Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

We said our goodbyes privately, but I just want to publicly acknowledge what a wonderful, warm, funny, and talented person you are.

Good wishes and much success in the future.

Love ya, buddy.

Good Luck!

Gay and lesbian rights are not special rights in any way. It isn't "special" to be free from discrimination. It is an ordinary, universal entitlement of citizenship."

So sad to learn that you're leaving AE, Brian. I'll definitely miss your quirky take on pop culture and occasional shout outs to the great state of Iowa. I've flagged campblood.org and look forward to your next chapter, whatever that might be.

boyd 

Scarecrow, I've loved your writing most of all!

I'm hugely sorry to see you go, Brian.

I'm going to miss you so much.

Love
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In the last 8 months I haven't missed one liveblog (I already miss your CHURCH and PEARLS references and I'm glad you were there when LOAH finally consumated their relationship and NO ONE can take that away from us). A year ago when I had HBO (though not anymore) I watched all the True Blood recaps, and I couldn't wait to place my bet for the next Gay of the Week. You will be missed, and I cried reading this (mostly b/c of Cyndi, good choice of a Swan Song BTW).

Have a happy summer, Good Luck, and I will always cherish the kitties licking the monitor on your account page (cheered me up just a little, but I'm still missing you)!!!!

.....and YES, you definitely made a sound in the forest!!

Kitty

as others have said, i will miss the liveblogs of atwt.

best of luck to you and all that you do in life!

take care of yourself!

I'm terrible at goodbyes but I wanted to make sure to at least say that how cool it's been to work with you and to get to know you.

You've made me laugh, you've made me think, and I'll be looking forward to anything and everything you do in the future Brian! Good luck. YOU were always the most interesting character on ATWT!!! Butters, Lady Drumstick, Clarice Starling, and all the rest won't be the same without you to put them in their places. Your "Bloodwork" was my favorite part of the site and I look forward to continue watching. Thank you for all your hard work! We'll miss you buddy.

Goodbye Brian! I have felt since I started reading this blog that you were the strongest voice (no offense all you other AE bloggers) that resonated with me here and that is the complement I will leave with you.

My memories of at least your original paid content will be the gift of Joe Zaso in that True Blood episode, the hysterical banter of your husband Andy, and the big smiles you've given me on some dreary or boring afternoons. I hope this site keeps up the humor and creativity that you bring after you gone. I never even have a desire to watch True Blood but your segments always gave such a crazy perspective that it was always fun to see them. And never forget you have Sarge from Six Feet Under to dream of when Andy isn't around...

Now, for better gay affect shouldn't you have just played The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel? "Hello darkness my old friend..."

Brian, your perspective and wit will truly be missed, and wherever you wind up at will be very fortunate!

Best of luck to you - we'll miss you and your articles!

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I was waiting for the big announcement of the swell job that snapped you away from us, and then...You got laid off???

Who made this idiotic decision? Brian, you are the funniest and most prolific writer on the site. Your liveblogs alone have brought in countless new readers and commenters. Without your snark and crazy media updates, this site will NOT be the same and I won't be enjoying it half so much.

I wish you all the best and will miss you more than you will know. 

I've only been a member of this site for a short time, but I've grown to love your witty, thoughful, inappropriate and insightful take on the gay world. I'm really gonna miss you.

I wish you the best of luck, and hope you will continue to at least visit! 

You too can be saved by the blog! www.savedbytheblog14.blogspot.com 

I may be straight, but I'm not narrow.

Man, I'm tremendously disappointed to hear that you are leaving.  I've bookmarked the Campblood site, and will certainly be checking in there now and again...  Good luck to you!

I'm like a superhero, with no powers or motivation...

I've been following your ATWT Nuke blog from its inception, and it has been one of my favorite features on the site.   I used to sneak peeks at it at work and then after being laid off in March, it's been one of the bright spots of the day when I've been able to watch the show live with the blog.

Oh this is a sad day indeed. I loved your blog posts and your hilarious ATWT liveblog. Every time Luke knocks over a candydish I will think of you. Thank you for sharing your incredible wit and pieces of your home life (cutie husband) with us. You will be greatly missed! Good luck in your future endeavors. (I feel like I'm writting in someone's yearbook haha). Love Ya, B! Faaaarewwweeellllllll (fades away)

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I'm so sad to see you go, your blogs were really fun to read ! I'm gonna miss them and you, it's not gonna be the same anymore.

