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The EduClaytion Funeral
Getting laid to rest like this original blog mugshot
Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the end of an era. Last Friday, eduClaytion took some time to say goodbye to you. Now it’s time for you to say goodbye to eduClaytion. Yes, it’s a bit of a somber day to be sure as we bid farewell to a dear friend. But let’s celebrate the good times like Kool and the Gang.
You know, it’s almost like eduClaytion–a brand that was born exactly one decade ago–has been a part of me for all these years. We are not mourning a loss but rather celebrating something that brought so much joy and love to so many.
A variety of some of the greatest bloggers and people around the internet today have offered their talents and time to pay tribute on this grave occlaysion. There has never been an event like this in the history of the internet. Boom. Eat your heart out Bill Gates. What? You’re here? That’s right Bill Gates, cuz it’s that big.
Knox McCoy, the Tennessee Tenderfoot himself, is here to serve as honorary officiant and start us off with a rhapsodic introduction.
The Blessing
Dearly beloved of the internet and beyond, we are gathered here today to remember a website that while it was torn all too early from our computer screens, will forever live on in the hearts and minds of those who came into contact with it.
Educlaytion.com was a brilliant website with a bright future, a sunny disposition and an ability to never meet a stranger. My most favorite memory of Educlaytion.com is that one night we were looking for a Blockbuster Video and ended up at an underground Pittsburgh Fight Club with a group of Japanese businessmen from Kyoto – and we all ended up eating breakfast together and becoming Facebook friends. That was classic Educlaytion.com.
Educlaytion.com was a lover of movies. Educlaytion.com was an adventurer. Educlaytion.com had a hellacious left hook. And Educlaytion.com was my friend. Educlaytion.com was a friend to all of us. Go now, peacefully and gently into that good night, Educlaytion.com, until we are to meet again.
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Today’s first video eulogy is from Jared Hollier who wishes to pay tribute through song, an interpretive dance really.
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Ironic Mom Leanne Shirtliffe
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Chad Gibbs, Jessie Cribbins, Piper Bayard, Renée Schuls-Jacobson, Chase McFadden
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Arty Arnold wrote an obit that was too good to miss.
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*Thanks to Kelly Kay for the great epitaph!
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Tell everyone what a great job they did and don’t forget to sign the guest book!*
*The guest book looks exactly like the comments section.
On Twitter #eduClaytionFuneral
EduClaytion Says Goodbye…
Now that I’ve announced the fact that eduClaytion is going away and why, it’s time to commence official ceremonies for this celebration of bloggy life.
Like any other departure, let’s start with the death announcement–hosted today by Leanne Shirtliffe–before we proceed.
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Knox McCoy once asked me what movie quote I would put on my tombstone. I said I would go with Morgan Freeman’s line from The Shawshank Redemption: Get busy living or get busy dying. Continue Reading…
The Death of EduClaytion, Part 2 [Ft. Jeff Goins]
I know I stunned the world yesterday (or at least surprised 37 people) by announcing that eduClaytion is going to die. I really appreciate so many people stopping by to read and leave some thoughts. I’m going to carve your initials in my locker today just to show how much you mean to me.
I have some fun funeral festivities in the works for the next couple weeks but wanted to take a minute today to write one last “normal” post. Mostly, I want to explain a bit of where this decision came from and what this man has to do with it.
Jeff Goins has been rampagin' ya'll
In a way, the decision to end eduClaytion came out of nowhere. I certainly never expected this when I launched a new version of this site at the end of February. At the same time I launched Clay-Morgan.com (which is also going away) because I thought I had some things figured out.
But sometimes you need to take a few steps in the best looking direction so you can get off the path you’ve been on and see an even better route to where you want to go. When I finally arrived at this decision to kill my site, I knew the plan was necessary and good. Continue Reading…
The Death of EduClaytion, Part I
I used to LOVE watching The Incredible Hulk on television when I was a kid. I remember Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno as the great green duo. I spent many autumn days as a boy marching into the woods in one of my over sized flannel shirts and pretending that I was David Banner (not Bruce because I didn’t have the comics). The ground would be soft and the trees were at that brittle stage where a kick could obliterate the branches into piles of splintered bark.
