Hat Tip: Mike B.
Larry asks the same old question for the bazillionth time:
Do you write for the immortality or for the money, or a little bit of both?
Dracon (Biledragon) on page 2:
What does it matter to you if it’s remembered, anyway? You’re fuckin’ dead by then.
Bile’s actually making sense. It happens from time to time.
Then on page 3, Philbin takes a swipe at RN Lee for suggesting that he (MP) doesn’t know how to read:
Hey, tell you what, tantrum woman, why don’t you be a little less cryptic in your posts so we can pretend to give a shit. Or are you saying that ALL Shockliners are a load o’ religious nuts who’ll have instant access to your worthless references. Gah.
HorrorLegacy replies, also on page 3:
I still don’t understand the purpose of these posts. Are you that bored?
In a nutshell, yes. Yes, he is. HorrorLegacy could prove worth watching. He or she has had some good comebacks on these Philbin and Dagstine threads.
Don’t most major religions teach that you automatically achieve immortality when you die? Theology isn’t my thing, but from what little I recall, heaven, hell, purgatory, reincarnation, or whatever . . . aren’t they all just some form of immortality/afterlife? Heck, that goes at least as far back as ancient Egyptian civilization, and isn’t limited to monotheistic religions. Does achieving enlightenment count as immortality? Honestly, I don’t remember. Still, even those weird suicide cults teach their members that they’re achieving immortality by dying.
By that logic, since Philbin is an athiest, it stands to reason that he doesn’t believe in any sort of afterlife, therefore, given Larry’s two choices, he must be in it for the money.
Journey lyrics FTW!!!
http://shocklinesforum.yuku.com/topic/9031?page=8
Thanks for picking up the ball so fast, Sighlon!!
After sighlon’s post, it was locked. >_<
Dagstine was so damn proud of his inane thread that he blogged about it.
and:
How does he reconcile that with his vow to quit writing short stories? I predicted not that long ago that ol’ Lorenzo would be back to writing them by Spring, which is technically less than two months away. He may not even last that long.
If he wants any income from writing, he’ll have to continue to write his short stories for those nominally paying magazines. Not even Silverthought will publish that great American novel he claims to be concentrating on writing. He was banned from that forum, and all his stories removed.
I wonder whatever happened to that Coney Island article that he claimed was due this February. We haven’t heard boo about that in at least a couple of months.
I stand firm in my assessment that the Coney Island project doesn’t exist. It was him attempting to swing his phantom dick around claiming he was making money as a writer.
“— yeah, sometimes the buck ain’t so bad either . . .”
When did he start writing like Pacione?
It’s almost like Dagstine is the bait for whatever moronic trap Philbin thinks he’s setting out. Does anyone else get that feeling reading these things?
Better question is: Why has Philbin, as of today, again made a point to declare he isn’t friends with Dagstine? Is it to distance himself from him because even HE doesn’t like him? Or is it because as long as we think those two are buddy-buddy, Daggy’s “MIKE UR POSTS R RELEVANT TO MY INTERESTS” don’t add credence to Mike’s statements?
I think we’re supposed to think that because Philbin has yet to buy Dungstain a beer at a Con, they aren’t in on anything together, which is bullshit. It’s fun watching him kick Daggy in an attempt to do that, though.
I get the feeling Philbin thinks of himself as a puppetmaster. Daggy’s too stupid to realize he’s the puppet.
As far as distancing himself from Dungstain, rest assured Philbin has some ulterior motive. Of course, it’s also possible that he finds his most loyal sycophant a tad embarrassing. Maybe that stellar comic strip had something to do with it. 😉
And you were worried the lulz would die with Pacione. 😉
I was. Boy, do I (happily) stand corrected.
The money or the immortality
Seriously, have far up your own arse do you have to be to consider those as the two main or only options?
What about:
The fun or the sense of achievement?
Want or need?
The desire to tell your own stories or fed up with the crap on tv. Yes I’m looking at you, Sanctuary and Demons! Grrr.
Really liked Adam’s put down – failing at the internet. 😀
Surely Mr Dagostino is never less than honest with everyone. Next you’ll be telling me he never had cancer!
Gasp!
In other news Mikakke Phailbin does not understand logic. Nor does he comprehend the difference between a bill and a law. His failure to understand what “closed military base” means seems to be par of the course. Film at 11.
Yes and in the thread Mr Brendan has linked to… Journey.
Oh, and to answer your question, Rusty, I’m pretty sure all religions at least indicate an afterlife.
