This new group -- is there a secret handshake to get in? And why is it better (other than because people seem to be posting there)?
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Tue Dec 11 17:04:02 2007 Subject: Re: [wc] obituary for a yahoo group Most of us are just posting to the new group these days. On Dec 11, 2007 12:12 AM, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: Weingartenchatters began its slow, painful downward spiral toward an untimely death in the spring of 2007, when its inspiration and figurehead, the inimitable Gene Weingarten, went on hiatus for several months. Like when writers go on strike, the fans had nothing to talk about in the yahoo group, so the board became progressively more sparce. With no weekly chat to boost the morale of his thousands of fans, the weingartenchatters yahoo group languished, barely surviving on a few posts a week. As the year moved toward its inevitable end, these token posts became fewer and farther between, until finally, in the waning days of 2007, there were no more posts at all. It was as though lethargy or inertia (or something) had wiped out the entire population of weingartenchatters, even with the robust return of Mr. Weingarten's chat sessions, or bull sessions, as some secretly called them. The weingartenchatters group boasted several hundred members, predominantly hailing from the nation's capital, home of Gene himself, but many from far-flung states and nations. Several notable personalities were known to participate in, or at least read the transcript of, the weekly chat sessions, including prominent cartoonists (one of Mr. Weingarten's passions), and fellow employees of the Washington Post including the Empress of the equally esteemed Style Invitational. Gene has professed personal acquaintance with the Czar of the Style Invitational, the Empress's predecessor. While the Tuesday discussions will continue, the weingartenchatters yahoo group may be DOA unless it is resuscitated soon. RIP.
