So we didn’t run a Friday Frivolity, because with the Batman Massacre, that just didn’t seem right, especially given that most of my choices were Batman related. I don’t think that the whole world has to be put on hold when this kind of tragedy happens, but there is such a thing as decorum. For instance, I thought it was in really poor taste that when just before watching The Dark Knight Rises, I saw a trailer for the movie Gangster Squad, about an anti-gang squad in old timey Los Angeles, where in one scene some guys with Tommy guns go into a movie theater and machine gun into the crowd. This has led to some speculation that the movie could be changed. I don’t think you should change the movie itself, but putting the preview on seems to have been a really poor choice, especially leading in to that movie, akin to the infamous Spider-Man World Trade Center preview.
Of course cutting out the entire scene from the movie itself made sense in Spider-Man because the collapse of the towers would have dated the movie instantly, as taking place sometime in the past when the movie makers want you to imagine it took place in the present or perhaps the near-future. But if someone makes a movie that takes place in pre-9-11 New York city, I don’ t think they should shy away from showing us the towers. We shouldn’t pretend like it never happened.
Anyway, so no Friday Frivolity, but we get Monday Frivolity, which is like Friday Frivolity, only without the alliteration and in today’s edition, you are going to learn why it pays to follow my Twitter account. Sometimes you get random fun, like me pointing out that my wife made me 4 pancakes—3 regular ones and one that is heart-shaped. And then there are people just goofing around. Like people like to come up with “humor challenges” for lack of a better word, so someone came up with the idea of trying to come up with humorous examples of what happens when you take one letter out of a movie title. So you get this from Bob Owens: “Fat and Furious: Michael Moore gets his dinner bill.#removeoneletterfilms”
Well, I racked my brain, and finally came up with one I thought was funny:
"T: The Extra Terrestrial" Mr. T plays an alien who will pity the fool who screws with Elliot #RemoveOneLetterFilms
I never know how funny my own jokes are, but apparently some people liked it, including one enterprising person going by the nickname @Darth who wrote that “This needs a poster” and then went on to make this very excellent mock up:
I said it on Twitter and I’ll say it here: nicely done. And it made me laugh.
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My wife and I have lost our jobs due to the harassment of convicted terrorist Brett Kimberlin, including an attempt to get us killed and to frame me for a crime carrying a sentence of up to ten years. I know that claim sounds fantastic, but if you read starting here, you will see absolute proof of these claims using documentary and video evidence. If you would like to donate and help my wife and I in this time of need, please go to this donation page. And thank you.
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Disclaimer:
I have accused some people, particularly Brett Kimberlin, of reprehensible conduct. In some cases, the conduct is even criminal. In all cases, the only justice I want is through the appropriate legal process—such as the criminal justice system. I do not want to see vigilante violence against any person or any threat of such violence. This kind of conduct is not only morally wrong, but it is counter-productive.
In the particular case of Brett Kimberlin, I do not want you to even contact him. Do not call him. Do not write him a letter. Do not write him an email. Do not text-message him. Do not engage in any kind of directed communication. I say this in part because under Maryland law, that can quickly become harassment and I don’t want that to happen to him.
And for that matter, don’t go on his property. Don’t sneak around and try to photograph him. Frankly try not to even be within his field of vision. Your behavior could quickly cross the line into harassment in that way too (not to mention trespass and other concerns).
And do not contact his organizations, either. And most of all, leave his family alone.
The only exception to all that is that if you are reporting on this, there is of course nothing wrong with contacting him for things like his official response to any stories you might report. And even then if he tells you to stop contacting him, obey that request. As you will see by the time I am done telling my story that this is a key element in making out a harassment claim under Maryland law—that a person asks you to stop and you refuse.
And let me say something else. In my heart of hearts, I don’t believe that any person supporting me has done any of the above. But if any of you have, stop it, and if you haven’t don’t start.
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