# Taking a break from the board **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 20, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923 "2014-10-20T15:35:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/41 "2014-10-20T23:48:47Z")
Write the hell out of that book. I’ll miss you. Don’t forget to come back. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/42 "2014-10-20T23:57:37Z")
Whoa! (I think I mean that 2 ways.) _Au revoir_, **Marley**. Was just lurking during the famous banning. Catch you next time. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/43 "2014-10-21T00:30:50Z")
Take care! ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/44 "2014-10-21T00:37:52Z")
" This one time at banned camp… " :D. Since you proposed to her in Washington Square Park, why not have the wedding there too and turn it into a Dopefest? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/45 "2014-10-21T02:40:30Z")
So…you’re really Rico, 'eh? Best wishes with the book! We’ll try to manage the crazies while you are gone. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/46 "2014-10-21T04:14:54Z")
23 Skee-Doo! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/47 "2014-10-21T04:17:33Z")
Good bye!!! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/48 "2014-10-21T04:26:41Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > A nature preserve in Thailand as experienced by the people and animals there. It’s about all the ways humans’ and animals’ journeys intersect and what they can mean to each other. If you need any advice on critters let me know.😉 Buena suerte and hasta luego, compa. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/49 "2014-10-21T05:28:55Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The night was. . . …banny. Good luck **M23.** ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/50 "2014-10-21T05:59:49Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > The night was. . . … dark and stormy, the air was full of rain. The Mod went on sabbatical, but he’ll be back again. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/51 "2014-10-21T06:07:04Z")
Sorry to see you go, **Marley**. Best of luck with everything. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/52 "2014-10-21T11:43:04Z")
Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/53 "2014-10-21T13:56:53Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I have a novel I’ve been working on for a while and I’ve definitely been using the SDMB to distract myself from the tough parts of that task. If I ever want to finish this thing I can’t do that anymore. **Marley** , you Rock and you know it! While you are gone we are all going to miss you, but I wouldn’t be any kind of a decent human being if I didn’t want you to write the very best version of your novel that you can. Good Luck! (…and when you come back, if you can, please tell us all about it?) Until Then… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/54 "2014-10-22T02:54:10Z")
A novel? Dude, the novel is dead. You can say the same thing with a couple of tweets. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/55 "2014-10-22T16:27:09Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > It’s about this spunky quadriplegic girl in a wheelchair… Mmmmmm… 'K. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Pedant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@Chief\_Pedant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Pedant)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/56 "2014-10-23T00:56:30Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > At times lately I’ve been kind of short-tempered with other posters… I will consider letting it go this time… Perhaps the SDMB will survive until such time as you return to scold me again. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/57 "2014-11-09T20:42:30Z")
Aw, man. Good luck with the book. > [@Chefguy](#): > > The night was. . . … sunny and bright. It was Alaska in summer. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/58 "2014-11-10T01:59:44Z")
Moist ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/59 "2014-11-10T02:19:46Z")
> [@AncientHumanoid](#): > > Moist “Of all my nights, 'tis the moist ones that plague me still.” ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923/60 "2014-11-10T03:15:19Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > For the first time in a very long time I need to take a long break from posting here. I have a novel I’ve been working on for a while and I’ve definitely been using the SDMB to distract myself from the tough parts of that task. If I ever want to finish this thing I can’t do that anymore. At times lately I’ve been kind of short-tempered with other posters because I knew I needed to do this but wasn’t ready to take this step. I think I have something that could be really great here and I have to find out what I can make it with a 100% effort. The only way to make it work is to cut out as many distractions as I can, so I don’t plan to post again at least until that’s finished. My ban ‘record’ will stay in the low five figures, at least for now. I’ll still be working with the mods behind the scenes when time permits and I’ll still be reachable by email. I would say it’s been a pleasure, but I wouldn’t have put so much time into this place if it hadn’t been. Thanks for everything. Best wishes, come back, bring pie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-board/701923.md?page=4)