If you speak of things beyond this universe, it would make sense you don’t consider the end here to be the very end.
Mind you, I think early Israel believed once you died, you were pretty much gone. You ended up some sort of shadow of yourself, moping about in Sheol.
Ok, that’s still an afterlife, of sorts. Not as we know it though.
I’m not sure what the religion was back when the Epic of Gilgamesh was written, but I know Gilgamesh saw death as the end. The mighty city of Uruk was his route to immortality.
Wow, that’s the most serious post I’ve made anywhere all year. :p
Can’t decide if Horror Legacy is someone doing a great job of winding Philbin up or Dagstine performing for him.
But did catch this. His own words:
“I don’t do this to appear clever.”
WELL THAT’S A FUCKING RELIEF!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, if you can see so far out your ass that the sun is shining through your nose, go with the flow.
“You ended up some sort of shadow of yourself, moping about in Sheol.”
Wait…I do that now!
My money’s on Horror Legacy being Dagstine, they started off with a picture of Pacione for an avatar, replied to the thread about preserving books in attics with something about keeping their books in a basement, and posted a deleted thread called Keene or King where he asked people to say who was better Brain Keene or Stephen King and why.
Go with the flow? From your ass?
Ewwwww, Rusty!
Karen, I hear there are no monster movies in Sheol. 🙁
I may have to go the other way, then.
Thank you, CritGit. My ass stink farts are pretty tame. Sample a few from the Texas crowd.
I like this from R.N. Lee in one of the Updike threads.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1872/philcertgm6.jpg
Oh. BTW, Happy Belated Birthay to you, Karen. In theory, I shouldn’t act like a jackass, but it happens, if I sneak it in there a little late.
The “One of Us” thread has distension amongst the ranks! Dagstine didn’t back a consp. theory of Mike’s, rather, he shot it down!
Lewis: All alts are to be blamed on Dagstine, even sighlon.
It’s his punishment for ValentineVegan and pretending to be me, among many others…
Is my memory going, or wasn’t there supposed to be some big genre-killing moment coming from MP in the very near future?
Wasn’t Feb 2009 mentioned a while back as “doomsday” for the genre?
http://shocklinesforum.yuku.com/reply/93559/t/John-Updike-R-I-P-.html#reply-93559 Jack Haringa for the win.
And in honour of all the Mikey bashing tonight a quick five minute edit.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5818/mikeyxr3.png
Another excellent put down, if the award was great too.
How many put downs can one man earn himself in one week? We shall soon find out. 😀
http://shocklinesforum.yuku.com/topic/9276/master/1/?page=1 EPIC THREAD
QUICK CONTACT KIM!
I see Matt is online there now, so teh lulz will soon cease. Sad, because VeryUnseemly has returned and seems to be just warming up.
I however, grabbed the firefox extension Rusty mentioned, and captured said lulz as jpgs.
For the love of God, NO ONE writes for the money.
Publish for money, of course. But one writes for the love of story, and all its elements — character, plot, atmosphere, the love of words. For the sake of telling a story.
People yammer over and over that they never do it for the money, that’s commercialist or capitalist or whatever, that they’re artists, they do it for the love of art, etc.
Well gosh-darn it, doesn’t everyone? Maybe I’m being a nitpicker over semantics, but I hate the repetitive notion implicit in questions like Mr. Dagstine’s that you either write because you want money and ca churn out crap for the ever-coveted, all-mighty dollar, OR you write because you’re a writer, and love to write.
Frankly, any writer, regardless of success, writes for the love of writing.
But pros publish to get paid.
Money and love of writing are not mutually exclusive. Getting paid or not doesn’t change whether you’d ever put another sentence down. But it does influence where you send those sentences, and roughly how many folks will see and enjoy those sentences, and whether you can pay bills to keep on the electricity that runs your computer and the heat that warms your office while you write.
Argh.
Sorry — just had to throw my two cents in.
Thanks, Al-K. I would’ve skipped the Updike thread, as I thought it would be typical stuff. I had no idea it would prove another opportunity for epic fail
Excellent distinction, Mary S.
I write for fun. I edit, polish, swear at and stamp on the damn thing in the vain hope someone else will pay me for it.
Kim: This http://theotherdarkplace.com/mboard/index.php?topic=16145.msg213607#msg213607 is for joo.
Mike Philbin, professional idiot. Too bad his village isn’t paying him.
And need I say that Mary S wins the internet. Again.
You note that he says his writing is a drug? that he’s an addict?
I have only one thing to say to that little metaphor:
Once a junkie, always a junkie.
