The Columnist Manifesto

Project Bozzo came to an end when Marginal Utility reached "large mammal" status and became the 130-somethingth ranked blog in the TTLB ecosystem. I topped out at "adorable rodent," or as the TTLB ecosystem puts it, "I'm a adorable rodent." (Couldn't this sophisticated web search enterprise have created some code that would change it to "I'm an adorable rodent"?)

Anyway, since links counted by TTLB expire over time, there will be an inevitable reversal of the evolutionary climb absent some effort to refresh the links. Bozzo has already slipped back to "maruading marsupial." Any day now I will find my self reduced to "slithering reptile" or "crawly amphibian."

I'm reminded of Flowers for Algernon ("Charley," in the movie version), the sci-fi story in which a developmentally disabled man takes some medication that raises his IQ to Mensa levels. His hot mensa-level doctor falls in love with him. Only the medicine wears off, and he pathetically slips back to his former low-IQ self.

I suppose all of you who adored me because I was an adorable rodent won't love me anymore...

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Oh, what the heck. Here's one more just for old time's sake:
Bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo Bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzo bozzobozzoAssuredly, a frivolous use of time. But, it was fun looking at the Early Bozzo archives. Now, alas, it's back to drudgery.

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