I know, it's been a while.

Basically, the big hold up with the move was getting all the old posts transferred... and I got as far back as Wrestlemania 22 predictions, which is a fairly big chunk. Unfortunately, while I saved the posts, the time and date information of posts back then wasn't saved... so I just made sure they were in the correct order. That's why you'll see posts just a minute apart on a lot of days and why there's Mania 22 predictions in July of last year.

A lot of the impetus behind this move is the fact that way back when when I started this blog, I had to think of a name suitable for the front part of the URL and ouroasis was taken. So I chose delphioo. I always regretted that because I don't like the way Delphi does business. It's run by petty dictators (probably compensating for a thing or two in real life) who's solution to valid problems with service being reported is to attack the person complaining until they shut up. Someday, we will move away from Delphi. Pretty much the only reason why we haven't already is basically the loss of our history... which might be unavoidable anyway. But on that day we're ready, history or not, Delphi, and a few people therein, will be told how and why they can kiss my ass.

When I said I saved all the entries for about a year, that does include all of the fairly recent controversial ones, despite temper tantrums and threats from those who couldn't bear to see the truth about themselves exposed. And frankly, the truth is that I could have been far more merciless had I wanted to. Instead, I've just stopped going to their blogs, and blocked off their e-mail addresses from contacting me. It's far more merciful... and quite a bit quieter.

But my only regret is that these things WERE true in the first place. I recently received the documentary Forever Hardcore for my birthday, and as said therein by Francine, nobody wants to have heat with anybody. That's no fun. I'd rather these people HAD BEEN really my friends, and HAD BEEN quality people like I thought they were. I wish they could all still be having fun in OO rather than on the outside looking in.

They weren't. And that's nobody's fault but theirs (even if some weren't able to control themselves due to mental instability). There's only one person in this whole to-do over the last three years that I had any blame in messing up that relationship, and through very hard work, and through the fact that she WAS a good person, I fixed it with her.

But for the future, this blog is going in a different direction. Anything I have to say personally will be going into my blog back on my home page at http://boffo.flactem.com/ (make your bookmarks now!)

This blog is going to be re-dedicated to being a blog for the community. As is, people already post plenty of newsbits and the like into OO, I'm going to try to push that they be posted into this blog too, such as Libby's entry from a while back here just below this one). The point of this blog is going to be that it's ALL of OO's public face. It'll be a way to bring the fun of OO to the people without losing the confidentiality or opening ourselves to trolling. Hopefully as well, those in OO who have blogs can feel free to bring topics discussed here into your own blogs to give your take on it. Just please remember to throw a plug back this way if you do it. This means you, two top blog writers in the world who just happen to be on staff here.

There are still good people out there. The community is going to continue to grow and thrive, even as other similarily dedicated communities have failed.

Long live OO.