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So my cell phone rings at 5:21 in the morning. I look at the number, and the first three digits are 666. There's only one person this could be.

Not Satan, my friends, but someone far worse. Yes, the one, the only...

The John Bruce Thompson.

Now, one might want some background into this. So here goes.

I wrote him an email, attempting to explain that certain aspects of his new site (the aptly unlinked theflabar.org) could be considered libel.


"Mr. Thompson, 
 
I'm emailing you to let you know that your new website, theflabar.org, is in danger of being removed, as the way it currently is breaks the terms of service of Register.com, specifically section 1, D. And I quote: 
 
"(d) you will not use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations or Register.com's rules or policies." 
 
Unfortunately, Mr. Thompson, your site constitutes as libel against the Florida Bar, libel being defined as "A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation." 
 
Rest assured, Mr. Thompson, that I have contacted Register.com about this, and am hoping that either your site is fixed so that it doesn't constitute as libel, or that it is altogether taken down. I have also contacted the Florida Bar about this, and hope to hear of any disciplinary action they'll be taking against you soon. 
 
As your site says itself, Mr. Thompson, "Pride preceeds a fall". And your site contains more pride than I've ever seen anywhere else. Therefore, according to your own words, you will soon be experiencing a very large fall. "

And in the sig line, I included my cell phone number. Probably not the best idea, it turns out.

So, I get this phone call, next morning, at an ungodly hour. Oy. I let the answering thingy get it cause I didn't feel like talking. And then, out of curiosity, I checked my email. In it, were not one, but THREE responses to the same email.

1, timed at 5:02 a.m. "And who are you?"
2, timed at 5:06 a.m. "The problem for you on this is that everything on the site is true, but you wouldn't know and wouldn't care, now would you?"
3, timed at 5:09 a.m. "Please advise with specifity what on the site is false.  Bet you can't."

At this point, I'm basically asking myself "WTF?", except longer. So I refresh, and I see I have yet ANOTHER email from him.

4, timed at 5:31 a.m. "Dear [name withheld],

I've checked you out and have found that you are an 18-year-old
computer/video game geek (see below).

When you go to college, then law school, and have been practicing for at
least ten years (let's see, that would be 17 years from now) get back to me.
You'll by then, if you haven't corroded all of your frontal lobes away with
game play, know what "libel" is.  You'll also know that the only one who has
falsely defamed anyone is you.  Happy New Year.  Jack Thompson  PS:  Don't
bother me again."

I then checked my voice mail, and found this:

"Hello, Mr. [name withheld], this is Jack Thompson. I got your email. It's rather curious, in that, in a number of regards, but, first of all, and most importantly, you assert that I've, uh, falsely, uh, defamed the Florida Bar. Why don't you email me, and tell me what, in the, uh, webpage at 'the f-l-a-b-a-r dot org' is false. Betcha can't."

And I tried to copy that down as truthfully as I could from the message, including all the "uh"s and pauses (all the commas). And yes, he did spell out "f-l-a-b-a-r", as though I didn't already know, even though it was included in the subject line of my original email (and one would assume that I knew what site it is considering I found stuff to be defamatory).

So I decided to do as he asked, and wrote him a response.

"Dear Mr. Thompson,

First off, I must congratulate you on your ability to use Google (or another
similar search engine) to find out about me. Though I must point out, that the
information you cited was also several years old, and do not reflect on the
present.

Second, I would like to know just where I have falsely defamed someone, as I
would like to try and clear whatever it is up, as it was likely not
intentional. Please, do quote whatever it is that I wrote/said that was falsely
defamatory towards anyone, so I can make sure to fix it. Thank you.

Third, I will quote specific passages from your web site that could be
considered libelous, as you specifically asked of me in one of your three previous
emails ("Please advise with specifity what on the site is false.  Bet you
can't."), along with reasons why.

"It is this: the state's legal profession is being run in such a way that it
just may one day flatten you worse than Hurricane Wilma, if it hasn't already."


Are you in possession of clear and concise proof that this is true? That the
Florida Bar is so corrupt it could level entire towns with more force than a
hurricane? I'd very much like to hear this proof.

" I have been in continuous "good standing" with The Bar since I was first
licensed in 1977."

You've been investigated on multiple occassions for a lack of ethics, and are
under investigation now. That is clearly not "good standing", nor is it
continuously so.