Hulk smash.
I jumped for joy when I learned that they were making TV movies of the character in the late 80s. The Incredible Hulk Returns introduced me to Thor, and I became an instant fan of his character also. Pretty comical to think of those cheesy, old network movies following the record-setting weekend of the new Avengers movie (which is absolutely as great as everyone keeps saying).
A year later, we were treated to The Trial of the Incredible Hulk* and my favorite comic book character Daredevil (who I DID collect a great deal of). I still have the VHS tape I made of that movie and watched many times in subsequent years.
Then another year passed and yet another TV Hulk movie was scheduled. But that third one carried the impossible title–Death of the Incredible Hulk. It had to be a trick, I thought, some kind of publicity ploy to invoke emotion and ratings. A pit expanded in my stomach as the story unfolded. I had seen the commercials. Would they really do it? Would they really kill my Hulk?
That night felt darker than most, and when the green monster fell from that plane my upcoming 13th birthday loomed larger than his massive arms. First they kick you off the children’s menus, then they kill the Hulk. The murder of my childhood was almost complete. Continue Reading…
Interview Buffet
I know it’s been awfully quiet around these here bloggy parts lately, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been bored.
I’ve actually been traveling more weekends than not this year. Some of those events will have significant long-term consequences as ye shall see soon enough. In fact, one of those announcements will signal a change in the internet forever.
But for now, howz about I show you some of what I’ve been up to as I cheat on eduClaytion with some other interwebz hangoutz.
My first featured article for CBN Entertainment appeared the other day. Always exciting to get on such a well-read site. I may not know much about much, but I wrote about something I do know–How to Prepare for Summer Music Festivals.
Speaking of music festivals, I was back at Purple Door recently and spent some time with a few of my favorite guys in all of music. Here are some links for ya:
- Soul Glow Activatur and Na-Daddy of Family Force 5
- Tim Skipper from House of Heroes
- The guys from Ocean Is Theory
Nice warmup to what will hopefully be a hopping summer of music activity. More on that much later, like after a world-crushing May in which I make yet another major bloggish announcement.
You won’t believe what’s going to happen next.
I’m A Psycho At The Asylum
Not sure if you’ve heard or not, but the HOTTEST new website in the galaxy is called TV Asylum.
In addition to being a safe place for the television obsessed, it’s also the internet love child of Knox McCoy and Tyler Stanton who are super swell.
I especially love TV Asylum because not only is it acceptable to reference 25 year old television sitcoms; it’s celebrated. Mr. Belvedere, Dwayne Wayne, and TGIF are recognized as part of our national heritage. As someone who burned out on politics a couple years back, I’d much rather debate topics like Is Jeff Winger the Evolutionary Zach Morris? much more than which presidential candidate’s campaign promises are more misleading.
So I’m happy to tell you about my latest post which appears at TV Asylum about what makes Psych my favorite show on the telly. I hope you’ll check it out, and snoop around a bit while you’re there.
The Things Excellent Adventure: A Photo Essay
Some of you may have caught my post the other day about Leanne’s Things at Killer Tribes. Well, I had them for more than just the conference. What follows are pics from their Excellent Adventure continued, this time with eduClaytion.
We started off in the only place that made sense–at college with Professor Morgan.
You know the Things had to get eduClayted
I always fall asleep on textbooks too
At university
Heinz Field, home of the Steelers, from classroom window
Of course, I spend lots of time making trips all over the place, so we hit the road for Nashville, Tennessee. On the way home a large sign in Cave City, Kentucky caught our eye. We stopped for a photo shoot that would make Boss Hogg gristle with glee. Continue Reading…
