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04/20/2005: "NOTICE:"

Due to the 3 1/2 hour daily commute to my new job, RATYHTL will be shutting down indefinitely.

In the meantime, please DO NOT clutter up either my inbox or my voicemail with messages.

Replies: 65 Comments

on Wednesday, April 20th, Twitch said

Damnit...And today was such a nice 4/20 until this very second...Sorry about the commute, that blows.

on Wednesday, April 20th, Rev. Wally said

Sorry your commute sucks, you will be dearly missed!

on Wednesday, April 20th, billzebub said

Does that means Athens is closed also? This blows. 3.5 hours? Shit. Where do you work? DC? NYC?

on Wednesday, April 20th, ebbv said

3.5 hrs?! jesus christ i hope you at least enjoy it once you get there.

on Wednesday, April 20th, richard said

sorry to see you go. you'll be missed!

on Wednesday, April 20th, Joff said

Not to worry - as long as I can still read Kirk Cameron's monthly writings then I will stay a happy man. I encourage everyone to update their bookmarks:

http://new.wayofthemasteribykirkcameron.christian-mommies.com/

on Wednesday, April 20th, Doc said

Damm,now I gotta find somebody else to do my thinking for me again...

on Wednesday, April 20th, FranklinDelanoEarwigIII said

Rodney, I first got into this page last summer, around the time when I bought my first DM CD, Big Lizard in my Backyard. This page has made myself and all the other visitors very happy. Your departure saddens us all. Too bad about the commute.

on Wednesday, April 20th, K'vitsh said

Um, hello?

You must quite this "job" immediately.

on Wednesday, April 20th, Jackalope said

If we cannot post here, at least give us some time to arrange to go somewhere else. Not the Dead Milkmen site, though. I'll kill myself if I have to read another BTO post.

on Wednesday, April 20th, crapmonkey said

:( i'm one sad crapmonkey...

on Thursday, April 21st, Don Sheffler said

What the !? Who the !?
Shit, Luther, almost makes me hope you get fired soon.

Well... OK... All the best to you.

on Thursday, April 21st, Comrade Bloody Rox said

Goddammit is Kirk Cameron replacing Rodney as my highest point of the day now?

What the shizer.

on Thursday, April 21st, mykel armory said

ha hah ha. i win. rondey the evil siner is gone and i am feel proud iam the man who bring him down. he lose in so much as now he go to get normal job and must stop hes curse on pope. pople week. did not pappen. god did this to you rney. you are so suffer from wish death. now shivo has last laff. you wish death so much all dead got to gether and tells you to go to work away. the end of site was my prayr and it was wasnered by bod! have fun rondey and think about why you had no heart. your soul is dommed. by by jerk

on Thursday, April 21st, Sid said

Goodluck Rodney, your humour / serioussness will be missed.. I will none the less check in every day in hopes that you have posted some sort of commentary on our messed up world. wishing you all the best and hope to see you back when you have the time.. a Loyal Reader

on Thursday, April 21st, Andrew said

What a kick in the nuts

on Thursday, April 21st, Nigel Tailwind said

Best of luck Rod! Thanks for a great forum. And to all a good night!

on Thursday, April 21st, SlowMotionRiot said

How long will you suffer through that commute before you relocate? Would you even consider leaving your Ben Franklin house?

In any case, best of good fortune to you and yours. Take it easy, man...may the road rise up to meet you.

on Thursday, April 21st, ringamybell said

Damn, sorry to hear about the new job. What about the rest of pope-week?!!

on Thursday, April 21st, TSFROG said

Well... Typical.

on Thursday, April 21st, Oneword said

This web site is the only thing keeping me at the library, since I dont have a computer and all, at least make new pages on the weekends, so I can come back to the library once a week.....I would like eggs Benidict XVI, with baked jewish children,and concentrated orange juice-medium Pope. Thats right Mykel Armory, your Pope is a Nazi.He was a member of Hitlers Youth.

on Thursday, April 21st, briannirvana said

indefinately
does that mean for an indeterminate amount of time?
if so there's hope people.
we could always tell rodneys employer that he is hedonistic.

on Thursday, April 21st, sully said

This totally sucks Rod! If you're going to screw up my days now by not posting most days - I should at least get an explanation from you... where are you working? what are you doing there? Why such a long commute -aren't there jobs in Philly? Please come back! Please come back! They elect a new pope and you've yet to write a word about it!

At least give me the keys - I'll start posting in your absence..

on Thursday, April 21st, briannirvana said

i wish u luck rodney.
if you need someone to moderate athens i have all the time in the world. i know the rules.
though athens is really mature and probably dont need moderating most time except when im calling jack a fag. which is wrong.

on Thursday, April 21st, brianonealnirvana said

and rodney,
u dont have to write such epic thoughts, though they are brilliant it reminds me of robert lowells sarcasm and wit. i see a lot of that oscar wilde guy too.
so just a thought once in a while, like when u are in traffic carry a pad of paper and a pen or a tape recorder.
u cant go, wtf would we do?

on Thursday, April 21st, ScreamingMan said

Good. I was getting tired of this rational discussion of things. Now I can go back to being a know-nothing imbicile convinced that all I hold sacred is worthless.

