tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post8745555124176493499..comments2024-03-05T19:50:31.497-08:00Comments on World O' Crap: Remembrance of Doghouse Rileys PastScotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-87435283229350070622014-08-06T22:15:57.320-07:002014-08-06T22:15:57.320-07:00Doghouse is, indeed, dearly missed & will neve...Doghouse is, indeed, dearly missed & will never be reproduced. We could never get that lucky.<br /><br />I have nothing left in my brain that would even be worthy of paying a paean to Doghouse, thus I leave it to the literally-skilled among us to do it a billion times better than I ever could, as y'all have already done.<br /><br />Mary & Scott, I hope that y'all got my sympathy/commiseration e-mails.<br /><br />Love to all, and all respect to the one & only Doghouse Riley.<br /><br />XOXOXO<br />L,<br />AnntiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-24514146812902271462014-08-05T15:52:28.923-07:002014-08-05T15:52:28.923-07:00Thanks, Scott.
Doghouse is my favorite writer of ...Thanks, Scott.<br /><br />Doghouse is my favorite writer of the 21st Century.Ikonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-48492226180732702822014-07-29T08:29:45.584-07:002014-07-29T08:29:45.584-07:00Helmut, me too. I have nothing new or interesting ...Helmut, me too. I have nothing new or interesting to say about the genius that was Doghouse but felt I must add my voice to the chorus of those who miss his work daily.<br />I wasn't sure where Indiana was when I began reading Doghouse, but I soon became deeply invested in its gubernatorial politics.<br />He is sadly missed.<br />SuezbooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-51013125365039498592014-07-29T07:17:02.438-07:002014-07-29T07:17:02.438-07:00Thanks for writing this. I miss Doghouse every da...Thanks for writing this. I miss Doghouse every day when I look at my bookmarks, where 'Bats left/Throws right' is still prominently featured. Helmut Monotremehttp://ihavestrongopinions.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-6434049476823368672014-07-28T09:26:01.069-07:002014-07-28T09:26:01.069-07:00Thanks for the reminder of why he was so vital to ...Thanks for the reminder of why he was so vital to Blogtopia (thanks, Skippy!)<br /><br />And is it dusty in here suddenly?Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664920037425489644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-67919754525998688682014-07-28T08:38:08.866-07:002014-07-28T08:38:08.866-07:00A very nice bit o' work, Scott, thanks for tha...A very nice bit o' work, Scott, thanks for that.<br /><br />I'm pretty sure Riley'd have something blisteringly funny to say about the news that Sarah Palin is launching a pay-teevee Sarah Channel, all-Sarah-all-the-time, where for $100 a year you get to hear a drunken bimbo share the voices in her head with you.<br /><br />Or maybe it's just as well he's not here to see it. RIP Doghouse, I miss you.Chris Vosburgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-32313748702303221052014-07-28T07:48:05.608-07:002014-07-28T07:48:05.608-07:00I was really looking forward to his skewing the Pe...I was really looking forward to his skewing the Pence administration in Indiana, alas..Woodrowfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-44858835342843579382014-07-28T05:35:34.876-07:002014-07-28T05:35:34.876-07:00Maybe we could all chip in and buy a monkey's ...Maybe we could all chip in and buy a monkey's paw on eBay and bring him back? A zombie Riley would be a better writer than a "living" Pantload.Jim Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04140325442403671800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-39331710899603427112014-07-27T20:09:48.969-07:002014-07-27T20:09:48.969-07:00Then it hit me: it wasn't that he wasn't b...<i>Then it hit me: it wasn't that he wasn't being read, it was that when he decided to give a subject his full attention, he said what needed to be said.</i><br /><br />Exactly. As I said over at <a href="http://www.thrillingdaysofyesteryear.blogspot.com/2013/07/bats-leftthrows-rightcries-little.html" rel="nofollow">Ivan's place</a>, commenting on a subject after Doghouse had sunk his teeth into it felt a bit like running onto the field after the Super Bowl and playing a game of flag football.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02798340582589737829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-75210527947514372052014-07-27T16:37:57.015-07:002014-07-27T16:37:57.015-07:00Since I've already embarassed myself by double...Since I've already embarassed myself by double-commenting, I don't see the point in shying away from block-quoting. Scott has done fine work collecting these comments (comments! These are just the guy riffing!), but I just had to share one of my favorites:<br /><br />http://doghouseriley.blogspot.com/2008/12/2008-worst-year-ever-or-just-in-last.html<br /><br />Kordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567628870354015474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-61081945068342934512014-07-27T14:06:25.550-07:002014-07-27T14:06:25.550-07:00Thank you a dozen times and more, Scott, for this....Thank you a dozen times and more, Scott, for this. What a tireless champ of humanity he was. I started reading his blog pretty late in the game, and don't remember any of these great comment exerpts, but they are prime, tough, funny, nimble-minded, badass-goodsouled Doghouse.