Seems like only a week ago -- oh, it was exactly a week ago in fact -- that Deb Frisch posted a fake suicide note on my blog.
You can read the whole story.
Now it's Thursday again, and Deb Frisch is at it again, now signing my name at Vodkapundit.
In a post about photography, someone left me the following comment:
oh my god - did you hear that pajamas media blogger dan drezner killed himself this morning?
That's a lie, and a vicious one at that. It might not surprise you that commenter "steve" has the exact same IP address as Deb Frisch. The email address she's using is "janke@email.com," but I assume it's a fake.
What the hell is wrong with someone that they would lie about a suicice? In Deb's case, it seems like a lot of things.
I'm not sure how to respond. It's so obvious now that it almost has the quality of an ongoing prank, like the guys who steal your garden gnome, then drive it around the country sending you pictures of where the gnome has been. You don't want your gnome stolen, but then when it happens, you just shrug.
At least the gnome gag is funny.
Deb Frisch has the persistance and determination to be pull off a sustained gag. She doesn't have anything remotely approaching a sense of humour though.
I guess I'll be waiting until she posts to yet another blog reporting that I've been found nibbled to death by fire ants.
It is notable, however, that this is the first posting in which I have used my name as a Technorati tag.
[Thanks to John for the heads up]
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This is all I can think to say:
Sancte Michael Archangele, defende nos in prælio. Contra nequitiam et
insidias diaboli esto præsidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices
deprecamur.Tuque princeps militiæ caelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus
malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo divina virtute in
infernum detrude. Amen.
Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in the battle; be our protection
against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we
humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of
God, cast into hell satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the
world, seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
Posted by: 'been around the block at August 17, 2006 07:24 PM
Did I miss something or did 'been around' just exorcise the evil spirit which has been plaguing this blog?
Posted by: Mac at August 17, 2006 07:33 PM
I dunno, throw some Holy water on Frisch and see what happens.
Posted by: Dante at August 17, 2006 07:41 PM
I guess you've officially arrived. Please don't tell her where I live... ;o)
Posted by: Walrus at August 17, 2006 07:50 PM
Out of curiosity: did you ever decide whether to ban her or not?
Posted by: PhantomObserver at August 17, 2006 08:17 PM
If her IP is traceable, why not take legal action?
Posted by: TrustOnlyMulder at August 17, 2006 09:31 PM
Ban her? No. She seemed otherwise well-behaved in her subsequent postings. The opinions split three ways -- don't ban her because it's what she wants, don't ban her because she makes for good entertainment, ban her. Take out the motivation, and the prevailing opinion was not to ban her.
Legal action? Not sure for what, exactly. She has not libeled me, as far as I can tell. She hasn't used my name to sign bad cheques. She has become an annoyance. I don't have the time, money, or patience to litigate against an annoyance.
Posted by: Steve Janke at August 17, 2006 09:56 PM
I think you need to sick Fenris Badwulf on her
IHMO.
MWAWHAWHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Posted by: Fergy at August 17, 2006 10:07 PM
It all depends on whether you want to scrape the moonbat shit off your boots..
Syncro
Posted by: syncrodox at August 18, 2006 01:47 AM
I'm not sure how to respond. It's so obvious now that it almost has the quality of an ongoing prank, like the guys who steal your garden gnome, then drive it around the country sending you pictures of where the gnome has been.That's the best summation I have seen so far.Dr. Deb being reduced from an Internet Pestilence to an Internet Pest.Changed my mind- don't ban her......just ignore her.
Posted by: backhoe at August 18, 2006 02:13 AM
I ask again - are her convictions so weak that she can't articulate her points convincingly ON HER OWN?
Imagine if Plato felt compelled to do the same thing. Yes, this is the ONLY time you will see Frisch mentioned along with true luminaries instead of with dim bulbs...
Posted by: at August 18, 2006 10:18 AM
She left the same comment at another blog using her own name.
http://www.solomonia.com/blog/archives/008993.shtml
Posted by: Gary at August 18, 2006 04:07 PM
Why do you persist in giving this person the attention she craves?
Posted by: djb at August 18, 2006 06:04 PM
Excuse the stupid question, but do you folks have fire ants up there? I thought it was a southern problem.
Posted by: Jay at August 18, 2006 07:26 PM