Well this is amusing:
Dumbstine proves his ineptitude with the understanding of writing markets by singing the praises of Warren Lapine. This man had a huge problem with communicating and getting product to his customers, as well as paying his writers. Plus, it seems like he has a business plan that was poorly suited for 1999…
And then we have Mikakke Phailbin. Apparently, he’s not content with having his ass handed to him three times. He’s jumped to another John Updike thread on Shocklines and posted absolutely nonsensical drivel. I think they need to up his meds… preferably to the L.D. 50 range.
So how do insulting and self obsessive comments in a thread about a famous author passing not get deleted?
Also Dagstine soon changed his tune. Even Matt chimed in.
Oh, just had another peek. They’ve gone.
No monster movies in sheol! But I gotta have my schlocky “made for the sci fi channel” monster movies. D=
OK I came to the party late obviously. But thanks for the lulz today guys 😀
Well said, Mary.
Warren Lapine. Yeah, he’s a model of excellence.
NOT!
He was also investigated for fraud.
LOSER
I write for the immorality.
And, as Voltaire said of Rousseau’s Ode to Posterity: “The book will never reach its destination.”
I write fiction because I enjoy it.
I try to publish fiction for the money… and to entertain people.
I write because I like to sign titties.
That, Ant, is something I would call a fringe benefit. 😀
I’d write if I knew how to do it, maybe, but I have all the dedication of a desert-dweller with a hose that’s springing a leak.
Therefore, I cook, muck my way though mud, and grow orchids. And cacti.
People who should stay away from writing, like me, stick to what we know. Which is approximately nothing. 🙂
http://www.briankeene.com/?p=1164 XD
I wonder if Phailbin is gonna whine to Matt about what’s on Brian’s blog…
He can all he wants there is nothing he can do.
Remember: A Shockliner can threaten you via PM, but that’s yuku, so he can’t do shit.
Maximus: “If you find yourself alone, riding in green fields with the sun on your face, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and are already dead!”
There are many roads to the Afterlife.
Al, the problem with those two Nitwits is their threats end up backfiring because they keep trying to pick on people that don’t take that shit. And then more lulz ensue.
Oh, and Bryon, after we both shuffle off our mortal coils, do you think Zeus might get pissed off if I stop by Elysium for a visit (I figured it’d be too pretentious to go to Mount Oylmpus)? I’m only half kidding, as I had a dream where I was there, trying to score a date with Athena.
Yeah, you can guess how that went. 🙂
I love it. If only I had the Photoshop skills to do anything like that . . .
As it is, I’m harmless, except when faced with meat or veggies, and armed with santoku knives.
Now that’s a hell of a cosmic bitch-slap from Haringa I’ve seen in a long while. 🙂
Athena is always tough. Try Aphrodite. I’ve heard she’s a lot easier.
Watch out for those Psirens though.
And Medusa. She’s a right bitch. If looks could kill!
Aphrodite never appealed to me… when it came to the Greek Pantheon, Athena had her game on.
And the sad thing is, I never got to meet up with her. Apollo kept asking me about what was going on in the world — he had a lot of questions about computers…
Keene’s post doesn’t even mention Philbin. It focuses soley on Jack Haringa’s motivational poster. So I don’t think Philbin would have a leg to stand on.
That’s never stopped him before…
It’s fascinating watching Dagstine on Shocklines this week, changing his opinion at the drop of a hat or forming his opinion based on whether more than five people over there share the same opinion on something.
Definitely in the Athena camp too. I would chase Hera but that Zeus and his bloody thunderbolts!
Nothing like a lack of spine to make you flipflop.
I’ve just noticed that the first Updike thread has gone. Was clicking on links to see what had gone on since, and that one has been removed. Second one up, but not first.
Just so happens that the first one had the mighty Haringa smackdown.
Is it just me, or does Dumbstine flop on threads that Phailbin doesn’t post to?
Athena can be won. You just have to sneak up on her. She’s a little bitchy, but c’mon.
And in the News, Lawrence Dagstine proves once again that his reading comprehension is comparable to that of a two year old.
Witness his post on Shocklines, where he cheers Camp Obama on delaying the cut over to digital to June.
And here is the article on Yahoo he links to stating the exact opposite of what he claims.
Larry are you really this stupid? After this, of all things, do you expect us to believe that your “Coney Island Project” exists?
Sighlon, take the man to task! Wheeeeee!
And Rusty, I’m not sneaking up on Athena. It’s just a date for Pete’s sake, not surprise buttsecks.
