No, I think that's wankerific, and he doesn't deserve that just for having an opinion that hurts my feelings. But I love you for offering.

This is not an opinion, this is a misstatement of fact. And accusing a writer of plagiarism is huge. I think that someone needs to respond. If that someone is me, that's cool. But, I won't be nice, so maybe Lee should do it.

I posted, and now am getting back to work now that I can concentrate, again.

Hi, I'm Allyson Beatrice.

I found this while pathetically vanity googling for reviews.

I'm sorry you hate my book, of course, but I expected some folks to hate it and others to love it or feel apathetic, blah blah criticism-cakes.

I'd just like to respond to your accusation of plagiarism.

I received written permission from both Snacky and Mike Godwin to use their "laws" in entirety.

The book might be shit, but it's not plagiarized shit.

Sorry for busting in on you. Also sorry that it seemed to be a painfully bad read for you.

Very good response.

I got called away, or else I would have said what Vortex did. (except that I was going to enlist Sparky's help, so it wouldn't be too nice). Not liking it is one thing, but the plagarism is a whole other thing.

I was going to enlist Sparky's help, so it wouldn't be too nice

Darn, missed a chance to be evil and/or watch Vortex let her lawyer-self loose.

paperdol, I think your response was perfect and what everyone else said.

paperdol, that is a very good response. If he tries to stir anything up in reply, or if he tries to flame bait you, ignore him.

Dude's got an axe.

No clue, but an axe.

"plagiarized" != using a cite, called out and pulled out as a cite, with no claims to ownership, and, in fact, all due credit given.

May his own efforts never, ever sell.

I like paperdol's response, and agree that nothing else needs to be said-- no need to turn this guy's lj into an f_w site. Even if his comments were not well-considered for an unlocked post.

ETA: or well-considered for a post calling out someone else's purported minor errors-- McKean's law comes to mind (probably the third-most cited law on the internet).

Hopefully no one else here read that article, or it's just me whose relationship is doomed in the future through no fault of my own.

I read it, bon bon, and I just felt sad for all those people--except the ones who were using Marie and her hubby as object lessons.

Timelies all!

Is there a mailing list for the Seattle Buffistas, and if so, how do I go about subscribing? I'm going to be in Seattle around Labor Day weekend, and I'm trying to figure out the best way try to have a F2F with the folks up there.

I was all set up to come home and complain about my first (real) day of work, and how my new shoes gave me blisters, and it took half of the day for me to be able to log on, and how the computer didn't have fucking WORD installed on it, and how I still don't have LAN or internet access. (P.S. SO BORED.)

But I have arrived home to the news that my credit card has apparently been "compromised", and the credit card company is closing it and issuing a new one. Did they call me to tell me? No, I had to find out when the mail order pharmacy called me to tell me my card bounced.