Link round-up

[sabotabby]

The great Comics Curmudgeon took notice of me! That totally made my day. (Thanks to springheel_jack for pointing it out; I read CC frequently but not regularly and I might have otherwise missed it.) Does this mean that Josh reads mf_roasted?

Also via springheel_jack: Michael Crichton is a dick who can't write and can't take criticism. I heard he also has a tiny penis.

Via threeliesforone: UK unions join the War on Christmas. Solidarity forever and mad props to these folks.

News of the awesome: World's tallest man saves two dolphins. (Hat tip: see_my_glock.) (Much sadder dolphin news.)

Company building a fence to keep undocumented immigrants out gets fined for hiring undocumented immigrants. (Hat tip: seanmonster.)

Comments

[theoldanarchist.livejournal.com]

Yeah, ain't that Michael Crichton a peach? "Oh yeah, criticize me, will ya? Well, I'll just create a character who's a child murderer and name him after you!" You can almost imagine him sticking out his tongue and waving it in Michael Crowley's direction as he was writing.

[sabotabby]

A child rapist! With a tiny penis!

I'm glad that Crowley found it as funny as I do, and took the opportunity to bash Crichton again. Hee.

[theoldanarchist.livejournal.com]

Hmmm... I typed a long response to this earlier, and I guess it did not go through before the computer lost its fucking mind.

I can't remember exactly what I said, other than that Michael Crowley is one of the most mild-mannered of all the talking heads that appear regularly on the evening chat shows on MSNBC. He is certainly not an attack dog, and not deserving of being maligned in such a manner. That said, I have almost no use whatsoever for the New Republic.