"Unfortunately, The Florida Bar is not in "good standing" with the public.
Polls repeatedly show that lawyers in America are only a few notches above IRS
auditors and terrorists in popularity contests. As far as the public is
concerned, if you took all the lawyers in Florida and laid them end to end from Key
West to Tallahassee--that would be a good thing."

Misleading information. What you say about polls (of which you provide no
evidence of) has no specific correlation to the Florida Bar.

"Space does not allow me to recount here how The Florida Bar has perverted
its "disciplinary" machinery to protect the porn industry and its unethical
lawyers, but you can read all about it in Chapter 7 of my new Tyndale House book
Out of Harm's Way. It will make your blood boil."

Claiming that the Florida Bar caters only to pornographers and other
unethical people without any facts to back up your claims.

"Because I and others, some of them in the Florida legislature, want to stop
The Florida Bar's protection of lawyers who are unethical and its hectoring of
lawyers whose political views don't square with its liberal elite."

Claiming that the Florida Bar protects unethical lawyers, and attacks the
ethical ones. This claim is flawed, as, were that the case, and were the Florida
Bar to be truly as corrupt as you say, they would've just disbarred any of the
lawyers that stood in their way, instead of just leaving them around to cause
a nuisance. But they haven't.

Oh, and I'd like a list of those you're working with, too, so I may contact
them and ask them of their views as well.

"The Bar's own surveys of its members reveal that many Florida lawyers know
the disciplinary system is broken and protects the powerful at the expense of
the innocent."

I would like to see some of these surveys. Would you care to link me to any?
One would be enough.

Anyways, I believe that is enough for now. I would very much like to see a
rebuttal to my arguments from you, Mr. Thompson, especially if you have any
corrections you can make for me.

Thank you for your time."

So far I have yet to receive a response, but meh. Doesn't really matter.

Then, about 2 hours later, around 7:30, the home phone rings. I go to get it, but my mom gets it, and, thinking it's crazy telemarketers, hangs up as soon as she picks up. This crazed lunatic calls again about 4-5 times, until finally they stop. Later, I found out that, yes, it was Thompson.

Yes, Thompson somehow did some sort of reverse search on my cell phone number, got the billing information for my cell phone (my dad's name), (likely) did a search on him, found his website, did a whois.sc search on him, got our house phone number (and our address, and likely other things too), and called. Can you say, stalker? I can.

But that was the end of it. I thought.

Later, though, I noticed that that last email of his, he also CC'd to one Dennis McCauley of GamePolitics.com fame. So I shot him off an email too, as a sort of rebuttal to Jacko's CC.

" I just noticed that one of many responses to a single email I sent Mr. Thompson has been CC'd to you, and would just like to clarify what Mr. Thompson left out, namely, his other three emails to me, and the original email. 
 
First off, my original email to him: 
 
"Mr. Thompson, 
 
I'm emailing you to let you know that your new website, theflabar.org, is in danger of being removed, as the way it currently is breaks the terms of service of Register.com, specifically section 1, D. And I quote: 
 
"(d) you will not use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations or Register.com's rules or policies." 
 
Unfortunately, Mr. Thompson, your site constitutes as libel against the Florida Bar, libel being defined as "A false publication, as in writing, print, signs, or pictures, that damages a person's reputation." 
 
Rest assured, Mr. Thompson, that I have contacted Register.com about this, and am hoping that either your site is fixed so that it doesn't constitute as libel, or that it is altogether taken down. I have also contacted the Florida Bar about this, and hope to hear of any disciplinary action they'll be taking against you soon. 
 
As your site says itself, Mr. Thompson, "Pride preceeds a fall". And your site contains more pride than I've ever seen anywhere else. Therefore, according to your own words, you will soon be experiencing a very large fall." 
 
Followed by his first three responses: 
 
1. "And who are you?" 
2. "The problem for you on this is that everything on the site is true, but you wouldn't know and wouldn't care, now would you?" 
3. "Please advise with specifity what on the site is false. Bet you can't." 
 
Also, besides that, he called me on my cell phone (my number was in my sig line, as you probably noticed from the CC he sent), at 5:21 a.m., and then called my house phone about 2 hours later, a total of 5-6 times, something of which I find to be rather stalkerish. 
 
