Dear [insert name here],
Upon further consideration of our recent phone conversation/instant messages/social software exchange/letter/bar brawl/conversation at the cafe, I’ve decided you are wrong. Dead Wrong.
My emails are short, terse, and usually center upon one link or image. My subject lines are carefully chosen for wordplay/humor/contrast/street cred and are quite humorous. I fucking agonize over them, i spend hours working them over, getting them to just the right balance of off the cuff and studied surrealism. As a by product, they’re guaranteed to get past any spam filter, most of which will eat a post with a subject “Here’s a cool link for you!”
Frankly, I found your ad hominum attack to be out of character/silly/proof of your genetic defects/jingoistic claptrap/wingnuttery at it’s worst/total moonbat shit/dull and boring/confusing at best. Am I or my email really to blame for your divorce/fractured skull/bed wetting/favorite team’s loss in the play offs/celibacy/warts? I don’t think so. Your transferring your own failings onto me, and I shan’t put up with it.
In short, If you’re looking for a ready scapegoat, go fuck yourself. Nasally With a fire hydrant..
FFEJ
PS And you can take your comments about my lack of education/spelling/grammar/fondness of lowercase/mixing of tenses and wraap it around thirty feet of rusty shit splattered barbed wire. And floss with it.
UPDATED: The Gang never went away, it now has a daily version, NewsGang Live, where norms and civilians can call in and listen or comment live, in addition to the weekly Gang roundtable. You can now get the podcasts feed here and the new NewsGang news aggregator which will work on iPhone or other mobile browsers. I still think Jason’s behavior was craptacular.
So I just watched the Gillmor Gang’s current version, The Gang, self destruct. I think. What I actually saw was a series of Twits by Jason Calacanis.
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should i twitter the Gillmor Gang conference call code?!?! we’re live on right now. about 1 hour ago from
web
the confence call number for Gillmor Gang live right now is: 1.800.704.9804 about 1 hour ago from web
the code is six digits…. the first four are 5287 about 1 hour ago from web
if you guess the last two digits you’re on the call. about 1 hour ago from web
the last two digits are under 50 and not 38 about 1 hour ago from web
it is not 43 about 1 hour ago from web
@connectedgeek: don’t publish the number! about 1 hour ago from web in reply to connectedgeek
Larry is now on the Gillmor Gang. about 1 hour ago from web
i think three folks are now on the call… about 1 hour ago from web
the gillmor gang has imploded 27 minutes ago from web
the gillmor gang is live right now 1.800.704.9804 six digit conference code.. here are the first five: 52872 you have to guess the 6th 27 minutes ago from web
Steve Gillmor left the Gillmor gang–hung up! we had to beg him back on IM 24 minutes ago from web
Tell steve you love the show… 1.800.704.9804 x528727 17 minutes ago from web
Until:
Steve Gillmor quit the Gillmor Gang
13 minutes ago from web
While this is primary source material, it doesn’t tell the whole story. I hope this isn’t what it looks like…
