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Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:35:40 +0000

[…] blog reader Steve has a follow up on whatever is going on over at Million Mile Secrets with Emily’s disappearance. Starts out with, read the rest by clicking the link! There is no doubt now she must have left in […]

By: TBBTheDude

TBBTheDude — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:30:54 +0000

In reply to srini. Thank you!

By: TBBTheDude

TBBTheDude — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:20:19 +0000

In reply to Alby Truelove.

Lol.

When FT folds one day…Happy will be the last one to turn out the lights over there 🙂

By: TBBTheDude

TBBTheDude — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:17:12 +0000

In reply to Steve. Perfect comment, I think I am going to link to it on Monday! And perfect analogy with "the passing of the mobster era and the rise of the corporations in Vegas"

By: TBBTheDude

TBBTheDude — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 10:13:20 +0000

In reply to Raffles. Hope that does not mean more bloggers blogging about how to travel for free to friends and family ;-)

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 05:21:31 +0000

In reply to Charlie.

Oh wow. They must have *just* edited out the last reference to her in the last 24 hours. Friday it mentioned something like “while Emily is based in Austin, the rest of the team is spread all over the US.” Now it’s Saturday, and it just reads “Our team is spread out all over the US.”

You know, it’s kind of sad what has happened to MMS. I mean, I laughed at the Bowtie and his !!!! after every sentence, his circles and arrows, Emily’s hundreds of dead-stare photos holding cards, etc., and I had become jaded at the business they built. But at the same time, MMS was one of the first blogs I read back ~6 years ago, and I learned a lot of early stuff from his !!!! posts. If I was cynical about them later on, it was at least in part because I initially really bought into them and their folksy personable posts at the outset and felt burned. But still, they were kind a mainstay of the hobby. As the game has changed over the years, it feels like you can point at MMS as one illustration of the devolution. The rise, the selling out, the divorce, the meltdown and the beard, the disappearance, the baby, and… now… the team. That’s all MMS is now: a team of people you’ve never heard of, interchangeable and replaceable, writing articles in paint-by-numbers format, all to sell plastic. It’s the same story as Frugal Travel Guy, I guess, and others, but it actually touches me a little more. Like the passing of the Nerd, it’s another sign of the times in this hobby.

I’m reminded of the end of the movie “Casino” when DeNiro laments the passing of the mobster era and the rise of the corporations in Vegas. Sure, the mobsters were terrible and they destroyed themselves, but the new faceless overlords lack even the hint of humanity of those who paved the way.

By: srini

srini — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 04:04:17 +0000

I enjoy reading your blog TBB… Just did my duty by using your amazon link 🙂

By: Alby Truelove

Alby Truelove — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 03:42:34 +0000

You know who I wish would go away is Happy.
She sits in her Florida condo and blurts condescending crap all day on FT in broken english.
Die Happy!

By: TheInsider

TheInsider — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 18:20:38 +0000

In reply to Charlie.

Yes.

Stay tuned…

By: Raffles

Raffles — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 17:06:10 +0000

In reply to Kevin. Just saw the FTU Seattle line-up. Apart from Matthew I've not actually heard of anyone speaking.