It’s nearly 3 weeks after the event, I know – but this one kinda slipped by me… We all knew Blogorrah was pretty dead anyway (and some of us had stopped caring, to be honest), but now it looks like the site really is definitely gone for good…

Why? Well, the domain blogorrah.com expired on February 2nd at 2.13pm and wasn’t renewed by the famous celebrity obsessed bloggers with the caustic wit and unusual charm (… oh dear!), so was quickly snapped up by some cybersquatting company who are sitting on it and turned it into this:

Sad indeed…

It’s not just the final nail in the coffin, mind you … it’s the final flower placed at the gravestone after the last sod of dirt has been patted down, after a tonne of it has been thrown over the well varnished, well filled and fully nailed shut coffin, which has been lying six feet under for many a month. Or something like that, anyway…

Dear Blog,

Sorry buddy – I’ve been neglecting you. Had a mad busy/fun/intense couple of weeks. Back in good old Dundalk now.

Still, no excuse, eh?…

I’ll return to "active" blogging soon… In the meantime, let me just say…

A recent post on One for the Road says “good fucking riddance” to the disappearance of the Blogorrah website in a cheeky, well crafted and smart-arsed torrent of words. To be honest, it’s made me look at myself and wonder why I jumped on the bandwagon and lent my name to the "Bring back Blogorrah" campaign in the first place.

The "campaign" has lost momentum (probably because of the Blogorrah lads announcing it WOULD be back – and I’m not sure why I was happy to see that)… but now it (the "campaign", shows no more real signs of actually being alive than that very dead tree from Aldi planted in my back garden, which makes me wonder how much the other so-called "campaigners" really cared.

Here’s their new badge, courtesy of One for the Road:

Nice, huh?

Frankly, I never really followed or kept up with Blogorrah, and honestly, I never really found it entirely hilarious or all that entertaining, not being a fan of “goss and dross” about so-called celebrities/politicians/etc. As I said, I just jumped on the bandwagon at the last minute.

It was hardly the Weekly World News now, was it? (How sad were you REALLY when you heard about their demise?)

Perhaps someone can fill me in – I dunno – what IS so special about Blogorrah? Should I give a fuck? – and if so, WHY?

I’m off to read some Twenty Major, find another bandwagon and do my best to resist jumping onto it… – as for this "campaign" … count me out.

Stephen Boyce from Cork has a lot to say about a lot of things, including comedy, music, sport, bad driving, and the people he considers “fuckers”. Nice. Oh, and he’s the first signed up author on ShiteDrivers.com! \o/

Here’s an ocassionaly crude, occasionally hilarious commentary on music, media and culture in Ireland. One for the road. They’re not fans of Blogorrah or the current movement to bring it back and honestly- I’m starting to agree with them!

Rick O’Shea of 2FM fame and patron of Brainwave, the national Epilepsy association – he has a lot more to say than just what you hear on the air. Now also with added YouTubey goodness.

Can’t mention one without the other, I suppose. Ray Foley’s blog is sometimes entertaining, sometimes funny, sometimes self-indulgent, sometimes full of shite. But hey, you could say the same about my own (or just about anyone’s) blog! Definitely worth the odd look. His radio show’s pretty good though.

The ‘Swearing Lady’ from the Arse End of Ireland has her views on Ireland, celebrity, politics, culture, music, and so on – which she delivers with a brilliantly caustic wit.

Coming directly from Belfast, Letter to America is a well presented comedy video podcast which is well worth checking out.

Mark Webster – he’s linked to me, I’ll link to him. He likes technology, and is the IT Advertising Manager for the Sunday Business post, where he runs their Computers in Business blog.