THE FAUSTIAN BARGAIN

Posted on | by Ed

So, I'm going to do a couple of things I have never done before.

First, I am going to get opposite married. Yes, the reception features gin and tacos. Here, as some of you have suggested in the past, is a donation button in case you want to contribute to the honeymoon fund. We currently do not have one planned because we have no money. But in time we hope to take one. I hate the idea of asking for money and not giving you something in return, but hey, it's quite optional. No pressure.





Second, I am going to take a short break from posting. For nearly six years I have updated this thing every weekday, plus the occasional weekend and afternoon bonus posts. I do so because I like doing it, of course, but also because I am deeply paranoid that if I stop the audience will disappear. This is a personal shortcoming, this pathological fear of abandonment. So for a long time I have done semi-ridiculous things like blog on job interviews, pre-blog entire weeks worth of material to cover vacations, or stay up until 3:30 in the AM to get a post up for the following day. I know that the internet is full of alternatives and I've always assumed that if this one stops providing you with content you will forget about it and find another. And everyone says the key to blog success is A) to be good and B) update, update, update. Accordingly, I've tried to do both.

This is a long way of saying I will be back on Monday or Tuesday (August 9 or 10). It feels like an eternity to me, but once every six years or once per marriage (whichever elapses first) seems reasonable. So here's the deal: I'll come back if you'll come back. Let us shake on it and agree not to forget one another.

See you on the 9th. For those of you hip enough to be pals with G&T on Spacebook, I'll be sure to leave enough bile on the update feed to prevent withdrawal for the addicts out there.

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Thanks,
Ed

54 thoughts on “THE FAUSTIAN BARGAIN”

  • ts46064 says:

    You deserve a break, I suggest Myrtle Beach as the honeymoon destination. Also Colorado Springs is nice.

  • ladiesbane says:

    Sexy holidays and breaks from work are holy, holy, holy, but let us not forget the true significance of the day. Our smart-ass selves may crack wise, but you are undertaking a solemn promise. Marriage can work, beautifully, if you are devoted to that common goal. We'll be here when you return, like it or not. Mazel tov, you two.

  • Nunya says:

    Ed, congratulations on your upcoming nuptuals to the very lucky lady (a rock star with a PhD? Seriously, talk about jackpot.)

    I'm happy to kick in a few bucks for your honeymoon to celebrate the loss of freedom that, with your daily blogging is essentially worthless anyway.

    Thanks for the smart, funny as hell take on the world we live in. I guess I'll wait around for a couple of days while you woo your lass.

    P.S: The other cheap ass lollygaggers should pony up for the Ed fund.

  • J. Dryden says:

    Rest assured, if Gary Trudeau needs to take a break every now and then to recharge his batteries, you are more than entitled to do so in order to, you know, do this rather important personal business. Trudeau's breaks don't keep me from reading his work. Won't do that here. Enjoy your time off, and we'll leave the light on for ya.

  • Haderach says:

    And everyone says the key to blog success is A) to be good and B) update, update, update.

    I'm sorry, but I think you came in the Internet (teehee) through the wrong door. Have you ever seen Maddox? Let's do a brief comparison:

    INTERNET TRAFFIC RANKINGS IN THE U.S. ACCORDING TO ALEXA

    thebestpageintheuniverse.net: 16,415

    ginandtacos.com: 231,601

    NUMBER OF UPDATES IN 2009

    thebestpageintheuniverse.net: 1

    ginandtacos.com: 300+

    This means that Maddox has achieved a level of popularity greater than 1,400% of your own by posting less than 0.3% of the number of updates you have. Therefore, based on these figures, I have concluded that the key to blog success is to be Maddox, and not Ed.

  • AG says:

    Best wishes to you and your spouse, Ed. Enjoy your time off!

    I subscribe to your feed on my reader, so your next post will appear without any additional work on my part ;)

  • Mrs. Chili says:

    Yeah, I'm not going anywhere, either. I know how you feel about it's seeming like an eternity, though; I've been posting every day for several years now. It's an addiction.

    Congratulations on your marriage!

