CC: Farewell

Submitted by M-Dog on

I just realized that if Jim Harbaugh becomes Michigan's coach, I won't actually find out about it on MGoBlog. 

The server will be in full meltdown mode as soon as the news hits.  It could be the last we see of each other for months.  

So if it happens, farewell in advance.  Lives will change by then.  People will move on, new people will come in.  Milestones will be reached in the cycle of life - births, graduations, marriages, divorces, retirements, deaths.

MGrowOld will become even older and move to Florida.  MGoBrewMom and Carlos SpicyWeiner will finally hook up.  WD will get married and have kids who will attend Michigan.  Brain will shave.  Things will be different.  They say you can never go back.  The MGoBlog you wake up to that morning will not be the same MGoBlog that one day returns to you.

I did not want to live with the regret of not saying a proper goodbye.  As each day passes, we get closer to that fateful day where we are all separated from each other, with no reunion date certain.  It will be a bittersweet moment, but there can be no joy without some sadness as well.  Such is life.

Au revoir, MGoBlog.

BlueHills

December 15th, 2014 at 9:17 PM ^

I'm pretty happy as-is.

A Michigan Football win doesn't make me happy; it merely reinforces my existing state of equilibrium by meeting my expectations of victory. I'm in a jovial mood when these expectations are met.

On the other hand, a Michigan Football loss creates a disturbance in the Happiness Force. I'm in a sour mood for the rest of the weekend because my expectations have not been met.

The hiring of Harbaugh will therefore not make me happy in and of itself. What it will do is meet my expectations for the greatest university in the world, and, I hope, prevent those dismal Saturdays when expectations are not met.

State Street

December 15th, 2014 at 9:25 PM ^

How does this affect MGoBlog's traffic numbers?  Obviously when this goes down (sooner rather than later, btw) it would result in a record number of impressions for this site.  Historic, I'd even venture to guess, for any team-centric sports site in existence.  

How will that work if nobody can get to the site?

Ray

December 15th, 2014 at 9:30 PM ^

Not to tempt fate, but I look forward to the temporary collapse of M-civilization. After the Restoration I will upvote you repeatedly.

M-Dog

December 15th, 2014 at 9:46 PM ^

"The Restoration"
 
I love it.  That's what we can call it when the blog comes back on line . . . The Restoration.
 
We go into it a sullen depressed mass, enveloped in misery and gloom.  We emerge from the other side clean and bright, basking in glorious sunlight . . . a beautiful 'Baugh-terfly.
 
We are new again.

BlueRude

December 15th, 2014 at 9:34 PM ^

Thought of Slim Pickens riding the bomb in Dr. Strangelove.............Till we meet again. By time I learn to embed this it will be too late. Yahoooooo