Remember the "high elf"?

An Exclusive Interview With The Elf Who Dropped Acid and Jousted a Car

“Morgoth got the best of me,” he says from Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Beaverton, Oregon, where he is undergoing psychiatric evaluation after being arrested last week.

A self-described rogue assassin, the 30-year-old Portlander made headlines after he rushed into a busy intersection and began jousting with a woman’s car using a sword. Loaded up with armor and psychedelics, McKane told cops that he was a “high elf engaged in battle with the evil Morgoth.”

“That woman was totally bad-vibing me, and I guess I just took it to the next level,” McKane says in an exclusive interview with Vocativ. “I wasn’t in my right mind. I was still rocking my new pair of elf ears.”

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The fun ended when McKane found himself face-to-face with a red BMW, which he admits he mistook for a shape-shifting demon. The driver, a northeast Portland woman, had stopped in the middle of the road and was blasting her horn. A fearless McKane sprung into action.

“I hopped on her hood and tried to pierce her tires with my master sword,” he says. “I was trying to prove a point. Don’t mess with a dark elf.”

He says he suffers from hypomania--hopefully he's getting treatment.

Much more at the link. Including a picture of him in his elf gear. I love that he's using a hubcap as his shield.

You joust with a lance, not with a sword! t medieval weapon pedantry

edit: Dude, you hopped on the hood to stab her tires? Practice your aim before your next trip, ok?

I had to check to be sure that wasn't an Onion article. (The interview, I mean; I read the original when it was linked a couple of days ago.)

ION, I would like a do-over on today, please, especially regarding the pollen count.

IO*other*N, last night Tim and I went to his nephew's high school graduation, and I made it through without once muttering "Man, just ascend already." Mostly because the commencement speaker was Clarence Page, who is from Ohio and went to that high school back in the day, which I didn't know. He's a great speaker, and I'm sure all the 18-year-olds were bored out of their minds and ready to get drunk, but I was all "Woo journalism WOO!!!!"

And MAN, high-school senior girls wear some astonishing CFM shoes.

So I tried to sign in to Kickstarter using FB and Kickstarter wants my FB friends list. They say

We'll never post anything without your permission.

...so that's nice. But what do they need my FB friends list for?

I wonder if there are any tintype classes I could find around here? I don't have the resources to own a camera or the other appurtenances (chemicals! darkroom!) but a class where those were supplied would be wonderous.

If you want, I can ask my tintype-taking friends and see if they have any info.

But what do they need my FB friends list for?

Because somewhere in the fine print you've already granted permission for them to contact your friends on their behalf.

Because somewhere in the fine print you've already granted permission for them to contact your friends on their behalf.

I didn't actually use my FB login for Kickstarter. I'm gonna just create a separate Kickstarter account.

eta: I'm now backing a print book of the excellent web-comic Strong Female Protagonist.

It is harder to get a sharp image with actual tintype cameras, but according to some folks I know who actually do tintype photography, the ones featured in the article are not good examples.

I suspect one would have to see them in actual life, and also, as well, too, raise a skeptic's brow at them while muttering under my breath about sour grapes.

OMG, email is STILL down here for many people. What a nightmare!

But what do they need my FB friends list for?

Pushbullet, which sounds like a great way to get scraps to and from my Android devices uses a Google account for authentication. I barely have words to explain how anti that I am. I only log into Google apps in incognito windows, and if the tab I want to push isn't also in that window, I might as well send myself an email, pretty much.

I get outsourcing your security since so many people suck at their own, but staying logged in on my primary browsing devices? They already get enough from my phone.

eta: Amy, I'll look at those when I get home. I wonder if I can even order prints from here. Even though dA is SFW from work, it still scares me to go there.