There was also this from back in the days of the olive tree, though it's not nearly as funny. And I seem to remember one reviewer - I think a professional writer but maybe someone on Amazon? - remark that Friedman uses the first person singular more often than most people use the definite article.
I have been trying to avoid writing about Thomas Friedman. Two years ago, when I had a serious drug problem, one of the worst symptoms was a monomaniacal obsession with Friedman. I called his office regularly from overseas, sent him rambling two-page letters, harassed him in 100 different ways. Once, I even called the office of Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and, pretending to be Friedman himself, screamed at Sulzberger's secretary. I told her that I was pissed, that "Arthur better get his car out of my fucking parking space" and that "golf this weekend [was] out of the fucking question."
The cover of the issue containing that review is even funnier. I have more to say, but have recently resolved to not self-promote in comments here.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 04-21-05 9:38 PM
W/D, if you are secretly the man behind the Get Your War On comix, I bow in your general direction.
...and, really, we should all assume real estate acronyms as avatars here on Unfogged.
Posted by mike d | Link to this comment | 04-21-05 10:05 PM
No, i'd be proud to promote that.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 04-21-05 10:14 PM
There was also this from back in the days of the olive tree, though it's not nearly as funny. And I seem to remember one reviewer - I think a professional writer but maybe someone on Amazon? - remark that Friedman uses the first person singular more often than most people use the definite article.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 04-22-05 12:31 AM
Tabibi has mugged Friedman before. It's awesome.
The lead paragraph is a gonzo journalism classic:
I have been trying to avoid writing about Thomas Friedman. Two years ago, when I had a serious drug problem, one of the worst symptoms was a monomaniacal obsession with Friedman. I called his office regularly from overseas, sent him rambling two-page letters, harassed him in 100 different ways. Once, I even called the office of Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and, pretending to be Friedman himself, screamed at Sulzberger's secretary. I told her that I was pissed, that "Arthur better get his car out of my fucking parking space" and that "golf this weekend [was] out of the fucking question."
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 04-22-05 6:49 AM
My odd post at one was just a case of the small time blog blues.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 04-22-05 7:07 AM
Wow. I think I have bruises.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 04-22-05 7:26 AM