# Teemings #14 : "Dry Bones" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324 "2002-12-08T17:43:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/1 "2002-12-08T17:43:53Z")
[Teemings #14 : “Dry Bones”](http://www.teemings.com/issue14/index.html) is now online and avaiable for your perusal. Sadly, unless there is some great oublic outcry, this will be the final issue of Teemings. Submissions have pretty well dried up, we don’t really get any appreciable feedback on what we’re doing, and it’s just getting too frustrating trying to get everything together to get it out on time. I think we’ve had a good run, though and I’m proud of what we’ve been able to put together. To everyone who ever had a hand in putting this thing together, you have my utmost thanks for getting us along this far. ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/2 "2002-12-08T23:50:05Z")
Noooooooooooooo! Please noooooooo! I read it each time it comes out. It kills some time. It makes me laugh. Today it nearly made me cry. Noooooooooooo! Put out a request for people to submit. Do all 20,000 members of the board know it’s there (apart from an ocassional post reminding member to submit)? There are more then enough witty posters out there to keep this going. Ask, scrounge, beg, borrow, steal (ok, maybe not steal). Nooooooooooo! Don’t take my enjoyment away. Please. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/3 "2002-12-08T23:56:49Z")
Say, if you get enough submissions for at least one more issue, would you consider a photo-essay or somesuch (submitted by me)? If so, count me in. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/4 "2002-12-09T00:00:50Z")
☹ I liked Teemings. I’m not a good enough writer to submit anything, but it was still nice to read. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/5 "2002-12-09T00:02:29Z")
Dogzilla’s piece was especially nice. Great job, Dogzilla. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/6 "2002-12-09T00:04:00Z")
You could always forget the deadline, and throw together an issue whenever you had enough stuff. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/7 "2002-12-09T13:14:24Z")
Well, dang - just when I was enjoying the heady excitement of seeing my story there, thinking I might start writing again… But I can imagine it’s a ton of work. And I suppose you have a life away from the computer and all that. Still, I enjoy reading Teemings, even tho I don’t provide feedback. And if it dies, I’ll be sorry to see it go. \ ---
**Author:** ![Bubba\_Ray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bubba\_Ray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubba_Ray)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/8 "2002-12-09T17:00:06Z")
I would be sad to see it go, I only submitted one article… always wanted to send in more but lack a good proofreader to make my stuff printable. Still I read every issue, it always has been good work. ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/9 "2002-12-09T18:16:32Z")
FCM, I enjoyed your piece as well. It was evocative and bittersweet. Plus I learned a new way to eat Oreos. How good! ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/10 "2002-12-09T18:25:26Z")
Just finished **Scylla** ’s submission… Way to go, big guy! Thanks for motivating me to run on an otherwise craptacular day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/11 "2002-12-09T18:33:46Z")
And **Dogzilla** , you rock. Give Hurshell some scratches for me. ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/12 "2002-12-09T18:47:19Z")
**FCM** , sweet story… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/13 "2002-12-09T19:00:22Z")
Thanks, **essvee** and **GfH**. That is, in fact, how my husband eats oreos - all sandwich cookies, in fact. Now the Perfect Child[sup]TM[/sup] does it too. I live with two weird people… ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/14 "2002-12-09T20:25:54Z")
Consider this post a small public outcry. I think **essvee** ’s suggestion is a good one. I wouldn’t mind having the issues come out irregularly, as long as I get to read them. I’d understand if it was just too much work to keep it going, but I’d be sad to see it go, too. I think everyone who contributed to this issue did a great job. Thanks for sharing your talent! ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/15 "2002-12-09T22:48:13Z")
Goddamn it. I just shook all the rust off my rusty writing tools, wrote something that people actually read (and evidently liked – thanks dopers, for your kind words) and guess what? No more opportunities for Dogzilla to get more clips in teemings. Now I’m just pissed off. That sucks. Hurshell’s going to be disappointed as well. ::wanders off muttering about finding new venues for dog essays:: Great. Ya think “Dog Fancy” pays freelance writers? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/16 "2002-12-09T23:28:05Z")
I’ve never really looked at this before… I just realized that. I probably vaguely knew about it but I don’t ever recall reading this. I agree with not worrying about the deadlines and just putting up whenever you have enough stuff. I think I shall dig out some of my writings (the ones I have with me… I have more but they are all packed away in another house) and submit. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/17 "2002-12-10T13:39:12Z")
“Submissions have dried up…” Hmmm. I guess that explains why my submissions were accepted then. Lack of competition. Well, if you want to win, pick a race that no one else is running. I’m sorry to see _Teemings_ die. For me it was an outlet for pent up creativity. I suppose if I’m inspired to put pen to paper, I could always post in MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/18 "2002-12-11T00:53:28Z")
Any chance of special Teemings issues, when enough submissions are gathered? I’d hate to see it go the way of _Collier’s_ and the _Saturday Evening Post._ ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/19 "2002-12-11T02:46:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus \* > \*\*[Teemings #14 : “Dry Bones”](http://www.teemings.com/issue14/index.html) is now online and avaiable for your perusal. > > Sadly, unless there is some great oublic outcry, this will be the final issue of Teemings.\<\\>\*\* How much is a great outcry? A couple of hundred responses or are we getting close Euty? I’ve always been intimidated by the potential editorial responses I may get if I submit anything, so I haven’t. Are the editors really demanding and change every second line you write, or does your stuff generally make it through unscathed? If unscathed, then I might submit next time. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324/20 "2002-12-11T13:34:24Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve always been intimidated by the potential editorial responses I may get if I submit anything, so I haven’t. > Are the editors really demanding and change every second line you write, or does your stuff generally make it through unscathed? If unscathed, then I might submit next time. I can only speak from my experience **Caught@Work** , but my stuff was published just as I submitted it. After submitting an entry and not hearing anything back, I asked **Euty** if that meant it had been rejected. His response was “Normally when we receive something that we KNOW we’re never going to use, we’ll notify the submitter right away. If you don’t get a form e-mail full of insults and bile, you can be pretty sure that we’ve put it on the stack for publication.” I’m pretty sure he was kidding about the insults and bile part. (grin) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teemings-14-dry-bones/141324.md?page=2)