So long, farewell (for now)
Posted: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:00 AM by Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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Grab bag
No one knew how to leave a party like the children Von Trapp:
So long, farewell, Au revoir, auf wiedersehen,
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
LIESL: Yes?
BARON VON TRAPP: No!
I've got to follow the Von Trapp kids' lead. I'm heading out on maternity leave until 2008, but I'll be leaving Test Pattern in very good hands. My colleagues in the entertainment department will be sharing the blog while I'm gone, and I know they'll bring an entertaining diversity of opinion, commentary, gossip, and random goofy linkage to the site.
I've had a blast with Test Pattern so far, and hope you've enjoyed reading it. The commercial contest is always a hoot, especially when applied directly to your forehead (Ad I'm currently loving: The beer commercial where the axe-wielding hitchhiker doesn't want them to pick up the chainsaw-carrying hitchhiker.)
Some of the misheard lyrics we discussed have now replaced the real lyrics to certain songs in my head. (I am convinced "I am a lineman for the Cowboys" is a much better line than Glen Campbell's "I am a lineman for the county...")
Many of you told me that Multi-link Monday helped you ease into your work week, with its random quizzes, online games, and bizarre links. And we've also discussed goofs in movies, "For Better or For Worse," the Aqua Teens shutting down Boston, the intricacies of "Lost," Super Bowl ads, and much more.
Looking for more blogs? You can't go wrong with any of the sites in my links box at right. Plus, MSNBC's Ads of the Weird blog (updated every Tuesday) keeps up the crazy commercial commentary year round; Will Femia's Clicked is not unlike Multi-link Monday in its randomness; and my office neighbor Alan Boyle keeps tabs on the world of space and science in his Cosmic Log. If you want to keep up with me, I have a personal Weblog, Pop Culture Junk Mail.
And if I'm going to start this entry with a pop-culture quote, I'd better end with one, too. What's that Arnold said so famously? "I'll be bahhck."