  • JohnR says:

    About damn time you took a break. And stop screwing around and plan out that honeymoon. Don't wait until you get the money – then it will be too late. Be flexible; plan the stuff like hotels and airfare or whatever so that you can do that with the minimum you hope for, and then add in additional things as the money builds up. Leave room for loafing and serendipity, of course. When you get back and find we're all long gone and the wind is blowing eerily through a Nevada ghost town of a website, you'll be fresh and rested enough to start the long, tedious process of luring us back with shiny, sparkly posts. Have fun!

  • Z says:

    Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Ed (there's a spinoff sitcom in there somewhere)!

    We'll be here when you get back, full of exasperation and sarcasm, same as always.

  • BK says:

    Congrats on your marriage and your upcoming vacation.

    As for honeymoon advice, find somewhere nice, clean, quiet and comfortable in a location where you won't feel bad for staying in bed until 11am…

  • lm says:

    Awwwww…Congratulations on the opposite marrying thing.
    I'll assume you obliged Yankee tradition and found someone who wasn't good enough for her own family.
    All the best!

  • Ben says:

    Yeah, um August 9th doesn't work well for me. Could you make it the 11th instead?

    Quality is why people come here. The quantity is handy, but its the quality that keeps us coming back. Often I feel like the conversation is cut short because you post something new and equally shiny.

    Even though we fear it, its OK to change.
    … its ok to take a break…
    … its ok to change posting schedules…
    … its ok to expand and put a second guest comentator article up like you did a moonth or so ago…
    G&T is is your baby, how it grows up is your call. But, I would reccommend maybe some potty training – the diaper thing gets expensive.

  • cicely says:

    " I do so because I like doing it, of course, but also because I am deeply paranoid that if I stop the audience will disappear."

    Well, yeah. If you stop for long enough. A week, two weeks…no biggy. Meanwhile, congratulations, enjoy your festivities and your blogbreak.

  • Jacquie says:

    Aww, congrats! Enjoy the well-deserved break. And if it takes those of us with ADD and without RSS readers an extra day or two to get back to you, so be it.

  • Elle says:

    Mazel tov! Hope you have a lovely, lovely day.

    (I'll be in the 'checking daily, in the manner of Greyfriars Bobby' camp.)

  • Ravi M. Singh says:

    Congrats, Ed! I wish I was as prolific and consistent as you are in posting, both in terms of quality and quantity, so your break is well deserved. Look forward to having you back.

  • bb in GA says:

    Ed:

    Y'all could stay in Atlanta and go to the Aquarium for immoral porpoisies…

    All the best from pocket protector wearing dorks -r-us

    //bb

  • Satur9 says:

    Dude, please. Look at Harry Hutton. Motherfucker updates his blog like once every two months and he still has a regular audience and dozens of comments on his posts.

  • Matt L says:

    Yeay Ed! Congrats on getting married and have a great vacation! See you when you get back! Cheers, Matt L

  • twiffer says:

    i want vacation too! not from blogging though, cause i'm terribly at keeping my own updated.

    just an FYI: if you wind up having kids, your blog will slowly turn into a constant stream of baby pictures. you will have no choice; it just happens.

  • mileslarboy says:

    Well, THAT FIGURES! I only discovered and bookmarked your website a few days ago and now you're doing to go take a vacation. Damn. Have a great time!!!!

  • kiki says:

    I completely support your decision NOT to take a honeymoon. There are bedbugs everywhere, have you heard? So stay your asses home.

  • Steve from Canada says:

    "Steve from Canada" is a pretty lame moniker. I'm switching to "Nyuk." That may be lame, too, but I'm more accustomed to it.

    Oh yeah, and happy nuptials, Ed! [Insert cynical comment about marriage.] Ha ha, just kidding!

  • JohnR says:

    Alright, it's the 9th. I realize it's easy to lose track of time under the circumstances, and you'll probably have a little trouble mustering up any annoyance and bile while you're wandering vaguely around the house like Candide on weed, so what the heck. I suppose we can hang on another few days.. Keep the honeymoon going as long as you can is my advice; it preempts a lot of trouble, plus it helps to support the 'happy wife, happy life' saying.

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