Who amongst us doesn’t like a good bit of soap opera? Ok, what about a bit of soap opera revolving around the world that you spend a couple of hours a day on? Yeah I’m talking about the shit storm that’s blown up with 9rules announcing that it would be removing a few blogs from the network. I actually heard about it from Bryan, who was calling out the Blog Network Watch and the snitch that broke the information to them.

All I’m just going to say that Blog Network Watch knew about this before I did and all this happened in the span of me going to bed. Hell I only slept 6 hours!!! Meanwhile everyone’s going, is it going to be me? Is it going to be him? I never liked her!

We then got the official word from the 9rules boys. Then Tyme goes and gives the explanation about the whys of this current situation. Seems it’s not Scrivs just thinking to be contraversial, very much the opposite. While I don’t want to take away ANYTHING of what Tyme says the real fun is found in the comments.

I couldn’t stop laughing when I was reading the comment banter between Mike Rundle and Chris P. The culmination was when Mike says:

Regardless of these inconsequential details, it was said and it cannot be taken back. You've got mail.

To which Chris comes back and clarifies what was actually in that email (yeah I know the tension the drama):

So we're all on the same page, "you've got mail" was a tidy reference to an email that I just received about being dismissed from the network.

Call me a caty bitch. Call me a flaming gossip but that was really fun reading. I’ve not read a good flame thread in a while. It’s not really a flame thread as the guys kiss and make up and agree to meet each other in SXSW (a blogging conference or something like that).

Yeah like that was the end of that, seems like the Deuce over at JOAB has written something on this and the Cowboy has written a little something as well.

I’m just enjoying this. I think the snitch is an asshole and should just leave the network of his/her own accord. I think Scrivs and Tyme had to make some tough decisions, and it seems everyone and their pony knows best. Me? I’ve always followed a simple mantra:

Opinions are like assholes, everyone's got one.

And for the first time I actually know how it feels to be Rich Johnston over at Lying in the Gutter (he writes a weekly column about the gossip of the comic book industry). I read the column religiously every week, which begs the question, who’s going to step up to the plate and start writing a gossip column/blog on bloggers and blogging, I know I’d subscribe to that feed…but like we established earlier I love the gossip.