We’ve hit a kind of worthwhile homeostasis, among my hip-shots, Karl’s interpretations of the political landscape, Darleen’s choice observations on the zeitgeist, and the occasional cultural observations of TSI and Craig.  It’s good enough for an excellent website, I think, but it’s still not Protein Wisdom.  It’s not Jeff. I don’t know what it’s going to take to bring him back full time.  I know he’s got his hands full with his little guy.
Please don’t get the idea that we’re in contact a lot, or anything, or that any of us gauge any of this.  We email one another once in awhile.  That’s pretty much it.  I think I can say with some assurance that we ALL, every one of us, look forward to the day when Jeff returns to reclaim his territory. Meanwhile, of course, we’re thrilled that those of you who’ve stuck around have decided so to do.  And in my case, at least, I don’t believe that ever I would have acquired a readership as desirable as you without Jeff.  Never. ÂÂ
Other bloggers at other sites state always that one must read the commenters to realize how excellent Protein Wisdom is. Thanks.ÂÂ
You sound as if you’re dissatisfied. I read dozens of name brand blogs when time allows and Protein Wisdom is becoming one of the best as you find your own style. No, you’re not Jeff, but the site is morphing into something quite good in its own right.
Much appreciated, a reader. But you’re right, I’ll always be dissatisfied without Jeff here. That’s primarily because I’m very spoiled.
a reader (if that is your real name) – please do not encourage them… it’s like feeding elephants peanuts… sure, they dig it for a couple decades, but then we find it causes all manner of gastrointestinal issues. As for why I always end up back here: I think it’s because so few places are as earnest or honest. Although the folk around here swear too fucking much.
Please ignore the fucking bastard on the drums. He has a foul mouth.
It is an excellent site. I just sometimes feel sad is all. It’s ok a lot for like James Cameron or Janet Jackson to take years and years between their stuff. Cause they suck so very hard. It’s different when Jeff is gone. Brilliance deferred is brilliance denied I think.
I would totally pitch a fit if I thought it would help.
Amen, hf. And a large portion of why it remains somehow an excellent site is due to people like you or Enoch, despite that much admired prick, Jeff.
I love that fucking bastard.
I am Jan to Happyfeet’s Marsha.
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha
I dunno, Enoch. Your tits are okay.
I want to be loved for more than just my tits. I mean… Alice gets more action.
I miss Jeff, too.
Just had to comment here in order to bring the curve down a bit. Keep ya’ll humble.
I know he’s got his hands full with his little guy.
So that’s what he calls it.
Dan,
You totally made Enoch’s point by focusing on his tits. Obviously, too much drinking has dimmed your memory of the Bradys.
Oh, and I want more Jeff G also, per usual. I am going to seek his input on a post I have brewing, as it turns out to involve his area expertise.
Also, Sam the Butcher? Dead, my friends.
OK Dan, does all this modesty have something to do with Palm Sunday?
It’s a great treat when Jeff shows up, but while he’s behind the sofa, passed out from milk based cocktails and Judge Matthis, Protein Wisdom is still the best site in it’s class, thanks to all you posers, er…posters.
“I am Jan to Happyfeet’s Marsha.”
I guess that makes Cleo Cousin Oliver.
Except nishi, like sand in a jock strap that girl.
Dibs on cursed tiki doll!
(Jeff is the missing architectural drawings.)
I miss Jeff, too. I really agonize over what I write and he makes it look so wonderfully effortless … yet, too many times he has tossed forth pearls without getting a porkchop in return*
*yes, cribbed from Frank O’Connor
If Jeff made more money by posting, perhaps he would post more.
I ain’t got me no education and I is poor and so I can’t help out none.
Sorry everyone.
I was never much of a Brady fan, can I be Uncle Charlie for the My Three Sons wing of the blog?
FOR THE PATRIARCHY!
I’ve threatened to cut Him out of my will. He obviously doesn’t give a shit.
Holy cow, Darleen. You’ve given shit that has been excellent.
Just…please….God… for the love of all that is holy…. the world will spin off its axis…. there will be pestilence and strife…. locusts and those Breasts Not Bombs beasts… if Jeff Goldstein does not bring Citizen Journalism to the Democratic convention.
This blog still rules because it continues to be deeply informative, often provocative and profoundly weird even in Jeff’s absence. And because you can say FUCK all you want. Major kudos to the guest bloggers who keep it that way. But still, it ain’t the same without Jeff and it’s far less than it could be. Hint, hint…
Read much?
