Still Dragging It Out With Pointless Appeals

I sent this to a few people yesterday but all are welcome.

This may come as a shock to some of you, but the world's greatest group crime blog, Blottered, is STILL a dead letter office of prison pen pals. A cold case with severe freezer burn and no shortage of errant cue balls, if you will. To honor* its permanent inactivity, please join us for drinks on Thursday, May 10, 8pm at the Magician in NYC.

*Actually, New Age blog-something Jackson West is in town. I'm using this as an excuse to organize drinks and blame it all on him. Hope to see all three of you!

Yeah, a closing party about as exciting as the launch party. Oddly, the chances of survival were slim for a group blog with 20+ volunteer contributors, no posting schedule, no advertising (I turned on those Google ads only after all was blogged and done to see firsthand how the savagery works - it's taken almost a year to earn $60 but I'm holding out for the coveted minimum payout of $100 because I don't like to leave dope on the table and the money will probably go to burn unit victims), and of course, my disdain for celebrity coverage. It leaked onto the site every now and then but my unfiltered vision was "half-heartedly blogging everyday about everyday crime by everyday people."

Blottered really was the community college of blogging. I'll spare you the detailed "where are they know" blurbs but alumni from BCC are, or were, involved with the following pillars of Internet content:

Gothamist
SFist
Londonist
Memefirst
GarbageScout (TOP Media is in talks to buy it)
NewTeeVee
Cinematical
Dealbreaker
Galleycat
Celebrity Babies
ANIMAL
Court TV
Today Show
Gridskipper

These days I still subscribe to one of Jeff Jarvis's simple rules of life: "You shouldn't have to pay for anything you shouldn't have to pay for." (That's right, kill 'em all and let Craig Newmark sort 'em out!) In our particular case, if someone could bring their corporate charge card, that'd be great. Thanks.