September 09, 2004

Fafblog

Posted by Henry

Best. Blog. Ever.

Posted on September 9, 2004 03:32 PM UTC
Comments

Indeed. Heh.

You know, I think Gary Farber may have missed something in his hard-hitting search for Fafnir’s identity:

Fafnir may have assumed corporeal form as an adorable stuffed bunny, but he is actually a Norse God.

Posted by Katherine · September 9, 2004 03:44 PM

It’s taken you this long to realise that?

And you call yourself an academic! Fie and phsaw, I say!

Posted by McDuff · September 9, 2004 06:00 PM

No question Fafnir and co are totally fuckin hilarious and often on the money. But their penultimate post, “oh no! i am a terrorist!” seems to be based on an inaccurate, out-of-context report of what Cheney said. Hard to believe that Cheney could have meant something less bad than the worst thing he could have meant, but if you take a few deep breaths and ponder the evidence, the proof is irrefutable, as the Great Robert Palmer once said.

In any case, Chris Onstad’s blogs for the cast of Achewood are the best blogs ever. I thought everyone knew that.

Posted by Jimmy Doyle · September 9, 2004 08:09 PM

Yes, definitely the best!

Posted by Andrew McManama · September 9, 2004 08:14 PM

Sorry, forgot to document the claim about the Fafnir-Cheney post. See

http://www.pixeltrip.com/whoknew/archives/000502.html

Posted by Jimmy Doyle · September 9, 2004 08:21 PM

Jimmy — I guess we are all in agreement then that the best bloggers are stuffed animals.

Posted by Jeremy Osner · September 9, 2004 08:44 PM

Jimmy — I guess we are in agreement then that the best bloggers are stuffed animals.

Posted by Jeremy Osner · September 9, 2004 08:45 PM

Jimmy Doyle:

Check this out.

Posted by JP · September 9, 2004 08:47 PM

Woo-hoo! It feels deliciously transgressive to ignore the warning beneath the “Post” button… All these months I’ve been fastidiously pushing it only once — I did not have the strength to ignore the warning, push it two, three, many times!

Posted by Jeremy Osner · September 9, 2004 08:50 PM

When they went on vacation a little while ago, I nearly busted a gasket. “The Daily Show” and fafblog are the only things standing between me and a permanent mental spasm.

Posted by EB · September 9, 2004 08:51 PM

Jimmy, this occurred to me when I read the full comment as well.

The problem is, what does he mean in that case? Is he really saying that the danger is not in actually getting hit again, but in whether we react in the right way? That seems like a pretty trivial concern.

My take is that Cheney constructed his statement to give himself some weasel room, but that he clearly intended the impression that the AP read into it.

Posted by ac · September 9, 2004 09:56 PM

Don’t forget the revelation of the dancing Fafnir (or is it Giblets?).

Authentication here, amongst other places.

Posted by Gary Farber · September 9, 2004 10:01 PM
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