While normally I wouldn't be emailing you about this, I just wanted to clear this up as both A) I am a daily reader of GamePolitics, and B) He CC'd that email to you, and included personal information about me, and didn't really explain why the exchange has taken place. 
 
I have since emailed him back a list of passages I find to be falsely defamatory, and have asked him to clarify on them. I have yet to receive a response."

That's pretty much all of it. Epic, ain't it?

Well, epic, in a "Hey, I've got a crazy creepy old Florida attorney stalker" kinda epic.

Mr. Thompson, if you're reading this, you know who I am. And I have one thing to say. Call my house again, and we'll have you arrested for harassment. Capiche? Good.

Sorry, no picture this time.

So, I just read up on "The Raid". Basically, an all-out global internet attack on Ebaumsworld (not linked as it's dangerous right now). And wow. That has got to be the best example of the internet ganging up on someone ever. Seriously, the sheer amount of sites that have joined together in mass hate of Ebaums is staggering. From the looks of it, Ebaums might very well be wiped off the face of the internet in entirety. Wow.

In other news, I emailed Jack Thompson, regarding the fact that his new site breaks his hosts terms of service, and cleverly left my cell phone number in the signature line. I hope to receive a call from him, that I can then record, and use in some interesting manner. Cause it'd be fun.

Anyways... Lots of interesting stuff going on on the internet now. Let's just see how it goes...

Erg. Irrate stick person standing over the burning corpses of those who he's slain.

Yeah, that's what happens when I'm bothered to post.

THAT MEANS YOU, BAKON.

But anyways, I probably should post anyways. So here goes.

In the latest news, world-known douche John Thompson (who shares a name with what Month Python once lovingly called the male genitalia) continues on his epic crusade... Of crap. Seriously, this guy really needs to get a life. Almost moreso than me.

In other news, uneducated politicians and stupid soccer-moms continue to speak out against the upcoming Rockstar game, Bully, calling it a "Columbine simulator". Cause of course they've actually played it and know what it will in fact contain. Oh wait, if they had, they'd likely know that there is no death in it, and it'll likely get a teen rating for mischeif and shit like that. WOOWEE!! GET THE SHOTGUN, MAW, THEM GAMES IS GUNNA KILL OUR NATIONAL VALUES!!!! I can hear the war cries now...

In some other totally unrelated news, I have recently uncovered disturbing information regarding the music people listen to.

It's not real. The people don't play instruments, they don't know how to play instruments, and most of them can't even sing to save their lives. Most of them have the help of computers to make them sound all spiffy. And even with computers, they sound like recycled shit. Wee.

Yeah, I think I'll stop there. Have fun all, and don't do bad bad things. Like becoming a politician.

So, if you haven't noticed, I've added pictures to most of my posts. Pictures of my own creation. Cause it's fun. And I have absolutely nothing better to do. That is all.

Current Topic: AOHell
So, new rant already? Oh yes. New rant already. You see, yesterday, I made several posts on the AOL News and Issues board. Several posts of which, as far as I know, did not break the rules at all. The problem? Today, I get on. Every single on is deleted. None remain. Why? No clue. Not even so much as a "Ha ha, we fucked you, didn't we!" email. Great.

Now, you see, I have had... Shall we say... Problems, with my posts being deleted in the past, for no readily apparent reason besides the fact that I was challenging the godlike powers of the mods. It even caused me to type up a rather long rant (yeah, I've been doing them for a while, in different forms). As a matter of fact here it is!

Well isn't this interesting. Before I start, may I point out that this post isn't exactly off topic for this forum, because it is, you know, News and Issues. And I just so happen to have an issue with AOL. Or, more rather, their moderation of these forums.

You see, I just recently made a post in response to another person on this board. My post did stray a bit off the topic of this board and into more religious type stuff, but it was still in response to the person's post, not to mention people do it all the time. Now, my post (at least to my knowledge) contained absolutely nothing offensive (unless you call a wish that people would realize that there's the slight possibility that they may be wrong about things offensive). Along with it, several other of my recent posts have disappeared, while, oddly enough, posts from others (even ones that contain insulting and derogitory material) remain.

So, what is my problem, you may ask? Simple. It seems to me as though the moderation of these boards, to put it kindly, sucks. Certain things are deleted, while others (that should) aren't. Example: Few months ago, someone was continuously telling one of my friends to commit suicide, along with various techniques to do so. I reported every single one of their posts, and guess what? Nothing happened. Same with all the "Hi, I'm advertising my blog" posts here. And yet, when someone makes a well thought-out post that took time and effort to write up, while trying to not be offensive to anyone, it's deleted. How very peculiar.

