vituperation

November 22, 2003

Man alive, I was outed in Barnes and Noble yesterday by someone who saw me on the news. There’s nothing like having that happen to turn you into a paranoid freak, wondering every time a person looks at you – especially if they do a double-take — if they’re thinking damn, he looks familiar or Jesus, it’s that arrogant fuck from the news or hu.nk, my ass!

Oh yeah. I can tell I’m cut out for the public life.

Note: These contests are over. Please do not enter them!

Other than that, life’s been boring, so I hereby relegate the rest of this entry to contests. I have three things to give away, things I’ll send you no matter where you are in the world, should you happen to win. The following rules apply to each contest:

1. Please only enter once per contest. This is an honor system thing.
2. Please make sure you include your name and a mailing address with your entry (entries). If sending your address to a stranger bothers you, please don’t enter. Once the contest is over I delete all emails except for those from the winners, and I even delete those once I figure the packages have arrived.
3. Please don’t enter if you don’t want to win the prize. Forgive me for being an ass here, but every contest yields a handful of "I don’t want the prize, I just wanted to guess" emails, which I have to weed through and discard. When you get between 100 and 200 emails for a single contest, this isn’t too terribly bad. Since there are three separate contests below, I’m trying to save myself some time.
4. Please email your answer to me (fred@vituperation.com), and make sure the subject of your email corresponds with the contest you’re entering, so I know which folder to put it in. The correct subject lines are below, with each contest.
5. Please don’t use the comments thingy below to give away answers, because that would be assy.

I’ll pick winners at random from all the correct entries at 5:00 CST on Monday. The winners will be notified by email, and the packages will ship Tuesday or Wednesday. Good luck, and have fun!

Contest 1

Contest 2

The prize:	VHS versions of all three Back to the Future movies (note: link is to boxed trilogy. This prize is individual versions.), previously viewed by me.
The contest:	Look at the picture below, which shows one of the finest 80’s British bands ever. One of these fellows has gone on to make it big in the USA as a solo performer, using an interestingly contradictory stage name. I’d like to know that contradictory name, as well as the performer’s real name. I left you a big hint in the picture, because I’m a nice fellow.
The subject line:	BTF

Contest 3

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have a mountain to climb. Which reminds me: if you live in the area and want to go hiking with me sometime, I probably won’t bite. Just remember, I like the tougher trails. Drop me a line. You know, unless you’re a stalker-type.