Seriously, this sucks. The internet largely sucked, but the suck factor just increased tremendously.

Good luck with the new job.

Thanks for all the mindbombs, Rod.

"...'cause we don't care!" - Johnny Rotten

on Thursday, April 21st, HUH said

So does this mean Joe be going with you too?

on Thursday, April 21st, Jackalope said

Okay, folks. You have to join www.myspace.com, but it isn't that difficult. Then join my new group:

http://groups.myspace.com/ratyhtlrefugees

We'll miss you, Rodney. Feel free to join yourself and keep us up-to-date.

on Thursday, April 21st, Matt said

Best of luck Rodney, hope you get some time to spend with us, but if not we'll make do with what we've got.

on Thursday, April 21st, FranklinDelanoEarwigIII said

I paid my dues, time after time. I've done my sentence, but commited no crime...

on Thursday, April 21st, mykel armory said

i am so happy. i stil win. you dod not remeber the god and the god tooks tyou down. ha hah.

on Thursday, April 21st, briannirvana said

what kind of person are you mykle?
now your doing what you criticize.

on Thursday, April 21st, razlerja said

Rodney,

You should get Joe to take over for a while. Personally, I'd be fascinated to read what was on Joe's mind on a semi-daily basis. Anyhoo, good luck with the new job. But, speaking as someone who has endured long commutes (including a daily one from Philly to NYC for 8 months) eventually something will have to give; either the job or the place will have to change. And, speaking, as I do, for the entire city of Philadelphia, it better not be the place. We, as a city, would all be diminished by losing your presence; losing Vienna too would be too sad to contemplate. So, in closing: 'Remember the God'...I'm just not sure which one, preferring, as I do, Goddesses.

on Thursday, April 21st, Squidney said

Wow. I've enjoyed this site for years. It's too bad about the commute. RATYHTL is one of the best/funniest sites out there. Good luck Rodney!

on Thursday, April 21st, the drunk mailman said

i guess it's only fitting that a dead milkman would have a dead website...or are you only putting us out to pasture...how does a cow cry...boo moo boo moo...i'm sad...hurry back...good luck...i hope that you're forsaking all of us for a fuckin big pile of money

on Thursday, April 21st, crapmonkey said

yeah, how can money be more important than us? what the hell is briannirvana gonna do?

on Thursday, April 21st, hedgroz said

I came home and my sealed Big Lizard LP had come in the mail. Everything was beautiful. I turned to side 2 (back yard), heard the news and it started skipping. What a bittersweet day. I can't fault you, Rodney, you did so much for me as far as helping survive adolescence without any columbine calibre results. RATYHTL will be missed by everybody, but I'll still wear the baseball hat (even if it WAS made in china) to keep my head dry in the winter (I work on rooftops you know - RATYHTL is literally my umbrella). Let me know if I can send you a hemmorhoid donut or anything (3 1/2 hours? Shit, Luther, hope you're gettin' rich!)

on Thursday, April 21st, kendra said

is it 3 1/2 hours ONE WAY?
even if it's 3 1/2 there and back, I would be staying over. I don't even like going 30 minutes from home.

on Thursday, April 21st, the drunk mailman said

i drive ten minutes to work and i find that too long in the morning...then i drive all day in my truck...the drive home is great...but fuck my back is sore...hopefully rodney will be able to feed his head and read lots on the commute...3 1/2 hours...thats insane...what about a lap top...i feel like i'm drowning...who's going to make me laugh...if i go postal it's on your head man...happy trails to you...untill we meet again...

on Thursday, April 21st, notlenny said

I'm still in shock from this - I don't think I've been this sad since David Lee Roth left Van Halen - or since Marie Osmond's divorce. Best of luck and come back soon!!

on Thursday, April 21st, Oneword said

Did you Fucking here me MYKEL ARMORY, I said your Pope is a Fucking Nazi.

on Friday, April 22nd, mykel armoru said

i am not cathlic. i just am respects thee pope s life rigt. you are tell me this and that as i am not butthe pope is not bad. he si wrong. i am not in chruch. but you. now no rodney any more. you will see. now it is my tunt to say things. today is so fun. it is not that i dont like the days is al ways but it is that today is day that rondey anymous. he is gone for good. i am here. i am now to do the work of ordney was to do but did not love the god. now we have new place. who is new wrier. tell me pleas

on Friday, April 22nd, Angry Canine said

I'm just trying to imagine a job that could be worth a 3 1/2 hour commute...and I'm drawing a blank.

on Friday, April 22nd, sully said

Can we just let Mykel start writing the thoughtless of the day each day?

on Friday, April 22nd, briannirbvana said

briannirvana is gonna start posting poems in a newsletter. and if jack allow s me on myspace.

