Well, this is gonna be quite a year and, at 91 years old, I really must pace myself for the November election battles. I'm going on an extended study vacation and will be putting the blog into a state of suspended animation. Think Ted Williams.
I am honored to have been able to share this site with some talented bloggers and contributers. Thank you, Rhod, Opie, Toaster, Sig, LL, and my longtime blog buddy, DC.
I encourage you to visit the following blogs. You won't be disappointed.
I shall return,
Nickie
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Note from Nickie: I try to keep some things private, but leave it to Sig94 to let da cat outa da bag. Here's his painful expose...
Although disbanded upon the direct orders of Nickie G. and under not very subtle threat (I found a pair of varicose vein support stockings on my porch this morning), the reporters of GNN have remained faithful to our select audience.
We have diligently researched all the rumors (and started a few of our own) on the reasons why Nickie recently disappeared from GNN circles, leaving a trail of broken hearts, desperate fans and dented Louisville Sluggers.
At last the truth can be told.
Nickie - don't stay away too long.
Thanks for the video Charlie, it just felt right!
Come back soon! Take care.
ReplyDeleteNot you too! Sheez. We'll miss you, your humor, and your wonderful insight. Take good care of yourself Nickie, we'll be waiting patiently for your return.
ReplyDeleteNickie, where you go, my heart goes with you.
ReplyDeleteNickie ? Come on, I'll be good.
ReplyDeleteHola Nickie una imagen entrañable,
ReplyDeleteque tengas un feliz fin de semana
un abrazo.
You're one of the best!! I can't wait until you return!
ReplyDeleteDrop us a line now & again. My email's on my page if you don't already have it.
ReplyDeleteMan, with Track a Crat moving back to England, and Debonair Dude having ceased operations a few weeeks back, I guess we'lla ll have to close ranks & tighten up the formation. We'll pull up the slack. Now this means I gotta start writing more often again!
In the meanwhile, in a shameless act of self-promotion, I do cordially invite Nickie's followers to mosey on over to my place & follow my hijinks & shenanigans. Click "follow" and get a free Nobel Prize!
...Well, good luck Sir. If your vocation finds you, we will all be richer for it.
ReplyDeleteWe will be poorer for not having your sight to meet at, but all good people will find a way to share and exchange ideas. To my co-posting guru's, I have your sites and will be visiting on a regular basis.
Stay in touch blogfather.
Yours in Liberty,
Toaster802
Woe is us!
ReplyDeleteWishing you well.
Well darn... I just found this blog a couple of weeks ago and loving it. Hope you do come back soon!
ReplyDeleteAw nuts!
ReplyDeleteYour blog is where I go every day. I will celebrate when you return.
ReplyDeleteThis happens every time he loses a rent subsidy, gets banned at the library computers, receives a summons or his parking tickets pile up.
ReplyDeleteHe'll be back...
Nickie -- you will be truely missed. You have fond great talent to fill those large shoes. I hope you stop in from time to time, for I can use your wisdom. Thank you for the path inwhich you have lit. sharky
ReplyDeleteI have always found a great deal of wisdom coming from your 91 year old fingers. Some have even rumored 91 is a ruse and you were actually there at the signing of the declaration... We at least want you there for the signing of the next one. Please rest up for the fight at hand. You sir are a patriot.
ReplyDeleteYou're always welcome at my campfire.
"The Rattler"
God bless
ReplyDeleteI am disappointed. I like your unique view of the news.
ReplyDeleteNickie.. hope you're well.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what I'll do without your "Al Gore's Carbon Assprint Updates." Global Warming just won't be the same, and you've inspired me to find bigger and better leftist crap to expose.
And if what Rhod says it true about the library, just get a laptop and find a corner on a college campus. Most have wi-fi by now. Wear a Che shirt and go to Berkeley, you'll fit right in!
Stop by and say hi anytime. Enjoy the break, friend.
Oh doggone. It's like a beloved member of the family just announced he's coming out of the closet and leaves us to live with a tarantella dance troupe.
ReplyDeleteI will surely miss your wit and gracious comments. Please take care of those old bones.
Sig, you're way off base. I'm staying firmly in the closet.
ReplyDeleteAnd I hate the tarantella. I'm joining a militant anarchist Morris Dancing gang.
Solomon, Nick's lap would engulf a laptop...we're still looking for his TRS-80. It disappeared into his designer jeans thirty years ago.
ReplyDeleteNick, MI-5 is listening.
At great personal risk I have exposed on my blog the real reason why Nickie is taking a "vacation."
ReplyDeleteIf you need to contact me, please forward all correspondence to:
US Marshal Service
Witness Protection Program
Avenue of the Damned
Washington, DC 00666
Aw, shucks. I'll be visiting the sites on my blogroll often. I'll be sure to let you know when DC opens up his blog later in the year. It'll be an opportunity for DC and Rhod to offer their play-by-play of the upcoming campaign.
