It's ridiculous that the media made such a big deal that a beagle won. Because a beagle never won before? I was watching CNN and they had the guy who's been the host of Westminster for the past twenty years (or whatever) on and he said, "Well, they only have 160 breeds and they've only been doing this for a little over 100 years, so somebody's gonna get left out."
On the other hand, you gotta look at it from the reporters' point of view--the vast, vast majority of people do not care in the slightest who wins a blinking dog show. In a world where news only exists to generate advertising revenue, bringing back a snoozer story like "Hey, look, a dog won a dog show" puts you on the fast track to asking people whether they want fries with that.
This year, however, there's an angle--a new breed has won the show. Instant underdog action, *plus* the chance to coyly insinuate that there's been an anti-beagle conspiracy for the past century. *That's* going to keep people tuned in, given the right teaser before you go to the commercial break. For a couple of minutes, anyway.
I mostly pegged it as "Thank god, something to talk about that's not the election or the war!" (Hell, even the NIU shooting seemed to help their mood, which is really, really sad.)
I do have to admit, that beagle was really freakin' gorgeous. I want to pet it SO BAD.
Odd, that. I mean, I recognized some of their songs...heard them many a-time. I just never thought to myself "He...that's an Eels song. I should pick their stuff up..."
I'm not a huge Eels fan, I just remember that it was impossible to not hear their name once Shrek came out. At that point and ever after, the Eels have just been one of those basic (in the literal sense of the term) Indie bands that, when necessary, everybody could fall back to agreeing upon.
I have not unloaded the camera yet, but at Boskone in Boston, the convention included a Munchkin game using every card ever made, and I have a couple of pictures of the deck table.
I will be getting it on the net today or tomorrow.
Honestly, looking at LCL's filing, I dunno if I'd be placing bets on GenCon...
The things LCL is claiming seem to be the sort of thing that is easy as heck to prove, and I doubt the legal team at LCL would file this if they didn't think they had smoking guns.
GenCon could end up paying out (including legal fees) close to half a million bucks ($500,000, $150,000, legal fees that will be huge, punitive damages for "loss of image on LCL's part)...
I really don't think this is going to end well. Great guy or not, LCL's made some pretty harsh claims. If they end up being true, will you still think Peter Adkison's a hell of a guy?
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This year, however, there's an angle--a new breed has won the show. Instant underdog action, *plus* the chance to coyly insinuate that there's been an anti-beagle conspiracy for the past century. *That's* going to keep people tuned in, given the right teaser before you go to the commercial break. For a couple of minutes, anyway.
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I do have to admit, that beagle was really freakin' gorgeous. I want to pet it SO BAD.
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Sounds like someone is on the payroll of the Poodle Mafia!
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Beats me, they're a giant friggin' blip.
--PolarisDiB
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I will be getting it on the net today or tomorrow.
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The things LCL is claiming seem to be the sort of thing that is easy as heck to prove, and I doubt the legal team at LCL would file this if they didn't think they had smoking guns.
GenCon could end up paying out (including legal fees) close to half a million bucks ($500,000, $150,000, legal fees that will be huge, punitive damages for "loss of image on LCL's part)...
I really don't think this is going to end well. Great guy or not, LCL's made some pretty harsh claims. If they end up being true, will you still think Peter Adkison's a hell of a guy?
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