Cleaning House

Similar to Kvatch's series, "Bloggers I Have Known" this post is sad farewell to those who have disappeared over the last several months. Before I erase them, I'd like to say goodbye (despite the fact that not one of them bothered to say goodbye to their readers. What is up with that?).

Thumping the Tub, written by Michael from Scotland has been inactive for 2 and one half months. My only link to Scotland is gone.

The regulatory, formerly "Cold Goat Eyes" was introduced to me by Expatbrian, who writes World Gone Mad. My favorite post here was a (not so)steady cam operated by the author coming home to his flat in Taiwan. I really felt like I was there. Inactive now for over two months.

Edit Copy. This one hurts. EC, as I liked to call him, wrote a genuinely intelligent blog. There was a cryptic goodbye of sorts in that we (his readers) were informed of his decision to join the army as a specialist (although we never got the strait story). His last post (Feb 15) was titled, "Should I Stay or Should I go." I guess he left.

I had just started reading Millicent Frastley when her sister tragically died in January. Since then, she has posted once. She is getting married and I wish her the best.

Brickburner is just gone. A true peace-freak, I will miss him.

American Citizen Soldier was written by a non-com officer who fought both in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was intelligent and engaging and left his blog four months ago with a hit piece on Al Gore. What a sad end to an illustrious blogging life.

Finally, on a positive note, Politics, Parenting, and other Hazardous Pastimes has been reborn as Pondering in Purple.

So my blog rolls reflect these changes. Any of you are welcome back anytime. Best of luck!

Update: The Regulatory is back in action. Within minutes of this posting, I was taken to task. I wonder if anyone else will come out of the woodwork.

Update 2: Michael, the Tubthumper can be found here. (Why don't people announce these things?)