final Open Mic:

Great blogging, John. Thanks.
I made some good friends here.

Google+ will keep me from actually getting a real life.
By Curtis on 14-Oct-2011 @05:09 pm in Final Open Mic:

Oh, damn. This can't be erased.
By bleak on 14-Oct-2011 @05:08 pm in Final Open Mic:

Oops! I meant the zebra post, not your picture post. Now I'm happy again!
By tim otero on 14-Oct-2011 @05:05 pm in Final Open Mic:

@wok
email me, buddy.
By bleak on 14-Oct-2011 @05:02 pm in Final Open Mic:

Your last post looks so final. I'm in denial. No booze picture from me 'cause I quit drinking a month ago. Might have to start again. I've been reading the JWB since just about the beginning. Thank you for the great blog and over to G+!
By J-Walk on 14-Oct-2011 @04:58 pm in Final Open Mic:
By Tony on 14-Oct-2011 @04:52 pm in Final Open Mic:

Now what am I supposed to do on the internet?

Oh well, funny cat videos on YouTube I suppose.
By Toad on 14-Oct-2011 @04:48 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks for the good times, J-Walk. I'll see you on the other side (G+). Thanks to you and Pamn for staying in the shed when you visited us. Mrs. Toad and I had a ball, and we promise to visit, now that you have that hole dug in the backyard.

And, thanks to all my fellow commenters. Goodbye everyone!
By Gee... on 14-Oct-2011 @04:45 pm in Final Open Mic:

So long, and thank you for the fish!
By meg_mac on 14-Oct-2011 @04:43 pm in Final Open Mic:
By Scott in MN on 14-Oct-2011 @04:25 pm in Final Open Mic:

So long John and everyone, it's been exhilarating!
By Bisbonian on 14-Oct-2011 @04:25 pm in Final Open Mic:

Good night, J-Walk.
By Blayne on 14-Oct-2011 @04:23 pm in Final Open Mic:

Goodnight.

Oh, and send that Boa skin back if you haven't used it yet!
By Curtis on 14-Oct-2011 @04:19 pm in Final Open Mic:
By Chris on 14-Oct-2011 @04:16 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks John, now what do I read with that first cup of coffee?
By anon on 14-Oct-2011 @04:10 pm in Final Open Mic:

Prost!
By Sassy Chick on 14-Oct-2011 @04:07 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks for the irreverence. and the memories.
By djwalden on 14-Oct-2011 @04:07 pm in Final Open Mic:

My Shoes Keep Walkenbach To You.

Pluck on.
By Omegar on 14-Oct-2011 @04:04 pm in Final Open Mic:

I've been reading your blog for quite a long time, maybe four or five years but never once commented.

I'll miss it.
By john weeks on 14-Oct-2011 @04:02 pm in Final Open Mic:

Loved it, Checked it twice a day religiously.
Grew to know so many people.
Even though I keep up with all on G+ I will miss my twice daily check-in the way an ex- smoker misses a cigarette.
I'll miss it like a reformed alcoholic misses a really dry Bombay Sapphire martini with two whole olives and one smashed one.
I'll miss it like a lover misses the woman he loves when she's gone across the country on a business trip.
I'll miss it like a Father misses his kid five minutes after he leaves her asleep in her bed to go to work.
Well, maybe those were a stretch, but we J-Walkers were always prone to Hyperbole.
To tell you the truth, I'll miss the J-Walk blog like an 8 year reader of the J-Walk blog reader will after it's gone.
That other stuff? Nah, that stuff was serious....The J-Walk Blog was never serious.
By Ense on 14-Oct-2011 @04:01 pm in Final Open Mic:

I wonder what time comments will be turned off. Midnight Arizona time?

I won't be up that late as I got up at 6:00 because my apt manager said she was sending someone to hang new blinds because the president of her property management company was coming to take a tour. This blog is two hours behind me in time zones as Arizona seems not to do DST. Y'all hate Ben Franklin or something?

Cool video here. Always wanted to plug it in Open Mic but worried there would be an ethics violation as a relative works for this company.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3fMLzqmmGc

I guess ethics don't matter any more.

See, I'm pretending this is just a regular open mic, like nothing's happening. How will I live?
By Thrash Cardiom on 14-Oct-2011 @03:59 pm in Final Open Mic:
By Snag on 14-Oct-2011 @03:59 pm in Final Open Mic:

This has been a massive and sustained effort on the part of our host ! Thanks again from Snag (Greg Batten on Google+)

As always, Wee Rabbie says it best .....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFRh4pn6yzY

I did consider "the last Post" but opted to retain its air if respect (grin)
By Jim R. on 14-Oct-2011 @03:50 pm in Final Open Mic:

Live long and prosper, John. Oops, I see you've done that already! Well, keep on keeping on and thanks for the enriched existence!
By Mr. Pointer Outer on 14-Oct-2011 @03:50 pm in Final Open Mic:

thanks to all for the constantly interesting commentary. heck, even KLown .. even when he was wrong, which was most to the time, he often had thoughtfulness to be wrong in some interesting way. sorry I never got to meet any of you; y'all seem like a great bunch.
By Pamn on 14-Oct-2011 @03:48 pm in Final Open Mic:

concertinist - Love the photo. More like that from you others, please!
By rock. on 14-Oct-2011 @03:47 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks man!
By Cookie on 14-Oct-2011 @03:47 pm in Final Open Mic:

Already sent PRIVATELY: MY sentiments: comments; what EVERER!