Meanwhile, look at the past few days of posts, and I'm sure you'll find plenty insulting other people, other groups of people, ways of life, etcetera. Has any of that been deleted? Nope. Not at all.

The moderation here is flawed. Period, end of story. Either moderate it all, or don't moderate it. Don't selectively moderate. You're not being payed to selectively moderate. We're not paying for the AOL service to have the mods selectively moderate certain things, while leaving blatently offensive material around.

Of course, this'll probably be deleted, too. And I'll probably be TOS'd by the mods because of their ignorance. But hey, that's what Notepad is good for, now isn't it?

Amazing, eh? Oh yes. Oh, and while it still exists, I might as well copy the content of my newest complaint, as well!

So yeah. Seems as though every single post I made yesterday was deleted for some strange reason. It's odd. I was never notified as to why they were deleted, and yes, I do know that they were deleted, as I have the boards set to show all posts, read and unread.

The problem I have is that I have absolutely no clue as to why they were deleted. As far as I'm aware, they didn't contain anything TOSable (unless you count my sig, which seems to be true).

Basically, this is an open letter to the AOL message board moderation folks. Frankly, I don't like my posts being deleted for no readily apparent reason. And I like it even less when I'm not even told why it's happening. That's why I'm requesting that one of the moderators somehow contact me to let me know exactly what I'm doing that's getting every singe one of my posts deleted.

I'm not quite sure if this is where I should be saying this, but at least here, I know that it will definitely be seen by the moderation team, that is, if it isn't too deleted without notice.

Yeah, I'm doing kinda like what I did quite a while ago, with my "AOL moderation rant" (all three times it was posted, it was deleted, unsurprisingly). Except this time I'm trying to be civil about it. Any response from the moderation team would be greatly appreciated.

Bit less hostile, eh? I wonder if it'll do anything.

Anyways, so this is a bit less of a rant than I had thought. Still. Of course, it'll turn into much more of a rant if, say, something bad happens to that latest post... Oh yes... Much more rantage...

Current Topic: Jackass Thompson
Rant time.

So, I was just looking through the comments on the newest article at gamepolitics.com, when I read not one, but FOUR comments made by John Bruce Thompson, Asshat-At-Law. The article's about ESA president Doug Lowenstein denouncing the bad PR the video game industry has been giving itself. So what did Thompson have to say? Let's go over it paragraph by paragraph, shall we?

Jack Thompson here, just for starters. Unlike all of the rest of you here (cowards), I actually identify myself.

Great way to start a comment, jackass. Let's insult everyone, and while we're at it, let's use a very hypocritical insult, too! (who's the one posting anonymously? who's the one who hides all their contact information?)

Dennis, good job on the item right below this one. You got it right.

Ooh, congratulating someone. Why that right there puts your image up by about 3 points....

How delicious, then, that this Doug story immediately follows it, namely that Doug Lowenstein has finally figured out that the video game industry has a public relations problem CAUSED BY ROCKSTAR! Fascinating. It's like saying Terrell Owens has a pr problem.

...And then drops it by 7,986. Did Lowenstein say anything about Rockstar, you pedantic swine? Didn't think so.

I wrote this slow learner, Doug Lowenstein, three years ago and suggested that if the industry would speak more directly to the excesses of Rockstar, then the entire industry would be able to avoid governmental regulation.

Ayup. Sure. Cause we all know that John Bruce Thompson = GOD. I mean, of course you know the future. Anyways, the only reason ANY creative industry would be government regulated is because of fundamentalist whores like yourself.

Duh.

Classy.

Doug's response was to lash out at anyone who said such a thing. He even recently opined that the American Psychological Association, in establishing the clear link between violent games and teen violence, was part of a far flung conspiracy. Good grief.

Oh, like saying that someone distributing flyers is part of some far flung Penny Arcade conspiracy? Good grief. Oh, and if you have the time (and I'm sure you do, since you're commenting at horrid hours of the night), please, do share a link to this supposed "study."

Now Warren Spector has said the very same thing about the excesses of Rockstar, only two years too late to do any good.

