Why doesn't Cecil post more often

[samclem]

@anson2995

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the Straight Dope columns haven’t appeared in the Chicago Reader for about five years.

I’m 99% certain you’re wrong. It’s in every weekly issue.

[samclem]

@anson2995

Even if we acknowledge that Cecil is a fictional character, it seems fair to ask why more new columns aren’t being generated. But anytime you ask a question about Cecil, the mods start to giggle among themselves and you can’t get a serious answer. Their zealous defense of the Cecil mythology obliterates any actual discussion. That seems to be the way they want it, and I suppose that’s their prerogative.

Because Cecil writes a weekly column for the Chicago Reader. He doesn’t do two, nor three, but one.

[Wendell_Wagner]

Here are the twelve newspapers that currently carry The Straight Dope:

http://www.straightdope.com/pages/newspapers

I suspect that what they pay Cecil isn’t enough to live on.

[Roadfood]

@Una_Persson

OK, I understand. FWIW I sometimes encourage him to post in threads. And here’s an important thing - although it may not seem as meaningful to the readers here as seeing him post, he reads the SDMB all the time, especially the Comments forums. Very often he mails me to point something out that someone said in a thread on here. I know without seeing him post it might seem like he doesn’t care, but you just have to take my word for it, he does read and pay attention, and he does care.

Given the history of the way staff members always find it necessary to play silly games about Cecil, everything any staff member says about him is completely unreliable. So I have absolutely no reason to believe that anything you say here has any basis in reality. You’re making it up, and yanking our chains, and having a good old time at our expense, just as you always do. Care? None of you care in the least.

[Indian]

Why is it difficult to understand that Una writes the columns (=does the research) and Ed peppers it with wit? It comes out so obvious in certain threads in CC.

[Cheshire_Human]

@indian

Why is it difficult to understand that Una writes the columns (=does the research) and Ed peppers it with wit? It comes out so obvious in certain threads in CC.

Ed peppers it with wit? That seems a stretch. Maybe they farm it out to Dave Barry?

[Dero_von_Hesse]

@Una_Persson

OK, I understand. FWIW I sometimes encourage him to post in threads. And here’s an important thing - although it may not seem as meaningful to the readers here as seeing him post, he reads the SDMB all the time, especially the Comments forums. Very often he mails me to point something out that someone said in a thread on here. I know without seeing him post it might seem like he doesn’t care, but you just have to take my word for it, he does read and pay attention, and he does care.

This sounds suspiciously like the Santa Clause/Jesus/toothfairy talk I had with my parents when I was a kid. :dubious:

[anson2995]

@Exapno_Mapcase

Is this true for the print edition? There’s a major banner link to the Dope on the online Chicago Reader site.

It links to this site.

At the Chicago Reader site, they’ve only posted one new Cecil column since 2007, and it’s a reprint of an earlier column.

That’s why I asked if his column still appeared in print… Samclem says yes, and I’ll take him at his word, even though he doesn’t live in Chicago.

[DesertDog]

@acsenray

Cecil is also a fictional character . . .

<Fingers in ears> Can’t hear you. La, la, la, la.

[Voyager]

@Roadfood

Given the history of the way staff members always find it necessary to play silly games about Cecil, everything any staff member says about him is completely unreliable. So I have absolutely no reason to believe that anything you say here has any basis in reality. You’re making it up, and yanking our chains, and having a good old time at our expense, just as you always do. Care? None of you care in the least.

How do we know there is a Cecil? What proof is there? Every time ignorance is fought, there is a Cecil. Every times a prayer for a cite is answered, it shows there is a Cecil. Every time there is a new column sent from heaven, it proves there is a Cecil. Every time we see a rainbow, we know there is a Cecil.
Whoops, wrong deity.
Damn atheists.

[Cartooniverse]

@Lynn_Bodoni

If you don’t already own jackboots, you’re not even considered for the position.

The riding crop and corset are completely optional, though.

Back on the AOL Boards, we heard he would issue a gas mask and suit of armor. Nice to see things have advanced a bit.

[PlainJain]

@Lynn_Bodoni

The riding crop and corset are completely optional, though.

Since Czarcasm already admitted he wears his maybe we could get a link to you wearing yours. I’m an equal opportunity appreciator.

[Randy_Seltzer]

Yeah, why doesn’t he come to the boards more often to answer questions like this?

@anson2995

That’s why I asked if his column still appeared in print… Samclem says yes, and I’ll take him at his word, even though he doesn’t live in Chicago.

I haven’t picked up a Chicago Reader in a long time; I prefer the Red Eye, and the CR is hard to find around my neighborhood. But two summers ago when I lived in a different part of Chicago, and worked in different job, I’d occasionally grab a CR, and I distinctly remember seeing the column in print at least once. For what it’s worth.

[Lynn_Bodoni]

@PlainJain

Since Czarcasm already admitted he wears his maybe we could get a link to you wearing yours. I’m an equal opportunity appreciator.

The corset is optional…so I don’t own or wear one. And I use a wooden spoon or my walking stick, not a riding crop.

[Czarcasm]

@Lynn_Bodoni

The corset is optional…so I don’t own or wear one. And I use a wooden spoon or my walking stick, not a riding crop.

[Agent J]You know the difference between you and me? I make this look GOOD.[/Agent J]

[PlainJain]

I bet you do, baby!

[Lynn_Bodoni]

@Czarcasm

[Agent J]You know the difference between you and me? I make this look GOOD.[/Agent J]

OK, how about this frilly, feathery red baby doll nightie? It’s sheer in most places, with a few strategically placed feather clusters.

[Czarcasm]

@Lynn_Bodoni

OK, how about this frilly, feathery red baby doll nightie? It’s sheer in most places, with a few strategically placed feather clusters.

Been there, done that…without the feathers.

[Lynn_Bodoni]

Now I want a link.

[bdgr]

@Wendell_Wagner

Here are the twelve newspapers that currently carry The Straight Dope:

http://www.straightdope.com/pages/newspapers

I suspect that what they pay Cecil isn’t enough to live on.

I write a column for an alternative weekly…a small column. If it were syndicated to a dozen papers I think I would be able to live on it easily.

As it is, I have to supliment with freelance work and photography.