After a personally difficult legal dispute over BME, I’ve had to face the potentially insurmountable reality of being massively in debt, and I have chosen to transfer the business to Rachel (the details of this deal are sealed, so please don’t ask). Within the month my role at BME will come to an end, and new staff (made up largely of people who’ve been working on BME for some time as well) will be taking over. I will no longer be writing online about body modification, although I will be maintaining my regular blog and other projects of course, as well as working on several body modification book projects which I am eager to complete.
It’s definitely a very strange and mixed set of feelings, having run this site from the very beginning, over nearly a decade and a half. On one hand I’m very much looking forward to having the opportunity and time to paint and tackle new adventures, and on the other hand I will very much miss both the people and the subject in general that I came to know through BME. That said, when I grew up and fell in love with body modification — and later built BME — this was a very different and much more “outsider” culture, so maybe now, as not just tattooing but body modification as a whole enjoys unprecedented levels of popularity and acceptability, it is a good time to pass the torch on to a new generation. It’s my hope that they maintain the site in the spirit that it was begun, while taking on the challenges of a new environment.
I have very much enjoyed being a part of BME and I leave it with good memories. Thank you to everyone who’s been a friend of the site, and everyone who’s helped bring it to this point. I hope you’ve enjoyed my contributions — I know I’ve enjoyed yours — and I hope that you continue to enjoy what BME brings in the future.
See you in hell! 😛
Shannon
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760 responses to “So Long And Thanks For All The Fish”
its my birthday and you give me this?
its my birthday and you give me this?
oh…poop 🙁
oh…poop 🙁
I am truly sad to hear this news. I hope nothing changes like it did before (i stopped reading for a while because of it). I wish you the best in all your endeavors, Shannon. here’s to hoping modblog doesn’t blow like last time.
I am truly sad to hear this news. I hope nothing changes like it did before (i stopped reading for a while because of it). I wish you the best in all your endeavors, Shannon. here’s to hoping modblog doesn’t blow like last time.
I’ve been with the BME community virtually since it’s inception and certainly Shannon will be sorely missed. But BME is more than one man, it’s a community which certainly has been steered by Shannon and his desire to get the ‘unusual’ into the more public view. Shannon, you will be sorely missed, but to the new steerage committee, remember, you have a large community who all love and respect Shannon for all of the very hard work he has put into BME over the past 15 or so years.
I was as surprised, shocked and saddened as any of the other contributors, to learn of Shannon’s departure from our lives. But remember, we are all adults with a sense of the inane, and a need for the body different, and I hope with the ability to carry on.
The King may no longer be in residence, but Long Live BME.
We owe it to Shannon.
I’ve been with the BME community virtually since it’s inception and certainly Shannon will be sorely missed. But BME is more than one man, it’s a community which certainly has been steered by Shannon and his desire to get the ‘unusual’ into the more public view. Shannon, you will be sorely missed, but to the new steerage committee, remember, you have a large community who all love and respect Shannon for all of the very hard work he has put into BME over the past 15 or so years.
I was as surprised, shocked and saddened as any of the other contributors, to learn of Shannon’s departure from our lives. But remember, we are all adults with a sense of the inane, and a need for the body different, and I hope with the ability to carry on.
The King may no longer be in residence, but Long Live BME.
We owe it to Shannon.
a tear for you…A tear for me! 🙁
a tear for you…A tear for me! 🙁
Good luck with whatever life brings you Shannon. It’s a shame you’re leaving. Your work has inspired me. 🙁
thanks for everything.
Good luck with whatever life brings you Shannon. It’s a shame you’re leaving. Your work has inspired me. 🙁
thanks for everything.
Best of luck in the future Shannon, and thank you for the site and the education it has provided me
Best of luck in the future Shannon, and thank you for the site and the education it has provided me
..she better post as much as you do HUMPH!
..she better post as much as you do HUMPH!
Thanks for the difference your site made for so many of us. I wish you the best.
