The heroes move on, quietly, without egos, no waxed moustaches for them, or the constant striving for self promotion and egoism.

Their's is the Ivy-playing field and all the OCBD's and weejuns within it.

Chenners will run out of steam very quickly now, can't you wind him up again, Jim?

Otherwise, he will have to seek out the next new thing, the next band wagon he can jump on and make his fame and career. And what then, the museum exhibition, the famed Pulitzer Prize winning book with Boyers?

How did I miss all this gossip?

Oh yes, that's right: I never read his blog.

I guess that is the end of the road for Miss Chris. Next I think he should jump on the "urban lumberjack & American workwear" bandwagon, since he's always a few steps behind the trends, not in front of them. He will have to grow a beard, of course.

... Well, it's been a week now, Chens...  After all that time we expect to be wowed by your next offering.

Chris is there alright as he's still approving those comments he approves of for his blog. Just more tosh about Richard from WASP 101.

Get on with it, Son!

Do excuse my ignorance, but why do you all hate the Wasp101 character?

I've just had an exchange of emails with Richard of WASP 101 and he does actually know more about his subject than Mr. Chensvold.
Mr. Chensvold recycles the work of others whereas Richard presents his own work.
Mr. C.'s 'professionalism' is merely the exploitation of the subject on which he blogs. He has no real knowledge of or feel for the topic he writes about, he just wants to cash-in on it, as he has now quite openly said so himself.
Richard's blog is a hobby regarding things he loves & has loved for quite a while now. A very different thing.

That Richard is having a lot of fun there is no doubt. For Chesvold his blog is work.

On a tangential note can anyone remember which one of the Ivy blogs featured an exhaustive survey of the hot dog stands in Chicago and Madison?

Also at a slight tangent......Just spotted Heavy Tweed Jacket is open to all again.

Me, from an interesting exchange with Richard:

"I honestly believe that the so called Commercial / Professional bloggers are a bad thing. It's the same with the Commercial / Professional message boards & forums - What started out as being something by enthusiasts for enthusiasts becomes twisted when money gets involved.
Chensy's desire to dominate the subject of Ivy online and push out the real enthusiasts just so he can make money is a good example of this. Especially when he knows & cares so little about the subject - For him the blog could just as well be about Gardening."

I think also that AAAC's & SF's desire to dominate the MBs & push out the real enthusiasts' sites (FNB!) is just the same.

Money!

Blogging & MBs started out as 'fans for fans' projects. Then along came all the shits sensing they could make a buck out of it all & we get all the self-serving dross we now get.

Not good.

Long live the Independents!

Let Freedom ring!

Chinny-Chenner's follows the philosophy of GET'S - Good Enough to Steal.  It is the former, but by posting this, it may yet become the latter.