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Saturday, September 2, 2006

New MySpace comment!

From marshall's:

you are very good at acting like a victim with the whole andy dick thing, when really you are just an opportunistic predator. try being clever and creative enough to where you can gain popularity without picking on an easy target like andy. it doesn't take much talent on your end to get a laugh from telling people how andy acts. and before you get defensive, try to think that maybe i'm trying to help you be better as a comedian. truely successful comedians don't need aid from other high profile celebrities to further themselves. i'm sure you won't post this because it might make you look 'bad' (God forbid), but hopefully you hear me. have a great weekend:)


truely! [sic]

(UPDATE: Dude deleted comment. But we'll always have it. We will. I love "Predator"!)

Which reminds me of one of my favorite things I've ever read from legendary SNL writer Michael O'Donoghue: "How to Write Good." Here is an excerpt.

Lesson 6—Quoting Other Authors

If placed in a situation where you must quote another author, always write "[sic]" after any word that may be misspelled or looks the least bit questionable in any way: If there are no misspellings or curious words, toss in a few "[sic]"s just to break up the flow. By doing this, you will appear to be knowledgeable and "on your toes," while the one quoted will seem suspect and vaguely discredited. Two examples will suffice:

"O Sleepless as the river under thee,
Vaulting the sea, the prairies' dreaming sod
Unto us lowiest sometime sweep, descend
And of the curveship [sic] lend a myth to God."
— Hart Crane

"Beauty is but a flowre [sic],
Which wrinckles [sic] will devoure [sic],
Brightnesse [sic] falls from the ayre [sic],
Queenes [sic] have died yong [sic] and faire [sic],
Dust hath closde [sic] Helens [sic] eye [sic].
I am sick [sic], I must dye [sic]: Lord, have mercy on us."
— Thomas Nashe

Note how only one small "[sic]" makes Crane's entire stanza seem trivial and worthless, which, in his case, takes less doing than most. Nashe, on the other hand, has been rendered virtually unreadable. Anyone having to choose between you and Nashe would pick you every time! And, when it's all said and done, isn't that the name of the game?




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