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March 2, 2005

The Dimwit Zone - Blogger Outcry Topples Instapundit

by Ferdinand T Cat

Famed uber-blogger Glenn Reynolds today announced that he is resigning from public life and will no longer blog. Reynolds, the helmsman of the popular blog Instapundit as well as a law professor at University of Tennessee, has been the center of controversy ever since it was reported in the blog Bad Example that Professor Reynolds does not own pajamas. Although it is not known how the Bad Example crew came by this information, it was quickly confirmed by the Tennessee Animal Welfare Authority (TAWA), who had recently conducted a raid of Reynolds' home in response to allegations he was using small dogs as a food source.

According to a spokesman for the Alliance of Free Blogs, who obtained the TAWA report using the Freedom of Information Act, the lack of pajamas is a smoking gun. "Everybody knows that bloggers are people who write un-edited material on their PCs while wearing pajamas. If you don't have pajamas, you can't blog."

Mr. Reynolds says the whole controversy has been a "terrible ordeal", and that he intends to "retire completely from public life and do something totally unrelated to journalism." He is expected to start his new job as the anchor for the CBS Evening News sometime next month.

Respectfully submitted,

Ferdinand T. Cat


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Comments

I say good riddance to the puppy blender extraordinaire! (I LOVE this stuff!)


Posted by: VARepublicMan at March 2, 2005 11:14 AM

Oh, oh, "small dogs as a food source"??!! This won't do, my two Chihuahuas will definitely be pleased he out out of the blogosphere (where I spend a lot of time, while they sit on my lap) & by his new job as CBS anchor (which I watch NOT AT ALL!) ROTFLOL!!


Posted by: Lynne Gale at March 2, 2005 11:30 AM

Every time I read that "puppy blender" post I dissolve. It's the funniest thing I've ever read on the internet.

Of course, this post would be the...what are we this week Ferdi, the 6th or the 7th funniest site? Or is that the 5th?


Posted by: superhawk at March 2, 2005 11:50 AM

Long live the puppy blender, um ... I mean Instapundit.

/TJ


Posted by: TJ at March 2, 2005 1:34 PM

Please, someone tell me, what is the puppy blender post?


Posted by: Anne at March 2, 2005 2:43 PM

It can be found at http://www.imao.us/archives/000567.html#000567. For the backstory on the Alliance / Instapundit war, go to http://gevkaffeegal.typepad.com/the_alliance/2003/09/the_blog_war_an.html.


Posted by: Ferdy Author Profile Page at March 2, 2005 5:42 PM

Heh heh! Good one. :-) I linked the post up from my site and from Blogcritics.org.

Thanks,

David


Posted by: David Flanagan Author Profile Page at March 2, 2005 7:23 PM

You absolutely rule! And to think I used to not like cats.


Posted by: anselm at March 2, 2005 8:36 PM

"something totally unrelated to journalism." He is expected to start his new job as the anchor for the CBS Evening News sometime next month"

Love that line :-)


Posted by: Harvey at March 2, 2005 10:22 PM

Love the last paragraph! It's great to see another entertaining "news" site on the Web. Well worth a link.


Posted by: Greg at March 3, 2005 12:05 AM

Hilarious!! My cats will just love this!


Posted by: Anne at March 3, 2005 10:35 AM

Glad to see this at CoTV. Keep the faith. Reynolds is only one good post from oblivion!


Posted by: VARepublicMan at March 9, 2005 9:02 PM

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