ReplyDeleteRhod, more importantly, MI-6 is listening (not to mention Her Majesty's Secret Service).
Nick, you've run off more than all the dames you have known combined. You've run off more times than Savior Thesuarus (Sir Rhoderick) has sent me scrambling to merriamwebster.com.
ReplyDeleteBut Goomba Nation, fear not. St. Nick will be back, and before Christmas.
You know, you learn so much reading the internets. I just learned that Toast is my blog-nephew (our Anglo-Italo family is growing). But I understand, Nick. I have had some scandalous blog relationships, too, and fathered some wayward types ... I thought one was straightening up and then she became a libertarian. We can only do so much. They have free will.
Hey Nick, whilst you are studying away, could you teach me how to cast one of them Babylonian Oath Curses? I am thinking such knowledge could come in handy. I've got some big card games at the trailer park coming up.
Enjoy life Nickie. I look forward to your return.
ReplyDeleteThis isn't fair. You and all the others have become friends. I have a soft spot for adult silliness.
ReplyDelete:( :( :( Will miss you LOADS. COme back soon!
ReplyDeleteDANG.. First Track-a-Crat, now you Nickie. This is terrible for the anti-socialist blogos. Well we'll anxiously wait for your return. Meanwhile, enjoy the break!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your sabbatical! I will be checking in, in hopes of your return.
ReplyDeleteSafe travels :o)
Oh my goodness. I am gonna miss you so much! I love your interesting and informative posts. Take time to relax, but please don't stay away too long. You will be missed greatly. Have fun and God Bless!
ReplyDeleteNickie, you came outta nowhere and followed my blog. I was suspicious.
ReplyDeleteWho is this Goomba, I asked. Who is this Goomba?
And then I fell in love...when I was still GrammarGal. Now I a RPFreeSpeech, stronger, and I give all the extra strength I can mster to you, Nickie. The Goomba--for-evah!
Ti amo, caro mio, sempre...ma..ritornate, per piacere?
Sorry, arthritic fingers should have said:
ReplyDeleteI AM RPFreeSpeech
and
All the strength I can MUSTER to you.
Be well Nickie...see you sometime?
AAAH! I'm out of circulation for a few days and the world falls apart!
ReplyDeleteGood luck, Nickie, and please do return!
Good Bye and Good luck
ReplyDeleteNickie, in the meantime, Happy Trails Baby...
ReplyDeleteNickie, What Bob said; Happy Trails Baby.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous has turrets.
ReplyDeleteBye Nickie. I haven't commented much but still check in from time to time. Be successful in your ventures and pleased with the outcome but never settle. Thank you especially for sharing some of your family history (Grandpa).
Love,
Red
Anon's baby daughter's first words...
ReplyDeleteI'll miss you, Nickie, but pacing yourself indeed is sound thinking. Be well and don't stay away too long.
ReplyDeleteNo - that's where Anon shits, from his ear.
ReplyDeleteAnd everyone but the flies thought he was growing a beard on that side of his face.
Wow, bummer. Where am I going to get my daily dose of snark?
ReplyDeleteBe well, raise hell and come back swinging.
Much like his governor, ARNOLD, Nickie G. will be back...
ReplyDeleteWhoah...you're 91 (!!!) years old? Well, then, i will respect you even more so...for it's a Biblical thing, y'know... respecting one's elders -- i just didn't know you were THAT old!
ReplyDeletei have a 92-year old friend, but she's obviously NO MATCH for you! May GOD continue to keep you that sharp wit that you are...you are truly cutting edge \o/
Nickie! We'll miss you, please take care and rest up! You are the youngest 91 year old I ever met.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless
hugzzzzzzz Nickie!..miss u already!!!
ReplyDeleterln, Nickie writes satire. I assure you, he is well shy of 91 years.
ReplyDeleteSay it ain't so, Nickie!! Say it ain't so!!
ReplyDeleteIf it has to be this way, rest up good, b/c we're sure as heck gonna need you bad in about 6 months!
God bless you, friend~
He's a shy nonagenarian?
ReplyDeleteYou will be missed whilst away. And, should this become a fond farewell, then know it is indeed fond. You have done well. Your writing, with it's wisdom, humor, and thought has been enjoyed. I sure hope that is not it though.
ReplyDeleteBon voyagee, as Bugs might say. Hope to hear from you soon.
Y'all will hear from me. I plan to visit sites when I find the time.
ReplyDeleteokay, the Ted Williams line made me snort my coffee! Heh, but I think they chopped his head off first, Nickie, please keep yours. We need it (and you) in tact. :)
ReplyDeleteWell dang, Nickie! Hoping whatever you are doing, and wherever you are, is good for you.
ReplyDeleteDoes it get any better than to have comments like these from your many friends?
Say it ain't so! Why? Anyway, I'll keep an eye out for when you come back.
ReplyDeleteNickie, where you go, my heart goes with you.
ReplyDeleteWork from home India