High Ate Us « The Extrapolater

High Ate Us

December 26, 2007 by Extra P.

I’m starting to feel stupid about updating once a week if even that, so I’m going to make it official - the Extrapolater is going on hiatus for a while. I’m currently writing 2-3 posts a day at Storming the Floor, and trying to keep my freelancing going, and I don’t really have any creative juice left for general sports monkeyshines in this space.

I appreciate those of you who visited here often, and I won’t flatter myself by apologizing for shutting things down - there are plenty of other fish in the sea, and if you miss my particular style, I’ve simply chosen to focus it on college basketball - my favorite sport.

I’ve really enjoyed some of the debates we’ve had here, and the hilarity involved in bringing other great writers into the fold from time to time. Some of that may still go on, but it’s obviously not going to happen until early April at this point. It makes me a little sad, but like a waning romantic relationship, it hurts less to put the kibosh on it now than to zombie-walk through another few months.

Thanks again, and don’t forget to visit Storming the Floor, where Marco (who shut down Just Call Me Juice for the same reason) and I are examining the orange sphere with everything we have.

Posted in Sports/Real Life | 27 Comments

27 Responses to “High Ate Us”

on December 26, 2007 at 7:57 pm1 Kortronovitch

P, thank you for all the good reading in the past year or so man. You were literally the first sports blog I started reading and helped me get into the wonderful world of blogging. I never commented much (and when I did it was usually negative), but your blog will be missed. Thanks again.
on December 26, 2007 at 7:59 pm2 Extra P.

High praise, very humbling. Thanks for the kind words, Kortronovitch.
on December 26, 2007 at 9:17 pm3 Distraught

If you say “we can still be friends”, I think I might just weep.
on December 26, 2007 at 9:20 pm4 Extra P.

what the hell are you doing here? You’re supposed to be working right now.
on December 27, 2007 at 1:43 pm5 Jack Cobra

Closure is good….I’ll now update my bookmarks. Thanks!
on December 27, 2007 at 4:37 pm6 mcbias

WAAH! Extra P., come back! WAAH! /initial reaction

No, I took a hiatus myself in November, and it was a great idea, even if I am in the low 300’s on Ballhype now. Enjoy the break and working on what’s most important to you now! /more mature reaction
on December 27, 2007 at 4:52 pm7 Extra P.

I knew around the time of my first anniversary that I was kind of out of ideas, but I kept plugging because I didn’t want to let it go. But since Marco invited me to work on STF, it’s really not flowing for general sports. I haven’t seen an entire NFL game all season - my Sundays are family days…
on December 27, 2007 at 4:52 pm8 Extra P.

Also, this leaves me free for guest posts for y’all.
on December 28, 2007 at 1:35 am9 Bruce

‘Tis ok, EP; we all have to sort out our priorities every now and then. Personally, I’m thrilled you’re talking college hoops, because I’m a big fan, and of course, the Hoos are my fave-o-rite team. I’ll be sure to put Storming the Floor in my bookmarks. See ya over there…
on December 28, 2007 at 4:54 am10 Ryan

Eric, we’ll miss you here, but it was a job very well done. Best of luck at Storming the Floor. I’ll be reading.
on December 28, 2007 at 3:08 pm11 Chule

thanks for all!
http://www.spymac.com/details/?2321924
on December 28, 2007 at 3:52 pm12 Kim

Oh, well this sucks. You are the only one who made sports fun to read about. I shall miss you.

You’ll still pop over for “Stupidity in the News” though, won’t you?

Take care and enjoy yourself in your new endeavors.

Kim
on December 28, 2007 at 3:56 pm13 Extra P.

Yes, I will, Kim. I have you in my “friend reader” or whatever they call it on WordPress, so I always get my laughs out of the stupid news.
on December 28, 2007 at 5:00 pm14 Mike

Sorry to see you go, EP, but at least I’ll be able to follow you on Storming The Floor. When are we going to see the UWG list?
on December 28, 2007 at 5:05 pm15 Extra P.

you have a blog now, Mike - you are our only hope.
on December 28, 2007 at 6:26 pm16 Chris

Good luck to you EP. Storming the Floor is kicking ass.
on December 31, 2007 at 6:09 am17 Texas Gal

Well you know I adore you, and will miss checking in around here. But Storming The Floor is going like gangbusters- so good luck over there!
on December 31, 2007 at 6:18 pm18 Clare

But…but…who’s gonna do Voodoo Sabermetrics next season? There’s only six weeks until pitchers and catchers report!
on January 4, 2008 at 10:17 pm19 Michael McNeil

Good luck!
on January 5, 2008 at 9:28 pm20 TheGoldfishCowboy

Wait! this isn’t where I parked my car!

Thanks for all the Pub and Love man… especially the cameo on Super Monday, hope we can do it again sometime!

Love STF, but you still aren’t giving the Vols their just dessert.

And Clare: Lets just call it the year of the Tiger
on January 23, 2008 at 11:10 pm21 abarclay12

I wish you well Extra P. My cousin still touches herself a little bit when she thinks of you, but we’re trying to get that corrected with medication. Anyhow, keep kicking ass with your writing.
on January 24, 2008 at 3:36 am22 Extra P.

Don’t hold the young lady back. She’s earned the right to worship me in her own special way.
on January 31, 2008 at 3:37 am23 nolachick

what the f? does this mean no more “college football players with porn-esque names” posts? Damn it!!
Looks like the terrorists will win after all!
on February 20, 2008 at 9:21 pm24 abarclay12

I love “distraught’s” comment.
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on March 1, 2008 at 7:56 am26 jofadx

hi wery good site
on March 31, 2008 at 4:27 am27 eDayStat

EP, I forgot long, long ago to post that I think this is the most awesome “goodbye” post ever. I’m a HUGE fan of MASH* and was a huge fan of your site as well. Keep up the good work elsewhere brother.