Actually, he was sharing an opinion. And it had nothing to do with the rest of the gaming industry being destroyed because of Rockstar.

Doug Lowenstein reminds me the knucklehead who plays Russian roulette until the inevitable tragic result and is heard to gasp, with his last breath: "I figured I was safe until I saw the flash."

More insults! Classic Thompson for you!

The flash was Hot Coffee. Doug and the industry that has paid him to lie for years should have known the Congressional gun was loaded.

"Paid him to lie for years"? Where do you get this shit, anyways? Your ass?

I warned them, and now the feds are moving on the entire industry.

Just like they're moving in on Penny Arcade.

The industry should get rid of Lowenstein as I suggested six months ago. It needs a new face. It needs someone without his history of mendacity and extremism. What it needs is someone other than a lobbyist thug who finally "got religion" after Hillary and Jack broke it off in the back of Rockstar. Jack Thompson

Funny, how you pretty much just described yourself, to a T. Extreme? Fundamentalist-ly so. Lobbyist thug? Oh yeah. Got religion? Misusing it, is more like it.

Next post:

Dear Anonymous Coward: This entire thread proves you all lost. Even Doug now gets it. I'm not going anywhere, sweetie. Jack Thompson

Quoted from user: anonymous. And the thread proves nothing. As do you. And I swear, you call ANYONE "sweetie" again, and I'll get the family protection folks to take away your children for suspected sexual abuse.

Next:

Oh, and get off the games and take the freed up time to learn how to spell, won't you? Goodness. Jack Thompson

Coming from someone known for horrendous abuse of "internet speak", along wit horrible spelling AND grammar, it really doesn't come off as serious.

Next:

If the sex scenes [in GTA:SA] had been in the open part of the game, it would have been rated AO, and it never would have been sold by the major retailers. That's precisely why Rockstar illegally embedded it in the game. They had to to assure the commercial success of the game. As soon as it was found, it was re-rated AO. Jack Thompson

Eh? God of War had sex. Leisure Suit Larry had sex. Fuggin' A, Playboy Mansion was practically about sex, and all three are rated M. And they illegally imbedded it? Oh yeah, cause they sooo wanted children to go out and by a $40-$50 cheat device, input lotsa codes, then go through the process of getting and dating a girlfriend until they're able to see laughably comedic sex scenes, that don't even include nudity. This in a game with more violence than you can shake a stick at. Oh, and guess what? It's back to an M rating.

Fucking hell, when will this idiot finally give up? Or have a heart attack? Or brain aneurysm?

Erg. So I just deleted the last entry by accident. Damn.

General jist of it: I took an Ambien to help me sleep. It ain't workin'. Out of boredom I post. Wee. Fun.

Anyways, tomorrow, depending on time, I will possibly post another rant. Yay.

Until then, have fun.

Oh, and someone, make a comment. Please.

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THE ND


Edit: TRANSLATION:

Alright, let's do this. No deleting allowed, only my taps and such forth as according to my skewed thought process. Quite. Just looked at it, and I must say, I already fail it big time. Oh my. This is horrible. Sheer madness. Run! Head for the hills! Take the women and children and all the little doggy bowwows and crap and other stuff that may perhaps make sense. Hmm... Maybe tomorrow sometime when I am better or something, I should try translating this horribly broken attempt at humam conversation. I will then of course offer the age old quip of how even this nonsensical pile of unreadable ramble is smarter and better at being a lawyer than Jack Thompson. Like, seriously. The guy's a prick, plain and simple. Oh gosh, I feel sorry for the poor soul who wanders upon this heaping mess of death and wrong. I also feel sorry for myself, as I get to translate this all tomorrow. In theory. I mean, maybe I will, or maybe I will delete it. Ot make ir permanent, and for it to be a reason why you should never do drugs. I'm looking at you, Kirby. Oh yes. No alcohol for you. And if you do have alchohol, then no forum for you either. Quite. And then there was this time where I was like "woah" and they were like "woah" and I was like "yeah". And them stuff happened.

THE END


I apologize to anyone who decided to read through that steaming pile of dogshit.

