Dare Obasanjo

dankblog! 2022-12-05, 0946 EDT, at the danktower

this is a bit different post than normal, as it's targeted largely at one person -- my friend Carnage4Life, the one and only Dare Obasanjo. we attended GT together, where Dare impressed me as a thinker and a person. in the twenty years afterwards, he proved himself a public intellectual and, however much i loathe the term, a "thought leader". he also proved himself a good buddy, and we kicked it several times in Seattle. there aren't many people i've thrown down with on both corners of the country.

a few months ago, i noticed he'd blocked me on twitter and facebook. i went to mail him and ask what was up, but don't seem to have his email anywhere.

this makes me sad. i'm sure i said something stupid and terrible and poorly considered, perhaps while inebriated, that struck a particular chord of offense and caused this. i tend to do such regrettable things--less than i did at one time, but i say a lot of stupid shit.

dare, i'm posting this in the hope you have alerts set up for your name, and you see this across your feed. you're a good man, and it upsets me that i made you unhappy with my stupidity. i apologize for it, unsure quite what it was, but certain that were i to read it, i'd be horrified that such a thing escaped my lips/fingers (or maybe i just meant it in a way entirely different from how it was received, and will be horrified at my lack of circumspection). i'm certain there was nothing i said that i stand behind to the point of losing a friend of twenty years. i hope you see this, and reach out. nickblack@linux.com; holla.

previously: "1985v2022" 2022-11-30