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Again, Welcome Back

by John Cole|  May 30, 20225:02 am| 39 Comments

This post is in: Balloon Juice, Open Threads

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I’m about to hit the hay, so unless one of the other front pagers checks in, a lot of y’all are gonna be stuck in moderation for a short stretch.  Hopefully some of you will have the good sense to think about your sins during your time in purgatory, but I am sure most of you won’t (I’m looking at you Baud and Omnes).  Regardless,  Anne Laurie or someone else will spring you soon enough and you’ll about your busy schedule of mucking up the now pristine comments sections.

Other than that, welcome back, and we missed you. Good night.

Welcome to the New Old New Balloon Juice

 

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  1. 1.

    John Revolta

    May 30, 2022 at 1:05 am

    First!*

    *Second post. But still…. first First!

  2. 2.

    Ben Cisco

    May 30, 2022 at 1:06 am

    BWAHAAHAA.

  3. 3.

    Mj_Oregon

    May 30, 2022 at 1:08 am

    Excellent work by all involved!  Welcome back!

  4. 4.

    mrmoshpotato

    May 30, 2022 at 1:13 am

    Goodness gracious great gherkins of Aldi!

    Thanks to everyone who’s getting the site back on its feet!

    And I REALLY hope the archive isn’t lost.

  5. 5.

    mvr

    May 30, 2022 at 1:16 am

    Always wanted to check out purgatory.

  6. 6.

    NotMax

    May 30, 2022 at 1:27 am

    But- but- we were promised Tuesday!

    Can’t trust anythin’ you read on the intertubez. grumble grumble

    //

  7. 7.

    Omnes Omnibus

    May 30, 2022 at 1:27 am

    What sins?

  8. 8.

    NotMax

    May 30, 2022 at 1:29 am

    ‘@John Revolta

    First Frist!

    :)

  9. 9.

    suilebhan

    May 30, 2022 at 1:43 am

    My Balloon Juice withdrawal is over.  Thank you!  Thank you!   Ready to get juiced.

  10. 10.

    Jean

    May 30, 2022 at 1:54 am

    I can hardly believe it.  Yay!

  11. 11.

    scav

    May 30, 2022 at 1:57 am

    This’ll undoubtedly be the single and unique opportunity I’ll ever have to be among the admitted chosen.  No way I’m making it into the annotated index of Purgatorio and even Limbo is a long shot.  Might as well make the most of it.

  12. 12.

    Anne Laurie

    May 30, 2022 at 1:59 am

    Cole — I’m locked out of the Dashboard, and I’m pretty sure it’s YOUR FAULT!

    (Commentors:  If there’s no Covid update overnight, that’s why.)

  13. 13.

    Montanareddog

    May 30, 2022 at 2:01 am

    Glad to see the old site back and thank you to the front pagers for the amazing amount of work to get it done

  14. 14.

    opiejeanne

    May 30, 2022 at 2:06 am

    Good to see this place again. Thanks to everyone who helped bring it back

  15. 15.

    HumboldtBlue

    May 30, 2022 at 2:11 am

    This is a weird space, man.

  16. 16.

    John Revolta

    May 30, 2022 at 2:12 am

    @NotMax: FREEBIRD!!1!!!11!

  17. 17.

    NotMax

    May 30, 2022 at 2:13 am

    First repeat from downstairs.

    A touch of music appropriate to the occasion.

    ;)

  18. 18.

    A woman from anywhere (formerly Mohagan)

    May 30, 2022 at 2:25 am

    It’s really good to have the site again.  Thank you John, and a HUGE thank you to Water Girl!!

  19. 19.

    Origuy

    May 30, 2022 at 2:34 am

    Overnight news of the weird:

    Mona Lisa Painting Gets Caked By Man Disguised As Elderly Woman in Wheelchair

  20. 20.

    Ghost of Joe Liebling*s Dog

    May 30, 2022 at 2:51 am

    It’s very nice to see familiar nyms again!

  21. 21.

    ghost cat

    May 30, 2022 at 2:51 am

    Yay!!! Thanks John & WaterGirl & everyone else who helped!

    As for “the unpleasantness,” has Steve improved his hacking skills lately? Has he seemed happier in the last 2 weeks? Is it possible that this whole depressing episode has been Steve’s Revenge?

  22. 22.

    206inKY

    May 30, 2022 at 3:40 am

    Yay!!! Thank you for the hard work getting this up and running!!

  23. 23.

    ColoradoGuy

    May 30, 2022 at 4:15 am

    Awesome!!!

  24. 24.

    JustSuze

    May 30, 2022 at 5:12 am

    Beautiful! Thank you to all involved!

  25. 25.

    Wanderer

    May 30, 2022 at 6:26 am

    Oh Auntie Em, there’s no place like Balloon Juice. Thanks to everyone who has worked so hard for the return.

  26. 26.

    Nancy

    May 30, 2022 at 6:30 am

    I was asleep and thus missed history in the making. But here I am appreciating with everyone else the work and dedication to all this. Balloon-Juice matters to me and I missed being able to check in several times a day.

    Thank you all

  27. 27.

    Steeplejack

    May 30, 2022 at 8:08 am

    @Ghost of Joe Liebling*s Dog:

    Possibly of interest to you.

  28. 28.

    SteveinPHX

    May 30, 2022 at 8:30 am

    YAY!

  29. 29.

    Krish

    May 30, 2022 at 8:37 am

    Hoo boy!!!! I’ve been a lurker for years and years. Never commented but love this site and the comments. And the withdrawal I experienced thanks to the crash has been terrible. I’m so glad y’all are back. Thanks for all the hard work.

  30. 30.

    WaterGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 8:43 am

    @Krish: Welcome to commenting!

  31. 31.

    Gvg

    May 30, 2022 at 8:55 am

    Commenting to get moderated and approved. May I request pet pics and Ukraine updates please?

    I really missed this place and it was worse in the blank days when there wasn’t even an update explainer on an inactive page.

  32. 32.

    WaterGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 9:11 am

    @Gvg: Yeah, not my favorite 16 days of all time.

    I hope you saw the splash page as soon as it went up on the 16th.

  33. 33.

    Steep’s Helper

    May 30, 2022 at 9:25 am

    @Ghost of Joe Liebling*s Dog:

    Of even more possible interest to you.

  34. 34.

    Denali

    May 30, 2022 at 9:44 am

    I have nothing nearly as exciting as the Mona Lisa getting caked, but it wonderful having my morning ritual of checking in with Balloon Juice restored. So great to hear from all of you! Thank you WaterGirl for all your hard work and Cole for keeping your sanity.

  35. 35.

    AndreaPowers

    May 30, 2022 at 9:52 am

    Finally signing up.

  36. 36.

    WaterGirl

    May 30, 2022 at 9:59 am

    @AndreaPowers: Welcome to commenting!

  37. 37.

    Barry

    May 30, 2022 at 10:23 am

    Thank you, for getting the boat back up!

  38. 38.

    Yutsano

    May 30, 2022 at 1:16 pm

    I see the visual/text bug is still here. We must be back if we’re complaining already!

    Seriously though, much thanks to WaterGirl and the Blogfather for the resurrection!

  39. 39.

    olster

    May 30, 2022 at 7:47 pm

    Great to see the old boat afloat once again.
    Thanks for keeping at it, JC and Water Girl.

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