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If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants. ~ Isaac Newton
[crap …. missed!] Don’t you guys have anything better to do?
I miss all the tribbing of the good ole days.
This
strikes me as a rather apt bookend to this
https://proteinwisdom.com/?p=7010
In that, the remaining guest posters have proven to a quite respectable bunch.
Me? I’m just here to make y’all look good.
I think also contract renewal time is nigh. It seems it was a springtimey thing last year.
#22 He’s actually fun to read even if you don’t entirely agree with him. Very few people can use the language as well as he can. I’m going to sit here patiently and read a magazine.
I love this place…
FOR TEH TWATWAFFLES!!!
I love you all.
“Comment by Salt Lick on 3/16 @ 4:10 pm #
I know he’s got his hands full with his little guy.
So that’s what he calls it.”
Well, no.
He’s not a Democrat.
I wish I could help out on graphics for the site. You know, fun graphics. For the fun of it.
If you get a chance check out zeitgeist the movie its free video on Google video
I checked the link @32, and went back a bit further. Much amazement…I’d forgotten aboutthis poster.
But I rarely read blogs, then. Now, I rarely read other blogs. Completely, I mean. I’ve gotten spoiled.
Am I missing anything?
Thanks for that link, serr8d, I had forgotten about that particular controversy. Nishi’s comments (and her earlier post) are almost entirely in English.
I miss Jeff, too. I really agonize over what I write and he makes it look so wonderfully effortless
Shit. While I know Jeff is out any league that I’ll ever play in, I envy the rest of you for making writing look like something even I could do.
And happyfeet too, the Zen-master. You’re there, man.
Related:
From the Recent Comments column on home page:
# MayBee on For Those Who Care [Dan Collins]
# Argumenative Essay Topics on I’m Sorry, But This Is Just Dumb [Dan Collins]
I’m sorry, I found that funny…
Other bloggers at other sites state always that one must read the commenters to realize how excellent Protein Wisdom is. Thanks.
Indeed, as sort of a specialist and scholar of commenting, I must say that the community here is one of the best on the internet. A good commenter base makes a good blog into a great one because the writer(s) can rely on their readers for updates, clarifications, corrections, and additional information on the story at hand, plus dozens of on the fly opinion pieces that bring up excellent points.
For a contrast, look at this site and compare it to, say, Daily Kos, Hot Air, or Little Green Footballs. Millions of comments, almost no content.
, look forward to the day when Jeff returns to reclaim his territory
Dan couldn’t resist putting a double-subtle Gleen Green(s)wald jibe in a post about Jeff G.
Well played, Mr. Collins.
Well played.
Illinois lost.
Jeff G did not post today.
All in all, not a good Sunday.
Protein Wisdom, with Jeff posting regularly, is the best damn site on the web, and it ain’t even close. When he isn’t here it is still a top 10 site. Easy.
Jeff has created something special, first with his provocative writing style and rapier wit, and then by amassing that army of clowns that comes here to comment regularly.
Hats off to the guest posters that have helped to keep it interesting. When Jeff comes back he will be better than ever. I’m guessing it is worth the wait.
FWIW – I would still like to host a get-together at my humble abode sometime this summer. I have emailed with a couple of you, and it is looking like August is going to be the best, but suggestions are welcome.
Racists
I miss Jeff too, but you and the others are pretty good rebound guys…;-)
The people here make me think (though I’ve stopped reading Nishi completely. Too tiresome and predictble). I’m a geezer and still learning.
While Jeff is off the scene is there another way of contacting you guys? There are some young, up-and-coming bloggers out there who would greatly appreciate getting linked by you some day.
Okay, it’s probably just me…
It should be emphasized to PW’s readers: we guest-bloggers are PW readers, too. We’re like people who were invited to house-sit for a friend who then never came back, except to collect his mail and check the levels in his bottles of Johnny Walker. We fully understand your disappointment at clicking over to Protein Wisdom, and not finding Jeff. It’s like the disappointment that Joe Walsh fans must have had in the 70s, when the James Gang album they bought turned out to be, yes, The James Gang, but…
TSI – Not an apt comparison. Even sans Jeff G, this is still easily one of the best blogs around. Y’all are tits. Nice big round plump firm ones. But with Jeff G around, it is Shannon Elizabeth, with nips perky from cold water and a cool breeze. It is just varying degrees of greatness.
