Well that explains a lot

I had submitted the requisite on-line request for official membership in the Association of Graveyard Rabbits and received what I found to be a very, shall we say, oddly worded and non-committal response. And the speed with which I received that response was such that I was virtually certain it was automated. Several days pass with no other word.

This I found suspect, so I started digging and researching more.

I already knew that the founder of the organization passed away in 2010. But, I figured, the other person listed as something like an admin had picked things up.

Not so fast there, skippy.

Looking at the associated bio I note three blogs the person maintains. Two of the three no longer exist. And the third hasn't been updated in literally years.

Association FB page? Nothing since 2010.

Other members' blogs? I checked about twenty and found three updated this year (only not since January). Every other blog? Nothing in years.

Hmmm....

So I tried the 'contact us' link on the association's web page to send a message asking if anyone was maintaining the page and association, or has it gone defunct.

Ping! Automated reply immediately appears in the in-box:

"Thank you for contacting The Association Of Graveyard Rabbits.

You will be receiving a response shortly.

Terry Thornton"

Terry is the founder who passed away in 2010.

I think I am safe in saying that the Association of Graveyard Rabbits is no longer a "thing" outside the hearts and memories of a few people. At least it is not anything official in any sense of the word. I suppose someone with the time and desire could try to wrest control of the site from Google (it is hosted on Google's Blogspot). But that person ain't me. It is almost certainly under a person (Terry Thornton?) and even if Google were willing to play ball then there would be family and other people to track down and deal with. No thanks. 

This blog will trundle on as is for as long as I care to futz with it. And I shall leave the GYR name and logo in situ just for grins and giggles. In retrospect, an association dealing with graveyards and cemeteries being dead kind of tickles my dark sense of humor.