Tonights special: apologist apoplexy du rjung

Works fine, yet leaves me wondering why you do care enough to belittle Scylla’s claims. I can think of several possibilities, but none of them do much to flatter you.

Squink, Scylla’s blimp thread made it onto a joke mailing list, that’s why it was on a bunch of little personal web pages. How does that in anyway support his claim of classroom lectures, radio play and movie offers?

from Insufferably Delightful

But I don’t find Scylla’s claims all that impossible. Can’t imagine which of his short stories could be made into a full movie but there are plenty of movies that shouldn’t get made but do. His stuff is generally more amusing than Weekend at Bernie’s

I’m not the one making claims that others have a vendetta against me because they are jealous. That much should be clear to even the lamest of observers.

IIRC, it also made it into a Brit(?) magazine. Maybe his claims are a little over the top, but not so over the top as dismissing them out of hand.
Even Weekend at Bernies had its moments.

Self-justifying piss fight, with circular logic. Neato.

I used Keen myself! :wink:

Evil Nazi Groundhog Day, part II? :slight_smile:

I got published in the April '03 issue of Aerostat. Plagiarism has been an ongoing issue. I had a story read (or acted out) on a radio station. They’re supposed to send me an MP3. A teacher sought and gave permission to copy a story, distribute it and use it in class. A student filmmaker wanted to make a short film.

I can prove all these things. Have the magazine, original emails, etc etc. Would be happy to prove it, if anybody claiming “bullshit” wants to make a bet for $1,000 or more, preescrowed.

So what do you want-a medal?

Naw. The communal blowjob he’s been working so hard for.

I mean don’t you think we at least own him that much for being able to trade bytes in cyberspace with such a famous poster? Then again we could all get together and make him that MP-3 he seems to long for.

Any thoughts for the title? How does “I Love To Toot My Own Horn” or “How To Become Extremely Limber” sound?

I have no dog in this fight, but if all these were from SDMB posts, could you link to them? I’m just curious as to what sort of message board posts attract that sort of attention.

Scylla, you do know it’s lame to brag about a film student asking to use your story for a movie? Also, aerostat is a fucking blimp/hot air balloon magazine. They are probably pretty fucking desperate for space filler, let alone actually amusing stories about blimps.

The other stuff (radio, teacher) just sounds like you are an active and popular member of your little community. That’s nice and all the power to you, but you really should watch when it goes to your head.

Damn Scylla. That’s some list. I know I’m simply green with envy.

You really are a top notch jackass. I’m surprised that you can get out of bed what with that swelled head weighing you down.

Surprisingly enough, it takes a blimp.

When I was 14, my mother said I was the best dungeonmistress on the block. And you can believe her - she was a 12 level Paladin, and just like Vulcans, those guys don’t lie. Truly my whole life had been converging on that point.

Now I see that it was all for naught. Compared to the Gods that walk these venerable and sacred halls, I am nothing but dirt between the cracks of the marble floors of Olympus.

No. $1,000.

waterj2

Sure. E,ail me, I’ll send you links.

Carnalk:

Seemed pretty cool to me.

I’ll have you know that Aerostat is one of the top two blimp magazines in the world.

Still seems pretty cool to have them want my shit.

I have no relation to these people, so I don’t see how they fit into my “little community”

Mmmm. Thanks.
Harborwolf:

Say what you want. The beauty of it is that I’ve got something to point to for my time here. What do you have to show for yours?

Una Person:

Yet hardly am I an Ozymondias.

I’d much rather see some more of your wonderful blimp stories, but clearly you can generate a lot of attention with clever writing about how rjung uses “apologist” a lot.

There might even be a film student who wants to make a movie about it.

Yeah, we can tell.

BTW, do you have a link to the Ukele Ike comment on your parenting that apparently set off this fatwa? The only one I could find was this one:

That can’t be it…can it?

Also, “Ozymandias”.

I find myself to be better informed than I was and my political views have become more moderate than they were. Also, Aesiron enjoys my posts in comic book threads and I’m still a charter member.

I know. Those are such small things. :frowning: I’ll try to do better. I just hadn’t realized that I should be using this board to gratify my ego.

“Well, actually, it’s a little more than just a hobby. Reader’s Digest is considering publishing two of my jokes.”
- Lt. Steve, Good Morning, Vietnam