Y’all are tits.
[pulling out neck of sweater and looking down]…yep, still there.
serr8D, if i may be so bold as to point out….jimmie had 18 comments.
my snake-poking post was linked by dr. yes and hundreds of comments.
i miss the unadulterated full strength raunchy jeff.
All I’m going to say is, even on days when Jeff doesn’t post, I still drop by, usually multiple times.
Now, part of that is, admittedly, in hopes of finding a Jeff post. But even when there isn’t one, there’s always the chance that the next time I drop by there’ll be one. And if not then, maybe the next time.
Considering that I went for three and a half years hoping to see the armadillo dance, this may not actually be the tribute I meant it to be…
As you were.
Heh heh heh
Darleen:
Are you sure? Better let us check, too.
Cultural observations….is that what the kids are calling it these days?
Magnificent and perky Is what my imagination sees looking down…
toute meme, mcgheehee.
the instapundit linked me, not jimmie.
Winter storm permitting, I’m heading to Chicago tomorrow for 4 days to train with Tony Cecchine, whose stuff I’ve written about before. I’ll also be interviewing him — though I doubt it’ll be as interesting to people here as, say, an interview with Reverend Wright.
I’ll also be the guy getting the everliving shit beat out of him in a forthcoming instructional DVD, which will show the difference between actual submission holds and their “show” counters — many of which you see used (inadvertently) in MMA today (one of the reasons they fail so often is that a lot of submission holds are being poorly applied).
So I got that going for me.
Keep the chair warm while I’m gone.
Oh. And OBAMA IS A POOPY HEAD WHO APPLIES THE REAR NAKED CHOKE LIKE A GIRL!
Sanity Inspector
ok
…yow…
And I didn’t bring you anything…
rawr!
thats our Jeffie.
By the way, Tony has promised me he’ll be wearing a shirt. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I’m a giver
Hang in a sec Jeff, Darleen is posting something…
Jeff
Will he be wearing a shirt the whole time? Nothing for the female fans??
Darleen,
Ummmm….for Jeff.
Seriously?
well, at the time JeffH dared me as a tease
I never tease.
Darleen…I should’ve used you, instead of Stormy.
;D
…the 12-year-old.
serr8d
LOL!!! =)
“You totally made Enoch’s point by focusing on his tits. Obviously, too much drinking has dimmed your memory of the Bradys.”
Karl –
NOTHING could dim my memory of Marsha on the beach in Hawaii.
Whoo! Just thinking about it makes me feel an ancient stirring…
Oh yeah, BTW. Does anybody else think of PW when they hear Toby Keith’s “I love This Bar”?
JD
“FWIW – I would still like to host a get-together at my humble abode sometime this summer. I have emailed with a couple of you, and it is looking like August is going to be the best, but suggestions are welcome.
Racists”
Sounds interesting, but “at my house” is a little vague in the geographical department. How about another clue?
I might be able to show up, if only to meet some of my fellow racists, but I would need to know approximately where I would have to go.
– Kerist, I feel like I stumbled into a mass cluster-hug at a weight watchers convention or something.
– Ok. you guesties have cut the mustard, and you’re all potential pulitzer jock strap winners, yada yada yada, except the beautiful Darleen, whose “set” of pics I never get tired of viewing. And no, I will nwvwr admit under threat of “garage” I typed any of that.
– Collins you magnificent Irish dork. Karl what can I say that you havn’t said better. McGehee, you’re writing style is only exceeded by your fuzzy frog legs. Any others I may have missed mentioning, chalk it up to Alzheimers. I don’t have it yet I don’t think, but I can’t remember for sure.
– Feets. You have a way of saying more in three innocent looking sentences, and byting the reader on his imagination, than most can manage in a whole post. And you never met a cupcake you didn’t like.
– I have it on good authority that Goldstein will be attending the funeral and burisl of the Democratic Presidential primaries this fall. Be sure to get your tickets early for his keynote speech on the convention floor: “Heuristic cut glass nipples – their care and milking on a bloggers budget”. The most pious Right Reverend Wright will give the invocation and lead the convention in a strirring rendition of “G-d damn America”. Don’t miss it if you possibly can.
– I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy St. Patty’s day and a great Easter. Ok. That should about cover making a complete fool of myself for this comment, and no, I did not spellcheck. But My wonderful, beautiful, smart Irish wife puts up with Me anyway.