Am I wrong? Does he form his opinions on the majority in a thread? Change them on a whim depending on what the majority is at the time?
Backs my theory regarding his intense desire to be accepted, to fit in, somewhere, anywhere…
Oi that was quick. Mike are you teh sighlon?
I wish I were that cool. My Journey-Fu is not that strong.
Oh look… Dumbstain’s backpedalling, saying it was “another story” on ABC News, but not providing any links…
Idiot.
” Lawrence Dagstine wrote:
And what are you trying to say?
That you stated a fact then celebrated it, and right next to those words you linked to a website that was the complete opposite of what was happening inside your head. You either didn’t read it, or the words appeared to you in dyslexic fashion and spelled out a cookie recipe. Seriously, the headline in that link immediately informs us that what you said happened, didn’t, and the fact you missed it has me…I can’t believe I am saying this…worried about you.
So, Obama tried…like I assumed… but he failed, because of the Republicans.
What changes? Other than the dates again thanks to Bush. And a shame for 6.5 million people.
Nice try. To cover your own epic blunder, you try to start an intense political flame war in this thread so when the riot breaks out, you can crawl to safety away from the shame. A for effort though, especially the “What are you trying to say?” bit. Given more time, you could have implied that I hated poor people, want people to lose access to television, beat my wife and set fires, etc.”
*runs around liek[sic] Quasimodo*
THE LULZ! THE LUUUUULZ!!!
Better get a screen grab. Dollars to donuts sez this thread’s getting baleeted.
And banning sighlon will make him more powerful than Matt could ever imagine.
Also it reminds me of the time Homer turned up the volume on the car radio to hide the smell of his fart.
I didn’t mean it that way, Mike. Carry on.
Hey, what can I say Rusty, I have dirty mind. 😀
You know if the verbal sparring between Sighlon and Dumbstine were a fencing match, the score would now be 3-0 in Sighlon’s favor, and Daggy would have gotten a yellow card for … something.
“Stop analyzing so much… You are crazy failing… Worse than me at times.
“Tell you what, Sighlon, just for you, I’ll do you one better… I’ll start a separate conspiracy thread altogether. Feel better. Lick your wounds.”
Red card! Dumbstine left the strip declaring victory.
Wow. Dagstine is so incensed by sighlon he’s running around to different threads, making multiple posts in them, and just now made a conspiracy theory post. He’s been dropping Philbin’s name all morning too.
Thanks sighlon, for making him go that crazy that fast. There was fun to be had with Daggy. >_<
“And how is Analog TV (whether it is switched in June OR February, either way) an intense political flame war.
The only one providing the bait and creating the cookie recipe is you… Too bad the cookie crumbled.
“To quote myself”
Logic. Dumbstine avoids it.
“I think JFK is real.” is up there with Pacione hearing Richard Laymon is a fan of the small press and that he was going to help get him submitted to some anthologies (two years ago, long after the great Mr Laymon, for whom I am a fan, had passed on).
“I think JFK is real.” <—!!!!!!
I think Blue Oyster Cult is real. Yeah, I’m showing my age.
Actually my comparison was off. Daggy just worded that wrong, whereas Nicky really thought Laymon was alive and a small press author looking for more exposure.
“It’s like covering your eyes with your hand and then gloating that I can’t see them.”
Oh that was sweet to read. 😀
It is also the equivalent of saying ‘I know you are but what am I?’ over and over.
That is brilliant though. He gets caught out completely, then tries to make it Bush V Obama: Hell in a Cell! to cover up. Misleading no one of course.
Oh that’s fantastic! Marvellous! Stupendous!
Dickhead starts a thread about Obama the Movie and RN Lee and Sighlon take it over with Star Trek.
Then Karen posts Star Trekking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If ever I were to die in a thread, let it be that one. 😀
Let no one ever say that Scott doesn’t give credit where it’s do.
“raingod65 #22 [-]
Veteran Shockliner
Lawrence, for you to tell anyone to google something is hysterical. You can’t even bother to read an article you link to. By the way, how’s the Coney Island “project” coming along?”
zing
Matt’s back. Good think Rusty told me about that software so that I can save lulz.
Pretty sure sighlon is gonna get banned for a dozen reasons, main one being that ban picture that he altered.
I’m derailing threads all over. Bow, suckers!
wow. Matt came and went.
He also viewed the board then logged off BADUM DUM Thank you I’ll be here all week.
“That is brilliant though. He gets caught out completely, then tries to make it Bush V Obama: Hell in a Cell! to cover up. Misleading no one of course.”
