So, let me ask you a question:
 
Are you naturally this much of a schmuck, or do you have to take classes 
for it?  Perhaps an online course, or a correspondence school?
 
Seriously, get over yourself.  Your brand's a little stale.
 
~Luke

On Thursday, October 4, 2012 11:09:15 AM UTC-4, (unknown) wrote:

> Oh, for the love of... I seriously have to explain the...  
>
> I saw someone self-promoting, so I just assumed it was Van. A natural 
> assumptions, since that's 98% of his "contribution." Well, other than the 
> occasional trolling - "I heard someone at an Alabama bus stop say Empire 
> Strikes Back aint the bess, do you reckon it's true?" which, when responded 
> to, is met with something seemingly computer generated like, "Wow, great 
> answer, did you know Amazon is now carrying my books?"
>
> And Luke's response to Shag's achievement (which is legitimate a big deal 
> as far as these things go. Newsarama is comic's "paper of record") was, 
> "Hey, great job, I mean, of course I was on there first, but it's cool to 
> have company on top of this awesome mountain where I've lived for a long 
> time. Make yourself at home. What did I get on there? Oh, nothing less than 
> one of my softball questions handpicked by a moderator to put Dan DiDio in 
> a good light. Man, the guy sure needs the help, right? Gosh, with me 
> helping him, and you promoting his books, it's like we're both working for 
> DC. See you at the company softball game. Ha ha. 'Cause of my easy 
> question. Softball? Oh, heck, once you've been on Newsarama as long as I 
> have, you'll start getting the culture. We tell a lot of jokes around here. 
> You're gonna fit in just fine, little guy."
>
> Hope I didn't make any new typographical errors!
> Raven's Face
>
> Caw!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Luke Jaconetti <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> To: theuniquegeek <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> Cc: ravenface <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> Sent: Thu, Oct 4, 2012 7:51 am
> Subject: Re: [The Unique Geek] Newsarama published two of my reviews!
>
>  I figure Ravenface made a typographical error.
>  
> You asked "What did I do?"
>  
> So I answered. :)
>
> On Thursday, October 4, 2012 9:06:57 AM UTC-4, Van wrote:
>
>>
>> What?  I'm lost.   
>> This was about Shag's accomplishment. What do I have to do with it? 
>> Ravenface isn't answering...
>> --Van
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 10:59:23 AM UTC-5, Luke Jaconetti wrote: 
>>>
>>> Well you did write all those books.  That's worth a "great job" right?
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, October 3, 2012 8:46:39 AM UTC-4, Van wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What did I do? 
>>>> --Van
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, October 2, 2012 10:37:18 AM UTC-5, (unknown) wrote: 
>>>>>
>>>>> Great job, Van!  Go War Eagles!
>>>>>
>>>>> Caw!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Shag <[email protected]>
>>>>> To: theuniquegeek <[email protected]>
>>>>> Sent: Tue, Oct 2, 2012 8:32 am
>>>>> Subject: [The Unique Geek] Newsarama published two of my reviews!
>>>>>
>>>>> Newsarama published two of my comic book reviews yesterday! I'm 
>>>>> honored to join their BEST SHOTS team! Special thanks to my editor for 
>>>>> guiding my ramblings towards some semblance of a well constructed review. 
>>>>> Also, my thanks to Vanessa of Girls-Gone-Geek for the introduction!  
>>>>>
>>>>> Check out my reviews here!
>>>>> http://www.newsarama.com/comics/best-shots-comic-reviews-121001.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry for the shameless self-promotion. I'm just excited. 
>>>>>
>>>>> Shag
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