Maybe waht we do is coordinate several PW gatherings regionally.
Maggie might kill me, but the Rancho RTO could be PW-Texas for a night.
You can all come help me paint. That would be a great party.
I’m not sure if that’s the ativan talking. Or some oatmeal.
RTO,
Without giving details away, roughly how far would Rancho RTO be from, oh, say, 33N 98W?
Regards,
Ric
It’s not that I don’t appreciate the political analysis of Dan, Karl, et al. It’s just that I miss the relevant anecdote from Leif Garrett about the time he, Scott Baio, and Justine Bateman had a private caucus after doing some whippets and poppers at the Playboy Mansion’s grotto jacuzzi . . .
Ric, google maps says 102 miles.
If Jeff pursuing his dream of being beaten senseless by the best beaters in the world means I can stop by on a Friday and not slip and fall on a pile of ‘dillo- dood- it, then it’s worth the sacrifice.
For a while.
Interesting stuff over there on the Wish List.
Like M’lady Diana, TSI, and McGehee, I’m one of the old timers (by that I don’t mean anything about these good peep’s ages, I mean that we’ve been in and out for many of the PW iterations over the years.)
I don’t know if it’s the only place in the ‘sphere in which (with Jeff’s magnanimous suffering) prolonged entire fantasies of celebrity identity were revealed, months long thread traversing stories were promulgated, comment name swapping was committed with outrageous impunity, and we could even pass in and out of existence (metaphorically of course) – some of the happiest days and nights in my life were spent as the “Ghost of MC”.
It’s fun to remember. And believe me, after a challenging time for me, it’s fun to be back.
As for I know he’s got his hands full with his little guy…, I’ve long since given up on the ‘dillo. (I know you’re not talking about S***h, because it’s the other way around with that guy and Jeff.)
Dan can slap Jeff on the back while feeding a glory hole. That’s why he’s my hero.
Well I love all y’all and Jeff’s just like 20 cherries on top.
You guys have forced me to renew my commitment to finally learn how to read this year. God bless.
TLD – Oops. I am in Indianapolis.
I was also considering having it in conjunction with The Brickyard.
I’m back. Though I don’t think Jeff realizes how much it inconveniences me when he doesn’t post–those bits of surrealism and absurdity made me sooooo happy . . . it is all about me, right? Or (in a pinch) my breasts?
OTOH, I know the siren call of martial arts. (Might go back to jujitsu myself; I miss it so.)
Perhaps there is an afterlife, and it features 48-hour days, so we can spend time training and still get our writing done.
Do what you have to do, Goldstein. Writing or sparring, you still the man.
Maybe waht we do is coordinate several PW gatherings regionally.
I have a tiny apartment with barely enough room for me, but I can recommend good hotels and the best bars in the southeast here in Athens.
LMA – Pictures, fair lady. Pictures.
BMoe – The Dawgs had one hell of a weekend.
Yeah, JD, almost made me wish I was a basketball fan. ;p
A midwest blog gathering? It cannot be done, JD, it cannot be done. How many of us are in these parts? I need to google and see how far it is.
Athens sounds like a great location for a PW gathering, even if I ended up having to sleep in the parking lot of B Moe’s apartment building.
Indy’s a lot closer, though.
Goodness, I could be there in four or five hours. When’s Brickyard?
July 27, if he’s talking about what I think he’s talking about, Carin.
July 27th is The Brickyard, or for the folks that are more casual fans, the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard.
Carin – 5 hours, max.
Jim – Southwest had roundtrip from KC to Indy for $127 last week.
Maggie & RTO,
Ah. Which is more relevant to your nearby environment:
–A chorus of clanks
–Military multiculturalism
–A faux falls?
Understand, I’m trying to collect enough information to stalk you without allowing too many others the same.
Regards,
Ric
After sleeping on all the TV show analogies to PW what I thought of was this season of “House”. The winnowing down of the fellowship contenders to to the best in the bunch, all of them excellent but Greg House is in a class all by himself.
Personally I don’t know how any of the regular posters or the regulars on comments find the time and energy to do it. I’m glad that you do and I love the product of your labors.
I think it would be fun, in a verbal pinata kind of way, if timmah, IJS, caric, and nishi would come.
Dan,
One thing that I, at least, would appreciate, is if you put images below the fold in a “Read More” section. With several people posting, some of the posts get kicked to the next page before they’ve had a chance to brew a full compliment of comments.