Current subject: Drugs, and why they are bad.
One thing you may not all realise is the fact that I am posting From a Pocket PC. I am tapping on a virtual keyboard in order to make words that make some sort of sense to me, or anyone else. You ser, problem is, I just took one of those crazy Ambien CR or whatever the crap. They are supposedx to help you sleep. And They're kicking in, I think. I'm trying to fight it, but my eyea aren't focusing right and my screen tapping skills seem to phail it miserably. Having Music in the background seems to help... I may also just try letting go, and havong my wonderful stylipenthingymajingy poke and prod the screen until soething more intelligable than this comes out. But wait, is this not intelligable? I mean, i am trying to keep it even somewhat cohesive, but my skills seem to be completely failing me. Not to mention I'm halluciinarimg that the onscreen keyboard is actually moving, whithing, if you will, trying to break free of it's galassy confines. It... It feels like it beckons fo.... Oh shit, new song, what razy shit is mu head gpnna come up wuth now? Hrm... If not for the fact that I likely appear rather ontoxicated to anyone reading this, thos is actually a very interesting experience. Now my head is starting to tingle, and it feels weird... *deep sigh* Oy vey, this is some crazy shinot righr here... Can't spell for beans, can't make sense of beans. Why do beans want me to spell? What the hell? WTFOMGLOLROFLMFAOBBQZORZ

Like, yeah. MAYHAPS I should let this sleepy thingy make me sleep, cause my head feels weird, like, a crushing sensation. Not hurty, just like something is slowly compssing my head-like areaness.

Umm... Sanity? Where hath thou gone?

Current Subject: Misc.

Middle of the night. And I'm sitting here, kinda like "Bored..." Yeah.

Note that thing up at the top. You know, the "Current Subject: Misc." thing. Yeah. I think I'm gonna be adding something like that to the top of each post, to catagorize them. This would be a misc. posting. Cause now I'm just rambling, really.

Anyways... Umm... Crap... I really have no reason to write. I mean, unlike </b></a>

Yeah, so guess what I found out today? Looks like Governer Blah-go-jah-vik's veto of a bill that would legalize tattoos for those that are 18 and older has been overturned as of... Well, today. It goes into effect in January. Methinks I'm gonna take advantage of that little law eventually... Heh.

Oh, and his reasoning for vetoing the bill in the first place? He doesn't want his kids getting tattoos. So, instead of acting like a PARENT (however so surprising is that?), he bans it for all people under 21. And yet those that are 18 to 20 years old can still be sent to war and killed and stuff. Yup. Oh wait, we still can't drink alcohol, either. Bah.

So, more about those amazing parenting skills of people (or lack thereof). Anybody been keeping up with the whole video game stuff going on? Some may call it the "Hot Coffee" issue, or whatever. The whole thing about mature games being sold to minors. You know what I think of that?

Bullshit.

Now, don't get me wrong, I do not believe the latest Grand Theft Auto should be sold to little Johnny, who just turned 10. But I also think that the people trying to enact laws to basically outlaw violent/adult oriented games are uneducated jackasses. You don't want little kids getting these games? Tell their fricking parents not to buy them.

Oh, and these are the same parents that then blame the games that they bought for their underage kid that just went on a massacre at the local school/mall/random place.

The world is filled with idiots. And it's usually the idiots that are the ones being heard, unfortunately.

The world sucks. And that was my first rant/ramble. Yay.

'Ello 'ello. Welcome to my first post. Yah. Anyways, let's talk, shall we?

First off, my school. West Chicago Community High School. Yeah, I graduated already, but I still visit sometimes. Anyways, yeah, I was that unpopular, un-Christian, Independent-declaring, headphones-constantly-on jackass that never told anyone what I was listening to, opting instead to answer with the single word, "music". If you're reading this, are from WCCHS, and recognize who I am, congratulations, you probably don't like me. Meh. If you do like me, congratulations, I probably know you. If you're a girl and you like me, get in (the supposedly staggeringly long) line. If you're none of those, well, I have one thing to say to you.

Hi.

Sooo... What're you going to see by coming here? Probably nothing too special. Probably lotsa rants, both personal and impersonal. Possibly stuff about Jack Thompson (and probably not too friendly stuff, either). That's why he's in interests. Cause, at the moment, he is of interest. Sorta. Kinda the same ason "idiots" is listed in interests. Because lotsa posts will probably be regarding said idiots in general.

Ayup, this'll be interesting. That is, if I actually update this one on a semi-regular basis. Maybe I will, maybe I won't.

Yah. Anywho... Umm... I'm done for now. Gotta think of a rant/ramble...