{"id":1468,"date":"2007-10-19T04:38:02","date_gmt":"2007-10-19T09:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2007-10-19T20:49:37","modified_gmt":"2007-10-20T01:49:37","slug":"1459-tag-bag-slab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"14:59: Tag, Bag, Slab"},"content":{"rendered":"

To paraphrase the Everly Bros and Linda Ronstadt – I’ve been cheated, been mistreated; in addition, I’ve been put down and (coincidentally) pushed ’round; I almost hesitate to add that I’ve been lied to and made blue. With a nod to Stephen Stills, I’ve been aro-o-o-ound the world, looking for that…girl (I think Stills is singing “Mormon”, but I’m sure that’s wrong) .While I have not been (a la <\/em>Charlene) to Nice or the Isles of Greece, with their attendant yachts and champagne I have <\/em>had shotgunned Summit on a pontoon boat on Minnetonka. With apologies to Ms. Smyth and Messrs. Lennon and McCartney, I’m neither a warrior nor an eggman. But I will lay claim the high-and-low-searching Seeker of Pete Townsend fame.<\/p>\n

And the thing I seek at the moment is one bit of knowledge. To wit: what does “Pwn3d” mean? I’m assuming it’s the past tense regular verb form of “Pwn” (To Pwn. I Pwn, you pwn, he\/she\/it pwns…), which only highlights the limitations of grammar for analyzing intent.<\/p>\n

Anyway – while I have no idea what the state of “pwn” means, it’s been brought to my attention that I apparently am<\/em><\/a>…it. Whatever it is.
\nSearching for clues (or, alternatively, “clw3z”), I went to my email, where I saw a note from a correspondent:<\/p>\n

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He notes that his predecessor at *giggle* Screw went on to the NY times…<\/div>\n
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And he went on to….<\/div>\n
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…get fired from the 4th most-read freebie rag in Minneapolis<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It’s becoming clear.<\/p>\n

Pwn: <\/strong>v. to be proven less pathetic than the subject of ones’ narrative.<\/p>\n

I think I know all I need to now.<\/p>\n

And with this, all discussion of “cartoonist” Ken Avidor is over. Turn out the lights.<\/p>\n

CORRECTION:\u00a0 Everly Bros, not Buddy Holly.\u00a0 Blah.<\/p>\n

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And while Avidor notes that his former “boss” was a big First Amendment crusader, his bigger impact may have been on the Second Amendment; his crusade for a NYC carry permit, after the shooting of Larry Flynt, is the stuff of legends.<\/p>\n

Unlike…well, no. I’m done with that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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