from the obituaries:


The Blogobeef between the Blogfather Tony Pierce and an up and coming young blogger named Mo was a small misunderstanding that led to an ugly online exchange of blogger chestpounding over the span of two days in July. It was thankfully shortlived, due the mutual respect that both Pierce and Mo have for each other.

The beef began with this post by Tony, who also made comments that directed the post towards both Mo and DB Hayes of Frozen Toothpaste fame.

Mo and DB wrongly interpreted the comments as personal insults, and fired back with posts here and here.

The responses led to another series of nasty comments from all parties, and expanding to others such as malatron, boys wear pants, and shane nickerson.

At this point, Mo realized the absurdity of the entire situation and was moved to apologize and end the beef. He then sent a heart-felt email to the Blogfather, which said, among other things:

if it's respect you want, sir, than it's respect you shall have. I owe you at least that much for everything you have done for me. Your link shall go high, in the utmost place of respect, and have a clever line to go along with it. I might even think of it myself.

To which Tony replied with the email posted yesterday.

Since then, Tony and Mo have exchanged more emails, further clarifying the situation. Pierce's only goal was for those who respect the Busblog to give credit where credit is due, while Mo simply did not want his contributions to the blogosphere diminished on account of his influences.

In gracious acts of respect, Mo changed the Busblog link to high atop the sidebar, while Tony placed Volume 2 high atop his "todays specials."

In conclusion, for the main parties involved, the Blogobeef has thankfully passed away. In paying last respects, readers should stop taking sides, and go on reading both the Busblog and Volume2 as enthusiastically as ever.

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