QFT
Say what you will about Obama, say what you will about Bush, just don’t say shit when Dagstine brings it up.
That has to be a rule we all stick to, no matter our preference.
I noticed he doesn’t take either side.
No cheer for Obama, nor praise for Bush, nor condemning of either. He just threw the names together and scarpered.
Something tells me he was waiting to see where most sided and then voice his ‘opinion’.
In answer to Raingod:
“Dude, that was turned in long ago. Where have you been? Waiting on the payment and see what’s available next; probably technical writing.”
And he’ll probably wait forever. I thought he got paid in advance…
Oh that’s right, he’s a liar. He said he got paid six months ago, according to comment #16
Yup, he’s said several times he got paid for that one, he may have mentioned it on his blog, but I can’t bring myself to go there.
And for those wondering, I’ve not quite disappeared, simply doing the looking for work thing, and writing while I have the time.
Sorry. I can’t stop myself from laughing.
sighlon stole Mike’s idea (cause he IS sighlon!!!)
” Lawrence Dagstine wrote:
raingod65 wrote: Lawrence, for you to tell anyone to google something is hysterical. You can’t even bother to read an article you link to. By the way, how’s the Coney Island “project” coming along?
Waiting on the payment and see what’s available next; probably technical writing.
http://raingods.wordpress…h-shocklines-is/#comments
Lawrence Dagstine Says:
August 3, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Mike, that’s why I just got paid a grand to research good old Coney Island before it closes. Where’s your grand for freelancing, jackass.
You told Mike you were waiting on payment, but told him on raingod’s site that you got paid a grand. Also, the delay for the Digital TV switchover failed, and there was no rejoicing in Obama’s camp this day. ”
Daggy responds
“Sad… Very very sad… Why visit a board of writers when you don’t read
Awww, you trying to catch Warry the Non-Working Writer Hack in a Wie… Sorry to disappoint you… Some things I’m not an amateur in.
http://lawrencedagstine.c…the-coney-island-project/
Let’s go back to memory lane, February 1st deadline, and the month of September while we’re at it.
Keep losing. Whichever identity you choose.
Hmm, maybe when the e-version is uploaded I’ll put it up. But only if you’re good.”
Then, a thread dedicated to sighlon
“Lawrence Dagstine
This day in history – January 30th 2009
Lead [-]
avatar
Posts: 1908
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Veteran Shockliner
Lawrence is wrong in one or two places, but Sighlon still makes the most detours.”
Give it up Larry…
Like I said, Al, my Journey-Fu is too weak to be Sighlon.
Well, I’ve got no Journey-fu. So, there.
You know I really hate Larry’s third person crap, it just sets my teeth on edge and leaves me with an urge to take a claymore to his kneecaps.
Larry’s getting upset!
We should have a poll to vote for the best snark comment of the week to Dagstine and/or Philbin. Just seen Very Unseemly’s comments in the Conspiracy thread. It is yet another beauty and no doubt will be deleted soon.
Lewis, which kind of claymore? The slicey-dicey one or the boom boom one?
And not only am I not Sighlon, I AM Tom Zarek, and therefore human. So spake my classmates at Seton Hill.
Rusty: Make a post about this (this=Dagstine’s multiple failures on Shocklines today) and I’ll not only email you the screencaps I took of all teh lulz (er…I don’t have your email though) I’ll email you my next comic, crappy as it is, and wait a few hours before posting it on odark, after I make it tomorrow morning!
(psst it’ll have a special guest star that everyone but the Nitwits love)
Pwease?
A part of me keeps hoping the thread with Dumbstine’s most prominent gaffe keeps getting bumped to page one…
“Mike, that’s why I just got paid a grand to research good old Coney Island before it closes. Where’s your grand for freelancing, jackass.”
And in a little over an hour, I’ll get paid well over a grand for holding down a real job, just like I do twice a month. Where’s YOUR grand+ for real work, Lawwy?
Slice and dice, I get a bonus on my to hit rolls seeing as it’s a national weapon.
Do claymores slice and dice? Thought they were more wallop, flump, done. 😉
Check out the ‘this day in history’ thread, where Dagstine gets his date wrong. Best fail yet.
Also new thread please. 🙂
Lawrence Dagstine… Soooooooper idiot.
UGH after a day of dissing Phibin, he went back to sucking his cock in public
http://shocklinesforum.yuku.com/topic/9242?page=2
He’s also starting a shitton of threads and bumping old ones to push his embarrassments from yesterday down to the second and third pages.
Maybe somebody should bump them back up…