Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

No one could have predicted…

I’ve spoken to my cat about this, but it doesn’t seem to do any good.

Presidents are not kings, and Plaintiff is not President.

This really is a full service blog.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

The revolution will be supervised.

This is all too absurd to be reality, right?

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Let there be snark.

Damn right I heard that as a threat.

Militantly superior in their own minds…

Proof that we need a blogger ethics panel.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

It’s the corruption, stupid.

But frankly mr. cole, I’ll be happier when you get back to telling us to go fuck ourselves.

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

I can’t take this shit today. I just can’t.

We still have time to mess this up!

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Hi Everyone,

The Romanovs abdicated today, and so shall I. As you might have predicted from my recent sparse posting, I’ve decided to give up my front page status. That’s for a lot of reasons, including that I’ve got a bunch of other writing projects going on, and there’s a limit to how much time I can spend at a keyboard.

I’m really grateful to John for the opportunity, and also to the other Front Pagers (esp. Betty and TaMara and Alain) for their help and support at various times.

The best part of the gig was the Juicers I met in person during the Meetups. You were all wonderful!

And getting to support my favored candidate–by whom I mean, of course, Baud. :-)

Best to everyone here – I’ll be lurking!
Hillary

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  5. 5.

    Another Scott

    Being busy is good! Thanks for all of your contributions here. Glad you’ll be sticking around with us here in the peanut gallery.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  6. 6.

    Ohio Mom

    Thanks for the provoked thoughts, and posts that were touching and moving (thinking here especially of the caretaker one).

    Good Luck! We’ll look for you in the comments.

  7. 7.

    Arclite

    Good luck, and fair travels, although you know that once granted, front page status is never revoked. So perhaps we’ll still see you here from time to time if the mood strikes you!

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    West of the Rockies (been a while)

    Thank you for your effort, Hillary! I’ve enjoyed your posts and hope you’ll continue to pop in, especially in the Writers Group.

  15. 15.

    Aleta

    I liked your posts very much, as well as your decency as you engaged with people. And the particular energy, optimism, outrage, caring. Appreciated your focus, including on obstacles. Thanks.

  16. 16.

    SFBayAreaGal

    Thank you Hillary for all your posts. I will miss you. Best of luck on your writings. I hope you won’t be just a lurker. Please comment when you can.

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    J R in WV

    Thanks for stopping by, Hillary!

    You are one of the good ones, please keep in touch, esp. when good things happen around you, or when you need picked back up!

    Take care, and best of luck.

    PS: best of luck is one of those tiny phrases which a small fumble-fingered typo could make into a rabid jackal sort of remark~!!! I never noticed that before!

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    SiubhanDuinne

    All best to you, Hillary! Still hope to meet you in person one of these times (I may be in the Battle Creek-K’zoo area briefly this fall), and I do hope you’ll comment, not just lurk. Thanks for your many thoughtful contributions.

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    Lyrebird

    Thank you Hillary!

    Totally respect your decision, for all that I wish I could commission you or something like that to do some summaries of the global warming score of, say, Daiya “cheese” versus what I’m using it (for health and putatively environmental reasons, not your core motivation i kno) to replace.

    Might not be fast enough to fight the pipeline, but eating more oats peas beans and barley oh is one way anyone with a stove can fight the global-warming deniers, I say!

    Peace.

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    Lyrebird

    @J R in WV: Dude! I read but was too late to reply to your thoughtful medical comment… fair but the good news is, taking the Tamiflu with food cuts the queasiness.

    Thank *you* for all you do to bring the positive & the constructive into the comment stream.

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    Alain the site fixer

    You’ve got the keys so you can always come back! Thanks for adding your voice and passion to the site

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    pamelabrown53

    @Hillary Rettig: #22.

    You’re welcome, Hillary. It makes sense that you’d focus your writing skills and attention in venues with more positive feedback and support. I think it’s astute of you to realize that BJ may not provide the best platform for your messages.
    Wishing you the best in your future writing endeavors.
    Best luck and light,
    pamelabrown

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    HRA

    Thank you for all you wrote here. My best wishes to you for your choice and hoping you will someday come back.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    @Lyrebird:

    Might not be fast enough to fight the pipeline, but eating more oats peas beans and barley oh is one way anyone with a stove can fight the global-warming deniers, I say!

    Wow! There’s a lovely nursery song I haven’t thought of in many, many decades! Thanks for reminding me of it.

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    PaulW

    good luck with the other writing projects and all.

    but you’ll be back.

    you’ll see.

    mwhahahahahahahahahahahahaha cough wheeze hahahahahahahahiccup

  43. 43.

    Yarrow

    Wishing you the best of luck in your endeavors. I particularly enjoyed your posts here on animals. Please comment as your time allows.

  44. 44.

    Feebog

    Enjoyed your posts. Please don’t just lurk, be a frequent commenter and hang around. Good luck in your writing projects.

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    hedgehog the occasional commenter

    Thanks, Hillary! Glad I got a chance to meet you, and I hope to get to K-Zoo for the medievalists’ conference sometime soon (not this year, alas…) If you’re ever back in Denver, you know how to find me :) Good luck in all your future work.

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    Patricia Kayden

    Ms. Hillary, I bookmarked your page on “5 Ways to go Invisibly Vegan in 2016”. Thanks for your animal activism and vegan championing. All the best in your other ventures.

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    guachi

    I appreciate your posts. It’s an unpaid gig, but I thank you for the time you’ve put in.

    Just remember, John leaves the door open for everyone so come back when you have time and the urge to say something to us.

  50. 50.

    middlelee

    I enjoyed your posts and appreciate the work you do for animals and the planet.
    Best to you in your other endeavors.

  51. 51.

    Mnemosyne

    Good luck!

    ETA: I currently have my feet up on Tom Sawyer Island waiting for my nieces to satisfy their curiosity about it. At least my knee is holding up okay.

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    Anne Laurie

    Kudos to you for fighting the good fight(s), Hillary — and, as others have said, I hope you’ll comment when you can, and you’re always free to post again as your other writing projects permit.

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    Bumper

    Aleta at 15 expressed my thoughts so much better than I could have. Also want to say thank you for your caregiver posts. I wasn’t ready to share my caregiving experiences yet but felt kinship with those who did. Those posts meant a lot to me.

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    Scamp Dog

    I’ll miss reading your posts, and I hope to see you comment now and again. I enjoyed meeting you when you came out to Denver, and would be happy to meet up again!

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