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[geekchick]

Ken over at Popehat gives us a review of Charles Carreon's complaint in his lawsuit against The Oatmeal, IndieGoGo, the NWF, and the American Cancer Society.

http://www.popehat.com/2012/06/19/the-oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-part-v-a-brief-review-of-charles-carreons-complaint/

I think the opening paragraphs will give you a pretty effective idea of his opinion:

A few days ago I discussed a report — which proved true — that FunnyJunk's attorney Charles Carreon had sued Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal, IndieGoGo, and two charities in a fit of what can only be described as unbalanced, from-Hell's-heart-I-stab-at-thee pique.

Today, as promised, I'm going to talk a bit about the merits of — no, the substance of — you know, scratch that. I'm going to talk about the butthurt that Charles Carreon angrily crayoned down and chucked at a federal judge.

Reading these posts and skimming the rest of the blog, I had developed a bit of a fangirl crush. And then I read this incredible cease and desist that he penned. *swoon* Stalking a former Assistant US Attorney is a bad idea, right?

Comments

[patgreene.livejournal.com]

Stalking a former Assistant US Attorney is indeed a bad idea. But a nicely worded fan letter might not be amiss : )

[geekchick]

*dies* From the massive comment thread at Regretsy:

mamajellybean
April 25, 2012 at 8:17 pm

OMFG!!! I EMAILED HIM AND HE REPLIED!! I’M WET!!
check this:
I wrote:

Dear Mr. White,

Your absolutely beautifully worded letter was posted by Regresty at 6:30pm. The comments of adoration are in the hundreds within only the hour.

Should you ever have the need to call on one, your fanbase firmly established. Perhaps we could be used as a tax write-off.

As one of the multitude whose knees went weak while reading your prose, from the bottom of our collective hearts… thank you. You have restored our faith in: common decency; the English language; attorneys with heart; and not the least to be mentioned – the proverbial bitch slap. Perhaps, SLAPP in this case.

To you, I raise a glass and toast with great malicious delight, “Tonight’s word is Schadenfreude!” Should you ever venture to Las Vegas, your first drink is on me!

HE REPLIED (SQUEEEEEEE):
You are too kind. However, based on the comments to that thread, I suspect I will be sleeping on the couch.

[geekchick]

Hee! http://www.popehat.com/2012/04/26/occasionally-my-timing-is-less-than-optimal/