MGoBlog turns 13 today
"AT 12:30 AM on December 4th, 2004, MGoBlog was born thusly"
I started reading this blog on a daily basis over 9 years ago. Back then, Brian had time to respond to emails and even posted them occasionally (see the bottom of this post).
1989 UM GRAD suggested: "Are we having a Blog Mitzvah? I can get a rabbi there to celebrate this important milestone for the blog."
I'm not sure how I'll celebrate, but I am grateful for the blog. Go Blue!
December 4th, 2017 at 9:34 AM ^
Mazel tov!
But I do think the blog has been experiencing teen angst for some time now
December 4th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
Is that a tee-shirt? Because it should be. I'm already having fantasies about wearing that around my mostly State supported hospital, lol
December 4th, 2017 at 11:17 AM ^
Thanks! I made it about 3-4 years ago, at the height of Breaking Bad-mania. Haven't gone the t-shirt route, but I'd definitely wear one.
December 4th, 2017 at 11:38 AM ^
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December 4th, 2017 at 9:37 AM ^
He was a writer for Comedy Company, I was a performer. I also watched him and his close friend at the time, Amol P, start the Michigan Every Three Weekly. You could tell Brian was a good writer, so it doesn't surprise me that he found his calling with this blog.
/cool story bro
December 4th, 2017 at 10:13 AM ^
TIL Brian Cook started Every Three Weekly...
December 4th, 2017 at 10:46 AM ^
'Michigan Every Three Weekly', or 'Every Three Weekly', or something else that make more or less sense?
Edit: It's 'Every Three Weekly', if you can believe what Brian wrote
December 4th, 2017 at 10:54 AM ^
I may have picked up one of the copies of ETW as I was on campus from 1999-2006. I should go check my stash of stuffs. :) How much do you think it might go for on EBay?
December 4th, 2017 at 11:26 AM ^
The greatest edition was the one in which John Navarre was blamed for 9/11. (Scroll down to the bottom.)
December 4th, 2017 at 11:42 AM ^
Onionesque.
December 4th, 2017 at 11:27 AM ^
...by pure happenstance, I have an old copy from around '99 sitting around in my files for some reason. I remember finding it maybe 5 years ago and reading it. There was a bit about how Michigan was going to put in a campus monorail. Pure genius, and hilarious! And I think Brian wrote it.
December 4th, 2017 at 3:07 PM ^
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December 4th, 2017 at 10:03 AM ^
Not a coincidence that the blog is going through some special changes right now. It's okay, though, Brian. They're all perfectly normal.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:35 AM ^
Don't listen to him. It's not normal. You'll go blind.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:40 AM ^
Username checks out?
December 4th, 2017 at 10:39 AM ^
As long as you have permission from its parents and you don't illegally take her across state lines, MGoBlog can get married in Alabama now!!!!!
December 4th, 2017 at 10:53 AM ^
SEC! SEC! SEC!
December 4th, 2017 at 11:20 AM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 9:38 AM ^
I am NOT parenting this thing through its teen years. I'll have two teens myself in just a couple short years now, and I am not going to want to take on the extra agony, I am sure.
That being said, I've lurked here since 2005, when I found the place and hid under a couple names until I took the current one.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:01 AM ^
It hasn't been as bad as we thought it might have been, given 2026 UM Grad's strong personality. As the parent in charge of mornings, however, I can tell you that mornings bring out the worst in our daughter. Thankfully, I'm with her during other parts of the day...when she's much more pleasant.
We also have a 16 year old son, but he's quiet and shy...so we've been pretty lucky with him.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:46 AM ^
1989 UM GRAD, is the house in your profile picture 906 Greenwood Avenue in Ann Arbor?
December 4th, 2017 at 12:04 PM ^
I've had a handful of people on here tell me they lived there at some point.
December 4th, 2017 at 4:57 PM ^
at 909 Greenwood. It was a dump back then and probably still is. Looked out my bedroom window at your place, though a few years before you arrived. Some seriously good times there.
December 4th, 2017 at 9:39 AM ^
13 Going On 65, you;re an old soul MGoBlog!!!! (Thanks, too!)
December 4th, 2017 at 9:42 AM ^
Back when there was a chance this place ended up as a defunct poker blog.
I also never realized until I clicked on the link for the first post that Brian lied about his age when he started this thing.
December 4th, 2017 at 5:05 PM ^
You can't fake this:
We've been witness to Brian's progression from MgoBoyfriend to MgoHusband to MgoDaddy. We need a picture from back then and today. It ages you my friend. I blame my gray hair on my wife and kids but really it was the job.
To another 13 years!
December 4th, 2017 at 9:40 AM ^
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December 4th, 2017 at 10:51 AM ^
Now that football is done for a few weeks I expect to see it any day. /s
December 4th, 2017 at 9:44 AM ^
and they STILL don't have a football team....
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOILER ROOM TEAM!
December 4th, 2017 at 9:45 AM ^
That explains why the board has been acting so moody lately.
December 4th, 2017 at 9:45 AM ^
Old enough to pee, old enough for me.
December 4th, 2017 at 9:46 AM ^
ummmmm...
December 4th, 2017 at 9:52 AM ^
December 4th, 2017 at 9:52 AM ^
...I may know of a Senate seat you can win if you're interested.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:05 AM ^
We're all old enough to pee, for fuck's sake!
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and say that was a typo. Although I'm not sure how much better the actual saying is.
Unless you're in Alabama. And there's grass on the field.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:15 AM ^
You just revealed your Sparty identity.
December 4th, 2017 at 10:50 AM ^
a dark circle of friends that share that joke often?
December 4th, 2017 at 10:57 AM ^
Dude? No
December 4th, 2017 at 12:03 PM ^
Not an ideal time to forget a "/s" or maybe a gif.... or maybe don't post weird shit like that.
December 4th, 2017 at 5:01 PM ^
You know this isn't a Penn State blog, right?
December 4th, 2017 at 9:49 AM ^
Thank you Brian, Seth, Ace, and assorted great contributors to MGoBlog! I am grateful for all your work and dedication.
December 4th, 2017 at 9:49 AM ^
The blog is going to start rebeling over every little thing any day now.
December 4th, 2017 at 11:39 AM ^
Oh, it's been throwing tantrums (502/3/4 errors) for some time now...
December 4th, 2017 at 9:50 AM ^
Over the last 7 years (5 as a lurker, 2 on the board), I can honestly say that I have spent exponentially more time on MGoBlog, than I have on the work that I am supposed to be doing while on said blog. Kudos to Brian and the crew!