Posted: Monday, August 24th 2009

When I got my degree, I did some basic calculation on the repayment terms and figured I'd be 36 when the loan was finally paid off. Well I'm not 36 yet and I checked the balance on my Student Loans today to find out (much to my surprise) that I only owe $96 and I'm done.

I didn't rush to pay my student loans off as it's secured debt, which actually helps improve credit rating. But, it's nice to know that I'm done paying so much each month for a degree I never used.

Submitted by Woody | 19 Comments - last comment by: darkpaw

Posted: Saturday, August 22nd 2009

When GU was created it was specifically for guild members. And the natural response to an unfunny or odd comment was "...". So at the time "/gu ..." for the name of the comic made perfect sense. It was me picking at myself. In February of 2003, I dropped the slash because my focus had shifted away from EQ specifically, away from MMOGs in general, and toward gaming in general. The letters GU without the slash was an expression of a larger, global community. And I didn't want the elipses to be seen as a trivialization of what the GU readership had to say.

Ultimately the slash only lasted for two and a half years. But that was was over six and a half years ago. GU has now been without the slash over two and a half times longer than it ever had it. And people wonder why I don't respond sweetly when they use the slash.

Now, I'm not mean about it. There's no point in being mean about it. But I have started ignoring it. Questioning what they mean by "/gu".

I'm making this blog post knowing full well very few people actually read the GU Blog. I just wanted to take a moment and state clearly though...
I appreciate your kind words and thoughts, but please don't use the slash when referring to the comic any more. Thanks!

Submitted by Woody | 7 Comments - last comment by: Woody