G+ is a blessing :)

Just DEAL WITH IT - Those of us who've followed you for "A TIME" HAVE HAD IT 'really good!'

Those of us who come after? 'IT IS, WHAT IT IS!'

Will miss so many that I've had the opportunity to exchange with; and those - who's time was yet to come with J-Walk :) ..but it's not to be! Get OVER IT! Love and hugs, Cookie Bretz-Smith
By Ense on 14-Oct-2011 @03:47 pm in Final Open Mic:

Spent all morning for my landlord to redo my blinds. Then went to the wrong courthouse to clear a misdemeanor warrant. Wanted to go to Occupy Houston today since they had to clear our of Hermann Square because there was a scheduled event. I'm going to Occupy Galveston tomorrow and then I'm going to cruise the seawall and hit the go to Jamaica beach to see how the rebuilding is going, or I might take the ferry to Bolivar.

Always loved J-Walk blog. Been reading it since Fark linked to it for the Nigerian Email Conference.

I am thinking of starting a J-Walk inspired blog of my own. Got a new computer with all these Linus web design tools. My brother likes to give me computers

I'll miss this place. I'm trying to find a new home at Cynical-C, the most J-Walky site I have found so far. Anyone have other suggestions?

Thanks John.
By concertinist on 14-Oct-2011 @03:41 pm in Final Open Mic:
By wormpicker on 14-Oct-2011 @03:38 pm in Final Open Mic:

Hey, comments are still on!

Last! (?)
By Schmittenhammer on 14-Oct-2011 @03:36 pm in Final Open Mic:

"Good night, Mrs. Calabash." Wherever you are...........
By thompsongunner on 14-Oct-2011 @03:35 pm in Final Open Mic:

By J-Walk. Comment posted 14-Oct-2011 @03:51pm:

Please post a picture of yourself with a sign. Booze is optional.

Booze is never optional.
By Dave (TDC) on 14-Oct-2011 @03:32 pm in Final Open Mic:

And time to say:

"John Walkenbach has left the building"
By Dave (TDC) on 14-Oct-2011 @03:29 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thank you and goodnight.
By rainskei on 14-Oct-2011 @03:26 pm in Final Open Mic:

A nice group of folks who would never have met had it not been for this blog.You done good Mr. Walkenbach.
See you all in the circle world.
By Ense on 14-Oct-2011 @03:23 pm in Woman Defends Husband's Faith:

Lived in Texas the hole time Perry has been Guv, never seen a picture of his wife. Of course, the only time I ever paid attention to Perry was to vote against him on election day.
By Schmittenhammer on 14-Oct-2011 @03:22 pm in Final Open Mic:

Yes yes yes, thank you John for inspiring me with your photos to do photography and all the work you put into this blog. It has been interesting and fun. Thank you everyone for your encouraging compliments on my photos. Good bye to all.
About 45 years ago this pic was taken.
By Ense on 14-Oct-2011 @03:22 pm in Canned Pea Carnival:

I hate canned peas.
By Ense on 14-Oct-2011 @03:21 pm in Man Lives On Roadkill:

Round these parts the most popular road kill is armadillo liver. They have huge tasty livers. I think their livers are so big from drinking so much Lone Star Beer. Sorry, joke based on obscure commercials from the late 70's. I think their livers are so big because they eat so many venomous insects, such as harvester ants and leafcutter ants.
By Guy on 14-Oct-2011 @03:19 pm in Final Open Mic:

Having a glass of Ardbeg 10y in your honor - the liquor store didn't have any 9y.
By Ruminations on 14-Oct-2011 @03:17 pm in Final Open Mic:

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;
The carriage held but just ourselves
And Immortality.

We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My labor, and my leisure too,
For his civility.

We passed the school, where children strove
At recess, in the ring;
We passed the fields of gazing grain,
We passed the setting sun.

Or rather, he passed us;
The dews grew quivering and chill,
For only gossamer my gown,
My tippet only tulle.

We paused before a house that seemed
A swelling of the ground;
The roof was scarcely visible,
The cornice but a mound.

Since then 'tis centuries, and yet each
Feels shorter than the day
I first surmised the horses' heads
Were toward eternity.
By Guy on 14-Oct-2011 @03:17 pm in Final Open Mic:

Lots of good memories here, thanks!
By kim on 14-Oct-2011 @03:12 pm in Final Open Mic:

Thanks, John... you've lightened my load many-a-days.
By Dinsdale Piranha on 14-Oct-2011 @03:08 pm in What The OWS Protests Are About:

IF the USA would just straight-across-the-board write off all student loan debt

where will those trillions come from?

and it is in the trillions ya know
By Chris J. on 14-Oct-2011 @03:07 pm in Final Open Mic:
By J-W #656 on 14-Oct-2011 @03:05 pm in Final Open Mic:

sorry my comment was for #97.

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