Comments on: We Interrupt This Laughter http://file770.com/?p=1206 news of science fiction fandom Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:42:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michael Walsh http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32842 Michael Walsh Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:29:52 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32842 “Gary, for a brief season the Crotchety Old Fan tried attract more traffic to his blog with references to bacon and/or Scalzi.”

Did he go as far as suggesting taping bacon to Scalzi? Or taping a cat to Scalzi?

]]> By: Mike http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32804 Mike Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:10:09 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32804 Gary, for a brief season the Crotchety Old Fan tried to attract more traffic to his blog with references to bacon and/or Scalzi. I was reminded of it by Mike Walsh’s question about adding bacon to the cake.

Perhaps “taping bacon to the cake” will become the 21st century counterpart of “gilding the lily”?

Nah.

]]> By: Gary Farber http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32783 Gary Farber Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:09:20 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32783 Mike, I’m sorry to be so dumb, but maybe I was obscure: it’s your comment “Then we’ll know you’ve been getting advice from The Crotchety Old Fan?” that I don’t understand, and your responding that you laughed twice at Scalzi’s blog (perfectly understandable) doesn’t seem to help me understand what you meant about Steve Davidson at all. What “advice” are you referring to?

]]> By: Patrick Nielsen Hayden http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32468 Patrick Nielsen Hayden Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:19:29 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32468 I have it from an Unimpeachable Authority that John Scalzi (1) ruined fandom, (2) is responsible for fallen armpits, (3) distims the doshes, (4) isn’t even from Phoenix, and (5) is the true heir to the Ted White Group Mind.

Clearly, he’ll have to be killed. Paging Steven Brust.

]]> By: Mike http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32359 Mike Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:22:23 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32359 Well, Gary, I hate to have been too obscure for you. In plainer English: today I laughed when I read two posts on John Scalzi’s blog. No brag, just fact. It could happen to anyone. Maybe even Adam Roberts.

]]> By: Gary Farber http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32355 Gary Farber Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:55:20 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32355 Canonically.

Truth.

]]> By: Gary Farber http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32354 Gary Farber Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:54:06 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32354 I don’t follow your answer, Mike. Scalzi is famous for the bacon taping; what am I missing?

]]> By: Mike http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32351 Mike Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:14:54 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32351 Then we’ll know you’ve been getting advice from The Crotchety Old Fan?

]]> By: Michael Walsh http://file770.com/?p=1206&cpage=1#comment-32342 Michael Walsh Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:57:45 +0000 http://file770.com/?p=1206#comment-32342 And if there’s bacon taped to the cake?

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