<br /><br />I used to feel that the only possible cosmic excuse for the columns of Brooks/Douthat were what he used to do with/to them.<br /><br />I used also to read his sulphurously righteous posts about Indiana politics and the Indianapolis public school system (I hope his wife is doing all right) in an effort to learn what a local activist conscience sounds like. I didn't really understand half the background to the issues he held forth about, but it was wonderfully educational. Remember his topic headings? "Midwestern States Ruled by Surly Megalomaniacs with Napoleonic Complexes". "White People in the News". "Luddite on Aisle Four". "That'll Be With Lube, and Thanks for Asking". <br /><br />We still need you, Doghouse.Li'l Innocenthttp://ladysmantle.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-30937290967780705582014-07-27T13:42:08.747-07:002014-07-27T13:42:08.747-07:00Please forgive the typos; I'm still crying whi...Please forgive the typos; I'm still crying while I write (yes, guys can cry, too; I also bawl at The Lion King, so shut up)<br /> I always marvelled at the lack of comments Riley's posts collected. I thought it meant he wasn't being read; a situation I tried to fix by broadwaving his work to everyone I knew. Atrios, Digby, Roy Edroso...these invaluable writers have comment threads Voltaire himself would be impressed by. <br /> Then it hit me: it wasn't that he wasn't being read, it was that when he decided to give a subject his full attention, he said what needed to be said. You could use his prose to teach a English Composition class, but you'd run the risk of discouraging potential writers by showing them the standard they have to live up to. <br /> Goddamnit, I miss the man. I wish I'd had the chance to buy him a beer. It warms my heart to know so many other people miss him, too (Weird Dave, I love ya, bro)Kordohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567628870354015474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-81090944266095742232014-07-27T13:06:23.322-07:002014-07-27T13:06:23.322-07:00[H]e was more than brilliant, he was a really good...<i>[H]e was more than brilliant, he was a really good person</i><br /><br />That's about the finest epitaph anyone could desire. And I agree with it, totally. Damn, how I miss that guy.grouchomarxistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-44033811725881961742014-07-27T12:12:56.082-07:002014-07-27T12:12:56.082-07:00Thanks for assembling that, Scott. It make me laug...Thanks for assembling that, Scott. It make me laugh. It made me get teary to think about what we have lost. It made me smarter just by reading it. Truly, he is one of the good dead ones. I just wish I believed in reincarnation, because there are wingnuts being hatched every day that I wish Doghouse could take on. And, best of all, he was more than brilliant, he was a really good person.Sherinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-81453650404595627692014-07-27T10:27:31.301-07:002014-07-27T10:27:31.301-07:00Thank you. I was hoping someone would mark the ann...Thank you. I was hoping someone would mark the anniversary and this was a gift. Anyone unfamiliar with Doghouse's talents would find it hard to believe these gems just came from comments threads. With such fluency, knowledge, and wit, I was always surprised he didn't have his own author page on Amazon.R. Porrofattonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-57392606598785175442014-07-27T09:23:50.319-07:002014-07-27T09:23:50.319-07:00I know I've said something like this before bu...I know I've said something like this before but the fact that David Brooks still has a column for the New York Times while Mr. Riley was taken from us far to soon is, to me, good evidence that in this world there is neither justice nor a loving God.Weird Davenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-52094060285754257532014-07-27T08:24:50.386-07:002014-07-27T08:24:50.386-07:00Same thing happened to decent pot smoking in the 7...<i>Same thing happened to decent pot smoking in the 70s, when the Thai stick and Primo Bud morons moved in.</i><br /><br />Heh.<br /><br />P.S. A <a href="http://doghouseriley.blogspot.com/2011/03/and-may-god-bless.html" rel="nofollow">totally unbiased selection of mine</a>.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1776456473941522431.post-14351059572638171852014-07-27T05:56:58.097-07:002014-07-27T05:56:58.097-07:00There was only one Doghouse Riley, dammit!There was only one Doghouse Riley, dammit!Fearguthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424358658004747702noreply@blogger.com