Longtime commenter Pat Cahalan (aka Patrick) has teamed up with Jaybird over at Mindless Diversions. His intro post is here. Please welcome him to the circus.
Erik Kain
Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the contributor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.
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So is every “long time commenter” going to be forced to start blogging????Report
At gunpoint.Report
Not me, I already am negligent on one site.Report
I did this of my own free will and volition.
(help me, I’m being held prisoner in a Chinese fortune cookie factory)Report
Say, boss, how do you get an avatar?Report
Gravatar dot com.
Ranking your picture “PG” will make it only viewable in some places… so rank it “G”.
Unless it’s PG.Report
Let me also say here that this is *AWESOME* and I am tickled pink.
Though I’d like to say “what the hell?” to the part of the post that says “Like Jaybird, I’m something of a nerd.”Report
Yeah, that’s like saying I’m something of a baseball fan.Report
Dude.Report
Wait, are you saying you’re nothing like a nerd, or you’re more than something like a nerd?Report
I’m just this guy, you know?Report