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 for one, was here for Shannon’s writing, and personal viewpoint. You really took blogging to a level of art. And that can’t be done by a commitie.
I for one, was here for Shannon’s writing, and personal viewpoint. You really took blogging to a level of art. And that can’t be done by a commitie.
hey, shannon, are you planning to continue in bodytwo?
cause the last time you were away from the editorial front of modblog the posting quality went down, and it was a sad thing to witness.
Not that the other editors were that bad, its just that you are good in this subject, and, as you pointed, in a topic that is more mainstream with each passing day, its not a matter of finding good pictures and histories, but to apply an human filter to the landslide of information, and you are a great human filter 😉
hey, shannon, are you planning to continue in bodytwo?
cause the last time you were away from the editorial front of modblog the posting quality went down, and it was a sad thing to witness.
Not that the other editors were that bad, its just that you are good in this subject, and, as you pointed, in a topic that is more mainstream with each passing day, its not a matter of finding good pictures and histories, but to apply an human filter to the landslide of information, and you are a great human filter 😉
You will be dearly missed as BME won’t ever be the same without you. Thank you for educating and entertaining us for as long as you did, and best of luck to you in whatever you do!
You will be dearly missed as BME won’t ever be the same without you. Thank you for educating and entertaining us for as long as you did, and best of luck to you in whatever you do!
I wish you all the best, Shannon,
it wont be the same without you!
And I really hope modblog wont go all downhill like last time.
I wish you all the best, Shannon,
it wont be the same without you!
And I really hope modblog wont go all downhill like last time.
As Shannon has always said, although he created it, BME was a community, and a community first. I hope that this community (one which I’ve watched, lurked and occasionally commented on) continues to support itself and each other. The bitterness of the past legal issues was divisive, and lead to nothing but bad things. The issue for me isn’t about who controls what, or who’s allowed where… I will read BME for BME and I will read ineedmorelife and zentastic to hear about Shannon and check out his art.
There is a vast difference between an individual no longer being employed by the largest body-mod website in the world, and that individual no longer being part of the body-mod community.
Best of luck BME, Best of luck Shannon.
I know we will see you both around.
As Shannon has always said, although he created it, BME was a community, and a community first. I hope that this community (one which I’ve watched, lurked and occasionally commented on) continues to support itself and each other. The bitterness of the past legal issues was divisive, and lead to nothing but bad things. The issue for me isn’t about who controls what, or who’s allowed where… I will read BME for BME and I will read ineedmorelife and zentastic to hear about Shannon and check out his art.
There is a vast difference between an individual no longer being employed by the largest body-mod website in the world, and that individual no longer being part of the body-mod community.
Best of luck BME, Best of luck Shannon.
I know we will see you both around.
It wont be the same without you Shannon, hope you all the best. Without you I wouldnt be where I am today.
It wont be the same without you Shannon, hope you all the best. Without you I wouldnt be where I am today.
Wow. I did not expect to come home and read that….
I haven’t ever posted on modblog before (although I have been tempted on numerous occasions but decided to stay out of the many dramas I have seen here!) and it is sad that my first (and most likely last) post is under these circumstances….
I have had my iam page for almost 8 years now and I never thought I would be so sad to hear that. Despite never talking to you personally you have done a lot for me throughout the years and I have met a lot of wonderful people because of it. But anyway I guess I just wanted to say thank you, and good luck.
Wow. I did not expect to come home and read that….
I haven’t ever posted on modblog before (although I have been tempted on numerous occasions but decided to stay out of the many dramas I have seen here!) and it is sad that my first (and most likely last) post is under these circumstances….
I have had my iam page for almost 8 years now and I never thought I would be so sad to hear that. Despite never talking to you personally you have done a lot for me throughout the years and I have met a lot of wonderful people because of it. But anyway I guess I just wanted to say thank you, and good luck.
It’s not going to be Modblog without you at all.:[
I enjoyed your takes and your taste, and I’m sad to see you go. I hope that maybe you can come back sometime, although by the severity of the post, I doubt it.
It’s been a good haul.:]
It’s not going to be Modblog without you at all.:[
I enjoyed your takes and your taste, and I’m sad to see you go. I hope that maybe you can come back sometime, although by the severity of the post, I doubt it.
It’s been a good haul.:]
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Shannon,
I have hated seeing what I interpreted as a stranglehold on your personality over the past 6-9 months. I’m glad you are going to be able to enjoy even fuller the life that you love without any negatives bringing you down. Good luck, you will be missed.
Shannon,
I have hated seeing what I interpreted as a stranglehold on your personality over the past 6-9 months. I’m glad you are going to be able to enjoy even fuller the life that you love without any negatives bringing you down. Good luck, you will be missed.
bye bye shannon, take care
bye bye shannon, take care
We love you Shannon.
Best of luck in the future, keep us updated.
x
We love you Shannon.
Best of luck in the future, keep us updated.
x
Um. Woah.
Um. Woah.
Agreed with #154, but if it’s what you’ve got to do, then I say do it. 🙂
I’m really saddened, however, I just know you’ll go on to bigger and better things, Shannon. Here’s to the past, present and future, mate!