Just a thought.
Respectfully,
BRD
Sure, BRD. From a compositional point of view, though–especially when I’m being punny–I sometimes want to put them above.
Virginia is right in the middle of the East Coast. In Richmond, There’s an airport, shipping docks, and a train station and everything.
It’s funny, I had thought Jeff G. had been posting a bit more than previously. Grains of manna in the desert, but it isn’t as though the site doesn’t remain much more diverting than accounting.
Yes, MUCH more diverting than accounting.
Maybe what we do is coordinate several PW gatherings regionally.
Hmm. McGehee lives on the opposite side of Atlanta from me. Which means, with our traffic, it would be quicker for me to drive to the midwest confab.
TSI – Can’t wait for you to get here.
Can I pinch ’em for you?
I think I am more familiar with the dark side of the moon than with the far side of metro Atlanta. Have they ever made a map of your environs, TSI?
Gee, JD, I bet the spam and cheese would taste great! Is there enough room in the cardboard box for all of us (after moving the empty bottles of wine and that shopping cart with all your recyclables and clothes)?
Does the library ever get annoyed that you sit at their computer all day, giggling to yourself and insulting perceived enemies?
On a serious note, thanks for the invite, but, if I wanted to hang out with a bunch of angry 50 year old right wingers, I could just walk down to the break room.
Dan,
Thanks – I don’t want to be a pest, and I don’t want to squash your posts, but in thinking back to the days of long ago, I recall that with Jeff’s posting cycle, some comment threads would become very involved conversations. Now with more people posting, some threads just get kicked to the next page before they have a chance to mature fully.
Thanks!
BRD
JD – Could we have a nishi tossing event? She looks sort of dwarfish.
daleyrox – Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.
IJS – Go fuck yourself. What you know of any of us would not fill a thimble.
I’d volunteer my farm, but it’s too primitive. As in no bathroom facilities. On the other hand, everyone could bring their guns and shoot all they want. Although a waiver might be in order in that case…
Jim – Enough room for an M700 APR?
– Hey wait JD. I wanted to enter up My offering – “Whack-a-Progg” – I’ve got some great prizes, and you can take them completely out – They’re never missed because they were supposed to be aborted anyway.
Ric, we’re along the Texas version of the “Mother Road” between a community that shares that name of a victorious but deceased commander of the Confederate forces at 2nd Bull Run and a community that bears a resemblance to General Jackon’s nickname.
– Ummm, guys. I thought when he retired the Dark Lord ordered the shutdown of the Orb of confusion network. I mean looking at the Donkeys primary swirling into the perfect political storm, it met its intended purpose. I’m thinking theres no longer any need for the decoder rings, and at this point we can “talk in the clear”.
– Of course, if the Geand Potentate is still being cautious, I suppose we could just publish McGehee’s address, and wait a month. If no one sets his cistern on fire, we could assume we’re good to go. Kalistomount 14
BBH – There is always plenty of room for great ideas.
You forget, BBH — I own a domain, as well as a ham radio license. Anyone sufficiently motivated to to try to inflame my cistern (or my brethren, for that matter) could have done so by now.
I think they stay away for fear of seeing my legs.
IJS: Gee, JD, I bet the spam and cheese would taste great!
IJS – Go fuck yourself. What you know of any of us would not fill a thimble
Of course, JD, I make a mean-ass SPAM (all caps is correct) sandwich. Just for IJS, I’ll throw in the fixin’s: white bread, Miracle Whip, and a slice of Velveeta. Hell, I’ll even grill it for him!
Serving suggestion: A SPAM sandwich is best accompanied by a varietal capable of overcoming, but not overwhelming, the salty flavor and rough texture of the entree. A saucy Sangiovese might be served in union with a SPAM sandwich, perhaps with a light endive salad. Or, if the party is “hearty,” we recommend a fruity Cabernet Sauvignon (with Jello shots of Jaegermeister) and one or two hits of mescaline…or Vicodin, whichever.
RTO & maggie, if still here: So if I invited you for a beer at the Sign of the Pink Pig, you’d only have two or three possibilities to narrow down?
Regards,
Ric
Ric – You live near Ted Kennedy?
Red Hot and Blue?
Aw, heck, Ric. My real name is so common, no one’d ever find me even if they knew it.
We live in Rowlett.
– Rowlett?…..Oh….I get it RTO. We have to “watch” for more clues…..