April 21, 2004

silhouette3.JPG From the desk of Mindles H. Dreck:

Oops, I did it again...

I listened to Air America on the way home and caught the first half hour of Majority Report. They are hitting lefty boggers hard for material - today Atrios was filling in for Garofalo.

Except, I didn't hear much from Atrios. Sam Seder fawned all over him and then just worked his way into the usual rantsand bad jokes (from memory):

'Sitting across from me is the blogger Atrios. He is behind a scrim-[to engineer] would you call that a scrim? Yes I think scrim is the right word hahaha.....anybody who thinks we don't have a Taliban-like problem in this country is out of touch'

Once again I was denied my blogger-on-the-air fix. Incidentally, the technical problems continue. Atrios' mic wasn't on in the beginning and they had trouble running a short loop of Garofalo 'joking' about the engineer's face turning "a color that is beet-like". ROTFL, I tell you.

I did learn that Atrios is maintaining such deep pseudonym cover that his 'friends and family' don't know who he is (once again, Seder tells us that, asks for a confimation and keeps blabbing). He's insta-prolific isn't he? What on earth does he tell people he's doing all the time? How does he explain the funny blogger screen on his computer? As a fellow pseudonym blogger I can tell you my friends and family know all about this.

I applaud Air America's idea of tapping the weblogging community for ideas. Now they should shut up and let them contribute because the on-air talent is only funny and entertaining in the way Plan Nine From Outer Space is funny and entertaining.

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Comments

We at www.newamericanempire.org are also jealous of Atrios' success, Mr. Dreck.

Posted by: Demogenes Aristophanes on April 21, 2004 10:28 PM

Plan Nine?

Now that's just cruel.

On the other hand, like Doug Piranha, who nailed his wife's head to a coffee table, you're a cruel man, but fair...

Posted by: Rand Simberg on April 21, 2004 10:54 PM

Bah, they didn't let Atrios speak much because they were afraid the NSA would get enough of his voice to do a voiceprint comparison with Echelon intercepts...

(Of course, if you don't believe Atrios' real identity isn't an open secret in Dem circles, I have a bridge over the Schuykill River to sell you...)

Posted by: Chris Lawrence on April 21, 2004 10:58 PM

There's a picture of Hatrios here. His face has been intentionally distorted.

That was taken at the Unity Dinner, so several people must know who he is. Plus, he's been on AirAmerica twice now, so somebody must recognize his voice.

If you're one of those somebody's, here's a hint: go to a public library and set up a geocities site using a yahoo mail account.

Posted by: The Lonewacko Blog on April 22, 2004 12:40 AM

Sounds like Seder was out of order.

Posted by: Bernard Yomtov on April 22, 2004 10:49 AM

Lost you there, Chris. You're saying Atrios's identity isn't an open secret among Dems?

Posted by: Katherine on April 22, 2004 12:46 PM

Here's what I think is the interesting question (and it has little to do with Atrios):

Do Garofalo and friends really think the US has a "Taliban-like problem", seriously?

If they're not serious, why do they think it's useful and good to pretend that it is so?

If they are serious, where can I get some of what they're smoking?

Posted by: Sigivald on April 22, 2004 12:53 PM

It's been pretty well established that "atrios" is a substitute high school gym teacher from Philadelphia. What has never been entirely clear, however, is why the Philly school authorities permit one of their employees to devote so much of his "working" hours to his blog and related activities.

Posted by: dave on April 23, 2004 10:06 AM

As a fellow prolific deep-cover blogger (not only is my identity a complete secret, but my blog is too), the way you keep your activities secret even from friends and family is...
1. Don't have any.
2. Never tell anyone you have a blog.
3. Become nocturnal/diurnal (opposite of your friends/etc.
4. Write blog posts on pieces of paper, claim they are "to-do" notes to yourself. Never let anyone see them. Type them up in secret.
5... etc. etc.

Posted by: . on April 25, 2004 01:57 AM

I never realized Atrios' actual identity was such a secret, mostly because I never cared all that much.

Posted by: Slartibartfast on April 26, 2004 02:21 PM

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