I wish you good luck for what will followand the rest.

After you'd been writing here for a while, I told friends about this incredibly talented, totally hilarious guy on the site who something big was going happen to. Can't wait to see what it is. xo Jamie

Can't say it any better than it's been said.  Miss you, miss your liveblogs, miss your writing in general.

Thanks for everything.

Thanks for the enjoyment that you've brought me. 

Words are inadequate when saying goodbye. Please keep us all informed as to where you will go. You can me to follow you wherever you go. You have the wit and the wisdom to make it big out there.

Please let us know if you are going to continue vlogging TB!

Best wishes for the future. 

Brian I'm truly going to miss your humor and you seemingly endless supply of pop culture references that made this website come alive as a family. It won't be the same without you. This feels very wrong to me.

For old times sake, please knock over a candy dish on the way out...

Anyone that chooses True Colors as their going away song is alright in my book!

All the best to you Brian.

Whatever you're up to next, I hope that it leads you somewhere good. I'll miss you and I'll follow campblood. (Admit it, this is just a marketing hoax to get more readers there! ;) )

All the best,

Mareike

Dude! I liked your posts! Not cool!

Good luck, man! Rock on.

"Why blame the dark for being dark? It is far more helpful to ask why the light isn't as bright as it should be." - Rob Bell

Stupid Economy. Wanna kick it.

Brian, your inimitable presence will be sorely missed around here. As tempting as I'm sure it is to wanna kick your feet up and spend a good long while detoxing from daytime soap coverage and whatnot, I just want you to keep in mind that I (and countless others, undoubtedly) will be refreshing our feed readers constantly hoping for CampBlood updates so we can score our daily BJ fix.

"BJ" as in your initials, not . . . *sigh* . . . everything I say comes out dirty, even when I don't mean for it to.

Blue Skies, man. Best of Luck!!!

Your humour will be missed. 

We will miss you! How can we go on living without your incredible ATWT liveblog? And your True Blood vlog? (I don't even watch the series but I still watch your vlog)

 Good Luck, I wish you the best. 

You will be severely missed, your witty, knowledgeable and entertaining wirting is what made me take notice of the site and it is a sad loss to all of us. You are one of the best gay snarky bloggers out there.

I wish the very best to you and your hubbie.

When Steven Frank's postings became more and more infrequent, I took solace in the fact that I still had your ruminations to keep me sane. Now what am I going to do?

 Good luck with all that is to come.

Dave

True Blood hasn't even aired over here but I adored your recaps. I'm going to become a frequent visitor of Camp Blood, like I should be already.

I think I might finally strt really appreciating how bad the economy is now. 

"In spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition andsympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody"-AldousHuxley

This isn't fair at all! I am not into horror but I will definitely check out Camp Blood.

Keep writing and I hope you will be sharing your witty comments at another site soon.

I will miss your cute photo which doesn't seem to appear over at Camp Blood.

I only just joined and now youre leaving me! Nooooo. I'll miss you and your blogs dearly. 

xXx

My tonuge would catch your tongue...were the world mine :-)

So sorry to see you go, Brian!

Your ATWT liveblogs are brilliantly funny (way more entertaining than the show itself, generally). 

Best of luck in your future endeavors!  You'll be missed 'round here.

Bye Brian

gonna miss your liveblogging the most

I can't believe you got laid off.  I was like Triplicate Guy, waiting to see what fabulous job you'd chosen over this one, and I'm shocked to see that your position's been eliminated.

You'll be sadly missed.

All the best for wherever life takes you now. 

Well, as i once read, those who walk the Yellow Brick Road will make their dreams come true. However, that is easy way. Making your own path sounds far more fun. Hopefully, you do not catch a cold or attacked by nasty baddies out there walking  off the path. But i am sure you can do it, you have lots of friends to help you; Joey the Vampire, Joe Zaso, Andy. Oh, & Sam Merlotte can be your Toto!! Now you get need some ruby/silver shoes & a checkerboard apron...

Oh my. Seems i am getting a bit too excited.

Well, either way i hope that you get to where it is your heart desires. Be sure to send a post card when you get there!!

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