From: Andrew Stein <steinlink@gmail.com>
To: barriticus@gmail.com

me: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/04/thomas-friedmans-five-wor_n_171871.html
me: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/03/fish_in_a_barrel.php
me: check it
Andrew: nice article though
Andrew: they fucked up the link to your book
Andrew: nice
Andrew: aw shityou were publishe din vanity fair?
Andrew: lulz, synergy ftw
Andrew: "I jus thave to go buy Mr. Brown's book!"
Andrew: i like this comment
Andrew: heh
me: surprised he didn't post it six weeks from now after someone sent him a link from reddit
Andrew: nice
me: http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/03/the-predictions.html
me: FTW
me: Mount and Blade, for instance
me: I can assure you that I've been playing video games
Andrew: and by life, I clearly refer to steam life
Andrew: while you were off getting published in 'vanity fair', I was doing something important with my life
Andrew: i'm one achievement away from getting the sandman too
Andrew: can you be an online scout with a force-a-nature?
me: I can be an online vagrant
me: built-in readership
me: better to write for VF or even Daily Kos
me: plus, my blog stuff never got noticed
Andrew: I'm proud to be a whore
me: monkeys point
me: NOOOO
me: $250 a blog post
Andrew: whores get paid
me: Vanity Fair pays
Andrew: then you dont have to whore yourself to vanity fair like a .... whore
Andrew: it doesnt really make any money to start, but you can bild a readership with it
Andrew: get a blog
Andrew: or whatever
Andrew: you not having a blog is like me not having a computer
Andrew: you should have a blog
Andrew: i may buy fallout3 for pc if i have some free time coming - unless this is better
Andrew: i want
Andrew: thats cool
me: it's also somewhat akin to Pirates! with the various kingdoms fighting and traders running around etc
me: it
me: like really well-executed mounted combat
me: offers stuff you can't get elsewhere
me: it's pretty damned cool
Andrew: how is it?
Andrew: oh shit
me: look in your heart
Andrew: where's the "convert fallout 1 & 2 to 3" mod?
me: actually, forget I said that because I don't want to have this conversation again
me: if you do, get some mods