on Friday, April 22nd, lazarus28 said

well rodney, i've spoken to you a few times via email and i've been a fan of the milkmen and this site for a long time.

i just wanted to chime in with sincere gratitude for all you've done and let you know that while i'm saddened that this site is going away, i'm very grateful for having it while it lasted.

i'm glad to see yo utaking care of yourself first. you owe nothing to any of us and we've been lucky that you've been able and willing to spew out the ideologies and theories that you've espoused over your lifetime. i'm a big fan of reading all different points of view from ayn rand to al franken, and you're by far the most entertaining.

my sincerest wishes to you and your wife and if you derive as much pleasure from running this website as i think you do, i hope you're able to return at some point.

in the mean time, enjoy your commute. audiobooks can make shitty commutes quite pleasant. i've got a slew of recommendations is you want. . .

anyhow, thanks for your time over the years, rodney, and take care in all of your future endeavors.

if you're ever back in the san antonio/austin area for any reason, i'll buy yer drinks.

cheers,
-jordan

on Friday, April 22nd, lazarus28 said

well rodney, i've spoken to you a few times via email and i've been a fan of the milkmen and this site for a long time.

i just wanted to chime in with sincere gratitude for all you've done and let you know that while i'm saddened that this site is going away, i'm very grateful for having it while it lasted.

i'm glad to see yo utaking care of yourself first. you owe nothing to any of us and we've been lucky that you've been able and willing to spew out the ideologies and theories that you've espoused over your lifetime. i'm a big fan of reading all different points of view from ayn rand to al franken, and you're by far the most entertaining.

my sincerest wishes to you and your wife and if you derive as much pleasure from running this website as i think you do, i hope you're able to return at some point.

in the mean time, enjoy your commute. audiobooks can make shitty commutes quite pleasant. i've got a slew of recommendations is you want. . .

anyhow, thanks for your time over the years, rodney, and take care in all of your future endeavors.

if you're ever back in the san antonio/austin area for any reason, i'll buy yer drinks.

cheers,
-jordan

on Friday, April 22nd, rob said

That's a helluva ride. This site provided a decent laugh when the people at work haven't. Thanks a pantload. I've been a fan of yours in one way or another since I was about twelve (1988ish). Good thing that pseudo religious guy is so articulate. I wouldn't have understood why we're all going to hell otherwise.

on Friday, April 22nd, escobar said

fuck this site, you fucking stupid ass punks.

on Friday, April 22nd, Rodney said

It may not be dead in the water...yet.
Update to follow.

on Friday, April 22nd, ebbv said

i have an idea to reduce your commute time...

the navajo know
a way of walking
quite high above the ground
fearless of looking down
skywalk

on Friday, April 22nd, FranklinDelanoEarwigIII said

I too have an idea how to reduce the commute. Two words: "Enchanted pixies".

on Friday, April 22nd, mykel armory said

NOw rondey tel us he is not dead in water. i think he is. he is soul is dead. never to be hee. ub when you llook at it it tell you of some things that oyu mae not no. you can find in your self a way to come above rodeny and his hate speak. now, god. he say For him it is decreed that whoso taketh him for friend be verily will misleed him and will guide him to the punishs of flame. now the god. he say and be cause the our will come. there is no doubt there of and because allah will raise those who are in the graves. now ornedey you see. remember the god say this. he say it and you see when the death you wish for shivo dowkin pope have come but you live. you will see the god will rise them from the grave adn they will lookat you. they will no you were one who tells a death on them. thy will tell you worng. you are not think of care in this. learn of the god. he say this.

on Friday, April 22nd, captainpants said

I want my subscription fees back.

Get one of them there fancy wireless broadband connections & update the site during commuting time?

on Friday, April 22nd, hedgroz said

Mykel, after all that talk, if RATYHTL doesn't die, it must be because god likes to fuck with people who think they're prophets. Maybe you should take a queue.

on Saturday, April 23rd, Raoul said

Wow, I just made a great realization! If you read Mykel's posts with Borat's (from Ali G) accent in mind, he comes to life! Please, Mykel (or whatever your name is) give us more!

Rodney, I'm sure You would more prefer to have a daily opportunity to comment on life's absurdities than to treat it half-assed, but I don't think anyone here would mind if you posted little weekly gems when you get the time. Lots of sites/blogs manage updates less frequently, and nobody's busting balls over it.

I've really become a huge fan of your writing, and it's obvious that your comments set off lots of sparks with your readers (probably more than you see responding here), so I really hate to see such a potent iconoclast self-muted due to the daily grind. Besides, I remember working round the clock at several jobs for years, and I really could have used a forum like this. Since it's in place already I hope it remains a meaningful outlet in some way for you.

Or you can just toss off casual comments to bait Mykel on a regular basis.

on Sunday, April 24th, don sheffler said

Actually, imagine Mykel's words spoken through Stephen Hawking's vocoder....

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