Thanks for the difference your site made for so many of us. I wish you the best.
thank you so much for all the amazing posts
i wish you the best of luck for the future
thank you so much for all the amazing posts
i wish you the best of luck for the future
Shannon, I don’t know what to say. I’m shocked, dismayed, distraught, etc. I too have to chime in with the “this site changed my life” sentiment. ModBlog, more than IAM or BME has made me feel like part of a community more than any other site ever has. Without you it just won’t be the same. Thank you for all your years invested. You’ve created something truly beautiful and it would be a shame and a heartbreak to see it sullied. I hope that the new blood keeps the spirit of the site alive. I wish you all the best in whatever you do. <3 u *hug*
Shannon, I don’t know what to say. I’m shocked, dismayed, distraught, etc. I too have to chime in with the “this site changed my life” sentiment. ModBlog, more than IAM or BME has made me feel like part of a community more than any other site ever has. Without you it just won’t be the same. Thank you for all your years invested. You’ve created something truly beautiful and it would be a shame and a heartbreak to see it sullied. I hope that the new blood keeps the spirit of the site alive. I wish you all the best in whatever you do. <3 u *hug*
As (im guessing) one of the youngest people to be involved in/a total lurker (admittedly) of BME, this is terrible news for me to read.
i found the site not very long ago and the fact that this great entity which is become so enamored with is going to CHANGE is distressing to say the least. im sure many of you remember when you first found BME and saw that there were other people with the same goals and interests as you, and as of now im panicking that it wont be the same =[
shannon please dont disappear off the face of the earth please! and someone better keep modblog alive or i might have a tantrum.
As (im guessing) one of the youngest people to be involved in/a total lurker (admittedly) of BME, this is terrible news for me to read.
i found the site not very long ago and the fact that this great entity which is become so enamored with is going to CHANGE is distressing to say the least. im sure many of you remember when you first found BME and saw that there were other people with the same goals and interests as you, and as of now im panicking that it wont be the same =[
shannon please dont disappear off the face of the earth please! and someone better keep modblog alive or i might have a tantrum.
fucks sake, what the fuck….our loss, peace to you man, i hope the people can keep this joint alive.
but definately, cheers shannon, best to you and yours.
fucks sake, what the fuck….our loss, peace to you man, i hope the people can keep this joint alive.
but definately, cheers shannon, best to you and yours.
Thank You Shannon, for all.
Thank You Shannon, for all.
Will you be updating BodyTwo again instead?
Will you be updating BodyTwo again instead?
You know, I always thought that you’d be in charge of BME forever. No matter how many years passed or the troubles that could come up, you’d always be here like a pillar, taking care of the website and making it slide through the years. Not once did it cross my mind that you’d leave.
And my nerdy side wont leave me alone until I say this – it’s like Hogwarts without Dumbledore!
You know, I always thought that you’d be in charge of BME forever. No matter how many years passed or the troubles that could come up, you’d always be here like a pillar, taking care of the website and making it slide through the years. Not once did it cross my mind that you’d leave.
And my nerdy side wont leave me alone until I say this – it’s like Hogwarts without Dumbledore!
dude, bummer. i will miss looking forward to your modblog posts on a daily basis.
fiduciary issues are no joke, i can understand why you must relinquish power.
i’m sorry to see you go. maybe we will meet again someday. (on BME that is)
dude, bummer. i will miss looking forward to your modblog posts on a daily basis.
fiduciary issues are no joke, i can understand why you must relinquish power.
i’m sorry to see you go. maybe we will meet again someday. (on BME that is)
SHANNON!
dont leave us! we need you!
SHANNON!
dont leave us! we need you!
you will be missed! thank you for everything you have done!!
you will be missed! thank you for everything you have done!!
Shannon,
As much as I hate to see you leaving BME, I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. I for one would not be who I am today if it wasn’t for you and BME and the insight that you provided to someone like me interested in body mods but no idea what she was doing. You’ll be greatly missed.
Shannon,
As much as I hate to see you leaving BME, I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. I for one would not be who I am today if it wasn’t for you and BME and the insight that you provided to someone like me interested in body mods but no idea what she was doing. You’ll be greatly missed.
So sad, CHEERS and good luck from BC
So sad, CHEERS and good luck from BC
Have fun and you’ll be missed. For me it’s not the images that made this blog it was your writing so I hope it doesn’t go downhill upon your leaving.
Have fun and you’ll be missed. For me it’s not the images that made this blog it was your writing so I hope it doesn’t go downhill upon your leaving.
It won’t be the same. But I hope it won’t be for the worse. Good luck and good wishes, Shannon.
It won’t be the same. But I hope it won’t be for the worse. Good luck and good wishes, Shannon.
Good luck Shannon, we’ll miss you x x x
Good luck Shannon, we’ll miss you x x x
A big part of BME dies with this news.
You were missed before and we followed you to body2, I just home this doesn´t turn into the BME it became when you were blocked.
We well come check you out on zentastic not to feel so home sick.
This is sad, sad news.
i dont understand what actually happened and why you have to give it to rachel what actually happenedd from the start to make you get locked out of bme and stuff????
some111 explainnn?