Agreed with #154, but if it’s what you’ve got to do, then I say do it. 🙂
I’m really saddened, however, I just know you’ll go on to bigger and better things, Shannon. Here’s to the past, present and future, mate!
See you in hell Brother man im sure we’ll share a drink there one day.
See you in hell Brother man im sure we’ll share a drink there one day.
byebye shannon!
thanks for everything you’ve put into the site and the community,
Without all the work you put in im sure a lot fewer people would be well informed enough to make good desicisions with regards to mods,
You will be sorely missed,
Thanks, Dan
byebye shannon!
thanks for everything you’ve put into the site and the community,
Without all the work you put in im sure a lot fewer people would be well informed enough to make good desicisions with regards to mods,
You will be sorely missed,
Thanks, Dan
You will be missed. Take care and good luck in everything you do.
You will be missed. Take care and good luck in everything you do.
Well. the life goes on.
Shannon i want to thank you for your hard work. And BME realy changed my life. About 4 years ago i disscovered it . And every time i checked it i somehow thought about how to maintain this whole portal. So i bet it’s hard to do .)
So thanks again Shannon i will raise a glass in your name .)
Sorry for broken english 🙂 .
– Dmitry
Well. the life goes on.
Shannon i want to thank you for your hard work. And BME realy changed my life. About 4 years ago i disscovered it . And every time i checked it i somehow thought about how to maintain this whole portal. So i bet it’s hard to do .)
So thanks again Shannon i will raise a glass in your name .)
Sorry for broken english 🙂 .
– Dmitry
NONONONONONONONONO! :/
NONONONONONONONONO! :/
awwww, Gonna miss your modblog entries!! =( Good luck with your new adventures though!! =)
awwww, Gonna miss your modblog entries!! =( Good luck with your new adventures though!! =)
i know there’s so many comments that you may never see them all but thanks for everything shannon. you’ve played one of the most important rolls in modern body modification and given access to an education that hundreds of thousands, if not millions of us would have never found otherwise.
i’ve been reading and researching and educating myself through bme for the last 6 or 7 years and the journey has been amazing. my friends and i wouldnt be the people we are if we didnt have this space to learn and grow in, and the quality of all the work we have done would be subpar.
im sad to see you go but nothing is forever and i am very accepting of that fact. i truly wish you the best in whatever you do from here on out and i hope the next phase of bme can continue to triumph, however if it doesnt, that is life.
moving forward is a part of life.
thank you so much shannon.
i know there’s so many comments that you may never see them all but thanks for everything shannon. you’ve played one of the most important rolls in modern body modification and given access to an education that hundreds of thousands, if not millions of us would have never found otherwise.
i’ve been reading and researching and educating myself through bme for the last 6 or 7 years and the journey has been amazing. my friends and i wouldnt be the people we are if we didnt have this space to learn and grow in, and the quality of all the work we have done would be subpar.
im sad to see you go but nothing is forever and i am very accepting of that fact. i truly wish you the best in whatever you do from here on out and i hope the next phase of bme can continue to triumph, however if it doesnt, that is life.
moving forward is a part of life.
thank you so much shannon.
🙁
Shannon, I just want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart; you’ve changed my life and I know the lives of many others. I’ve been visiting BME for the past six years and it’s opened my eyes and my mind and I’ve grown so much because of this community. Coming where I come from (probably where most people come from) with such closed minded people, modblog and BME were places I could go to be with other open-minded, loving, amazing people who didn’t look down on others because they were different and had different images about themselves and their bodies; instead you showed them in all their diversified beauty.
Thank you.
BME and Modblog won’t be the same without you 🙁
🙁
Shannon, I just want to thank you, from the bottom of my heart; you’ve changed my life and I know the lives of many others. I’ve been visiting BME for the past six years and it’s opened my eyes and my mind and I’ve grown so much because of this community. Coming where I come from (probably where most people come from) with such closed minded people, modblog and BME were places I could go to be with other open-minded, loving, amazing people who didn’t look down on others because they were different and had different images about themselves and their bodies; instead you showed them in all their diversified beauty.
Thank you.
BME and Modblog won’t be the same without you 🙁
Am really quite upset about this, I teared up!! I’ve been lurking for over a year but never posted before. I really hope that your articles in Bizarre will be continuing. Wishing you all the best for your futute and thanks for all your hardwork.
Am really quite upset about this, I teared up!! I’ve been lurking for over a year but never posted before. I really hope that your articles in Bizarre will be continuing. Wishing you all the best for your futute and thanks for all your hardwork.
I just wanna say thanks for everything, Shannon. Over the years BME has been an important part of peoples lives for reasons too numerous to mention. Here’s hoping the new crew will keep the high standards and challenging content that were abundant during your reign.
As someone else said earlier –
The King Is Dead… Long Live The King!
I just wanna say thanks for everything, Shannon. Over the years BME has been an important part of peoples lives for reasons too numerous to mention. Here’s hoping the new crew will keep the high standards and challenging content that were abundant during your reign.
As someone else said earlier –
The King Is Dead… Long Live The King!
Aww shit! This kindof sucks.
Aww shit! This kindof sucks.