[QUOTE=ready29003]
Hmm… I am sure Harrison Ford lurks.
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You mean lurches.
Jim Beaver has posted here.
EDIT: Actually, I don’t know if he posted; but he did write a Staff Report.
There is at least one Hugo Award winning Science Fiction author here… S/he told me in a private email…and I am pledged to ignorance as I don’t know what his/her “Handle” is… (I am concealing gender to assist with the author’s anonymity).
FML
[QUOTE=Full Metal Lotus]
There is at least one Hugo Award winning Science Fiction author here…
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Oh, you mean the writer behi–THUD ARRGGHH mphhh ThumP Leggo BAM ow! thud crash tinkle tinkle drag scrape SLAM
:: crickets ::
Didn’t Tea Leone out herself once on the boards?
[QUOTE=Asimovian]
I don’t know if I can justify it having its own thread, but I also wonder if anyone else such as Boyo Jim was first a Doper and THEN became a celebrity.
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In the Real World, I was a celebrity for less than a month. To give you an idea of how important a celebrity I was, I was knocked out of the “fluff news” headlines by a diaper-wearing monkey, coincidently also in Madison, who bit someone and made his escape into the back alleys of downtown Madison. That story got more attention, though maybe for a briefer period, than mine. I even heard Leno tell a joke about it. You probably don’t remember that story, but my rage still burns. 
I was a celebrity on the boards here, not so much because I won the contest, but because I was granted a special title that caused no end of troubles for TPTB. “What does it mean?”, “Why can’t I get one?”, “Why can’t everyone get one?”. I lost track of how many threads were created or hijacked over that title. I am grateful to be back as a normal member, and I long ago faded back into my normal obscure existence outside of the intertubes.
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim]
In the Real World, I was a celebrity for less than a month. To give you an idea of how important a celebrity I was, I was knocked out of the “fluff news” headlines by a diaper-wearing monkey, coincidently also in Madison, who bit someone and made his escape into the back alleys of downtown Madison. That story got more attention, though maybe for a briefer period, than mine. I even heard Leno tell a joke about it. You probably don’t remember that story, but my rage still burns.
I was a celebrity on the boards here, not so much because I won the contest, but because I was granted a special title that caused no end of troubles for TPTB. “What does it mean?”, “Why can’t I get one?”, “Why can’t everyone get one?”. I lost track of how many threads were created or hijacked over that title. I am grateful to be back as a normal member, and I long ago faded back into my normal obscure existence outside of the intertubes.
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I didn’t realize you’d lost your title. I was all in favor of it. You’re still a celeb in our hearts and minds.
[QUOTE=legalsnugs]
Didn’t Tea Leone out herself once on the boards?
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No I didn’t!
Ken Jennings?
[QUOTE=Asimovian]
I don’t know if I can justify it having its own thread, but I also wonder if anyone else such as Boyo Jim was first a Doper and THEN became a celebrity.
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I was famous (in the sense of “…a whacky guy in California is doing this funny thing…”) for a short while.
[QUOTE=legalsnugs]
Didn’t Tea Leone out herself once on the boards?
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But who would believe it? I mean, if someone posted “I’m Tea Leoni!” I’d do a mental eyeroll and think “yeah, right…” So how would we know that it was really Harrison Ford or whoever?
[QUOTE=dangermom]
But who would believe it? I mean, if someone posted “I’m Tea Leoni!” I’d do a mental eyeroll and think “yeah, right…” So how would we know that it was really Harrison Ford or whoever?
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Well, if she had David Duchovny’s head wiggling between her thighs under her computer desk, it might be proof.
I can see Jon Stewart or any of his crew here. Stephen Colbert would fit in better (geekier).
I’d like to see John Cusack post here. Or Joan, for that matter.
[QUOTE=dangermom]
But who would believe it? I mean, if someone posted “I’m Tea Leoni!” I’d do a mental eyeroll and think “yeah, right…” So how would we know that it was really Harrison Ford or whoever?
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ISTR a thread where someone claimed they were an Important Celebrity[sup]TM[/sup], but wouldn’t reveal their identity and basically taunted the Teeming Millions. That didn’t end well.
I suspect that celebrities on the boards, if there are any, prefer to remain anonymous. For them, it must be refreshing to interact without people fawning over them.
[QUOTE=Mojo Pin]
You’ll never guess who I am.
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Kim Jong-il? (With a proxy IP address, of course.)
[QUOTE=Dangerosa]
Neil Gaiman has at least lurked, but it was three or four years ago that I knew about that.
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Cite?
[QUOTE=Lemur866]
Cite?
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[QUOTE=Mojo Pin]
You’ll never guess who I am.
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Spartacus?
For the record, I am not Wil Wheaton, John Cusack, Stephen Cobert, or Kim Jong-Il. I may or may not be Thomas Pynchon, though.
Stranger
[QUOTE=Lemur866]
Cite?
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One of my girlfriends worked for him and said “Neil’s been hanging out on that same site you are always on.” But Lsura’s cite is better.