Our Blogs BFF, Chris Snethen, is leaving Oregonlive and starting up his own independent blog called The Vig.

Here he explains his decision to leave Oregonlive:

Applying the principles of The Dip to my writing, things became pretty clear. There's no future in writing about politics. There are a ton of blogs out there focused on all things politics and mine was just another voice in the ether. I mean it was nice and all to be called the 19th most influential blog in Oregon politics earlier this summer (true story), but really…who am I kidding? There are others locally who's views I read and take far more seriously than my own. Besides, as I said back in May, there are only so many different ways I can say "this sucks, I'm voting for Obama." And really nothing has changed

So what to do? It's became clear I need to start my own site.

I've been reading Chris since 2003 when Oregon Live asked undecided voters to blog their decision making process for the 2004 Presidential Election. And I really identified with what Chris was going through. I'm convinced he has a great future in writing. So check out his new blog, I promise you'll like it:

The Vig