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”
I am so sad to see you go. 🙁
You nearly brought me to tears.
Thank you for all you’ve done.
I am so sad to see you go. 🙁
You nearly brought me to tears.
Thank you for all you’ve done.
if it’s happening because you’re in debt, we should make a fundraising.
if it’s happening because you’re in debt, we should make a fundraising.
you’ve changed my life with your work here, and it’s been for the better. for that, i thank you more than words could express. =] i’m sad to see you go, glad to see your positive take on it.
thanks, again.
you’ve changed my life with your work here, and it’s been for the better. for that, i thank you more than words could express. =] i’m sad to see you go, glad to see your positive take on it.
thanks, again.
Shannon is just going to internet rehab… he can’t stay away too long. Quote me on that.
Shannon is just going to internet rehab… he can’t stay away too long. Quote me on that.
Shit happens!
Best of luck. You really made an impact on my life. A small impact, but still… Thanks.
Rachel will do an awesome job, I’m sure.
–Eric
Shit happens!
Best of luck. You really made an impact on my life. A small impact, but still… Thanks.
Rachel will do an awesome job, I’m sure.
–Eric
Wow…well, thanks for all the efforts over the years! I’m glad to see that you’re moving on to new and exciting things. We’ll miss you!
Wow…well, thanks for all the efforts over the years! I’m glad to see that you’re moving on to new and exciting things. We’ll miss you!
I found my home in 2002 on BME & IAM. Shannon, I will miss your humor and insight, and most of all I will miss the huge impact you have had on body modification. This community means so much to me, and I thank you for creating it. BME4LIFE
I found my home in 2002 on BME & IAM. Shannon, I will miss your humor and insight, and most of all I will miss the huge impact you have had on body modification. This community means so much to me, and I thank you for creating it. BME4LIFE
wow. what news. I thank you for opening so many new ideas and concepts to me that I honestly probably wouldn’t have learned of for another few years. Granted I didn’t agree with everything you said since I’ve been lurking on here, I have mad respect for you and the knowledge you hold on something you genuinely love.
Thanks for creating such a wonderful place for not only those who subscribe to the service, but for anyone and everyone.
best wishes 🙂
wow. what news. I thank you for opening so many new ideas and concepts to me that I honestly probably wouldn’t have learned of for another few years. Granted I didn’t agree with everything you said since I’ve been lurking on here, I have mad respect for you and the knowledge you hold on something you genuinely love.
Thanks for creating such a wonderful place for not only those who subscribe to the service, but for anyone and everyone.
best wishes 🙂
Well, that’s the end of BME.
Well, that’s the end of BME.
Bye Shannon…:(
Bye Shannon…:(
Oh. Snap!
Not what i was expecting to load up to this evening, i tells you.
Oh. Snap!
Not what i was expecting to load up to this evening, i tells you.
Sad news. It just won’t be the same without you. Thank you for giving us so much. All the best in everything you do.
Sad news. It just won’t be the same without you. Thank you for giving us so much. All the best in everything you do.
i can only echo the sentiments of everyone else on here. thank you Shannon for all the blood, sweat and tears (figuratively and literally). I wish you all the best for future endeavors, may you have a happy life.
xxx
i can only echo the sentiments of everyone else on here. thank you Shannon for all the blood, sweat and tears (figuratively and literally). I wish you all the best for future endeavors, may you have a happy life.
xxx
Just wanted to wish you luck in what you do next 🙂 and say thanks for everything!
Just wanted to wish you luck in what you do next 🙂 and say thanks for everything!
Thanks for all the fun and those “Dammit!…Can’t be…it’s really…F*ck!”-Moments I went Through on ModBlog.
Your Work here really did open my mind for a number of enigmatic (and suddenly not-so-alien) views and lifestyles.
Best wishes and “halte die Ohren steif”!
Thanks for all the fun and those “Dammit!…Can’t be…it’s really…F*ck!”-Moments I went Through on ModBlog.
Your Work here really did open my mind for a number of enigmatic (and suddenly not-so-alien) views and lifestyles.
Best wishes and “halte die Ohren steif”!
All the best Shannon. This is one of the best sites out there, thanks for everything!
All the best Shannon. This is one of the best sites out there, thanks for everything!
Wow.
Wow.
correct me if I’m wrong…but to me this seems like the person who was the reason for all the legal issue trouble within the last months finally got what she wanted, the official takeover of modblog.
but apart from that I want to thank you for all the crazy, sometimes disgusting, but always inspiring stuff you brought to me.
correct me if I’m wrong…but to me this seems like the person who was the reason for all the legal issue trouble within the last months finally got what she wanted, the official takeover of modblog.
but apart from that I want to thank you for all the crazy, sometimes disgusting, but always inspiring stuff you brought to me.
Along with the hundred of other comments, I wish you luck Shannon. Your insight into life will protect you from the dark.
Cheers.
Along with the hundred of other comments, I wish you luck Shannon. Your insight into life will protect you from the dark.
Cheers.
I think I’m very far from a typical Modblog reader. I study science, I like mathematics and linguistics, I dress in neutral clothes, and I don’t have one single body modification and I certainly do not plan on getting any. Still I check Modblog several times a day, because I just happen to be very fascinated by others modifications. I used to disdain body modification and those who practise it, but through reading Modblog I have rather developed some kind respect for it.
So, Shannon, I find it a bit sad that you leave the blog. Thanks for all interesting material that you have produced as long as I’ve been reading!
I think I’m very far from a typical Modblog reader. I study science, I like mathematics and linguistics, I dress in neutral clothes, and I don’t have one single body modification and I certainly do not plan on getting any. Still I check Modblog several times a day, because I just happen to be very fascinated by others modifications. I used to disdain body modification and those who practise it, but through reading Modblog I have rather developed some kind respect for it.
So, Shannon, I find it a bit sad that you leave the blog. Thanks for all interesting material that you have produced as long as I’ve been reading!
I can’t believe this. I’m speechless. I genuinely did not think for a moment that things would turn out this way.
Best of luck with everything else.
I can’t believe this. I’m speechless. I genuinely did not think for a moment that things would turn out this way.
Best of luck with everything else.
Good luck in your new adventure.
You will be missed 🙁
Good luck in your new adventure.
You will be missed 🙁
I have to agree with this one “it’s like Hogwarts without Dumbledore!”
I have to agree with this one “it’s like Hogwarts without Dumbledore!”
Every comment you make you prove to me what an inspiring person you are. What a great guidance and source of acceptance you have been.
Especially your last heading being a Hitchhikers quote.
xoxo
Every comment you make you prove to me what an inspiring person you are. What a great guidance and source of acceptance you have been.
Especially your last heading being a Hitchhikers quote.
xoxo
good luck for the future shannon, thanks for bme, modblog and everything else.
good luck for the future shannon, thanks for bme, modblog and everything else.