Most of us are just posting to the new group these days. On Dec 11, 2007 12:12 AM, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Weingartenchatters began its slow, painful downward spiral toward an > untimely death in the spring of 2007, when its inspiration and > figurehead, the inimitable Gene Weingarten, went on hiatus for several > months. Like when writers go on strike, the fans had nothing to talk > about in the yahoo group, so the board became progressively more > sparce. With no weekly chat to boost the morale of his thousands of > fans, the weingartenchatters yahoo group languished, barely surviving > on a few posts a week. As the year moved toward its inevitable end, > these token posts became fewer and farther between, until finally, in > the waning days of 2007, there were no more posts at all. It was as > though lethargy or inertia (or something) had wiped out the entire > population of weingartenchatters, even with the robust return of Mr. > Weingarten's chat sessions, or bull sessions, as some secretly called > them. The weingartenchatters group boasted several hundred members, > predominantly hailing from the nation's capital, home of Gene himself, > but many from far-flung states and nations. Several notable > personalities were known to participate in, or at least read the > transcript of, the weekly chat sessions, including prominent > cartoonists (one of Mr. Weingarten's passions), and fellow employees > of the Washington Post including the Empress of the equally esteemed > Style Invitational. Gene has professed personal acquaintance with the > Czar of the Style Invitational, the Empress's predecessor. While the > Tuesday discussions will continue, the weingartenchatters yahoo group > may be DOA unless it is resuscitated soon. RIP. > > > >
