Yep. He is a satirist. His column is normally pretty funny. He also appears regularly on the morning version of CNN's 60 second pop feature (where he is not quite as funny)
On 7/15/05, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please tell me that this is made up satire. Not familiar with the source, so > have just hope my gut feeling is true. This is a piece of fiction. > > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > www.BloodSource.org > Sacramento, CA > > "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" > - Cynthia Dunning > > ....-----Original Message----- > ....From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ....Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 12:10 PM > ....To: CF-Community > ....Subject: Re: Harry Potter Book 6 comes out tomorrow!!!!!! > .... > ....MAN COMMITS SUICIDE AFTER LEARNING HARRY POTTER SPOILER > .... > ....'I No Longer Have a Reason to Live,' Says Despondent Potter Fan > .... > ....A rabid Harry Potter fan took his life yesterday after inadvertently > ....learning a plot spoiler from the soon-to-be-released J.K. Rowling opus, > ...."Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." > .... > ....Jude Ralston, 32, of Hudson, Ohio left a suicide note indicating that > ....since overhearing the plot spoiler at a shopping mall earlier in the day, > ...."I no longer have a reason to live." > .... > ....Family and friends who gathered for a candlelight memorial outside Mr. > ....Ralston's house remembered a man who seemed to live only for Harry Potter > ....- and wondered if they could have done anything to prevent his tragic > ....fate. > .... > ...."When Jude got that vanity license plate that said 'Hogwarts,' that > ....seemed harmless enough," said Polly Clovis, who attended Model U.N. with > ....Mr. Ralston while the two were in high school. "But when he started > ....wearing that wizard hat around town, we really should have seen that as a > ....cry for help." > .... > ....According to friends of Mr. Ralston, the Potter fanatic had done > ....everything in his power to protect himself from stumbling across Potter > ....plot spoilers, even disconnecting his computer from the Internet and > ....avoiding his favorite vintage comic book store. > .... > ....Ms. Clovis said that she hoped Mr. Ralston's death would cause federal > ....authorities to tighten the flow of Harry Potter plot information to > ....prevent similar tragedies from taking place. > .... > ...."In my heart I believe that could have saved Jude's life, even if he > ....didn't have one," she said. > .... > ....http://tinyurl.com/8ld8a > .... > ....----- Original Message ----- > ....From: "Matthew Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ....To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > ....Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 7:40 AM > ....Subject: Harry Potter Book 6 comes out tomorrow!!!!!! > .... > .... > ....> Yay! > ....> > ....> > ....> > ....> Matt Small > ....> > ....> > ....> > ....> > ....> > ....> > .... > .... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164963 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
