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Well, making a living as a cartoonist is a rare th...

2007-03-08T18:32:00.000-05:00

Well, making a living as a cartoonist is a rare thing, so some counting-of-one's-blessings is in order.

Plus, a blog is all about branding.

It's a shame that you don't have time to do the Ra...

2007-03-08T15:21:00.000-05:00

It's a shame that you don't have time to do the Rallblog more often, because when you do it's almost always worthwhile. Yesterday's entry on Eagleton was indispensable reading for people like me who weren't around in 1972 - it put into context a lot of things, not just the Eagleton Affair itself, such as what Republican dirty tricks really means and how little has changed in that respect between Nixon's time and now.

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I have a reason for b...

2007-03-07T18:23:00.000-05:00

Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I have a reason for being late--being busy--but a reason is not an excuse. I've been collecting the corrections for Silk Road, which continue to come in, with a view toward sending all the responses and gifties at the same time because, well, I find it easier that way. So, to anyone who submitted correx, worry not--I've got them, and you'll get stuff sooner rather than later. My apologies for the delay.
As for the Coulter thing, well, that's just not true. Because I wasn't sure whether I'd be able to go forward I collected pledges, not donations. Pledges are a promise to send money upon request, not the money itself.
And Porsches suck. I'd much prefer a 1972 Roadrunner.

Ted Rall is a rip-off artist. Getting paid is eve...

2007-03-07T17:58:00.000-05:00

Ted Rall is a rip-off artist. Getting paid is everything to Ted, and he'll take advantage of even those who have bought his books. Case in point: those who submitted corrections to his latest piece-of-shit book on the Silk Road were rewarded with .... NOTHING! Not even a "thank you" email. Of course Ted promised sketches, etc ... for this free labor but never made good on it. I guess we should have known better since he faked a lawsuit against Ann Coulter, collecting nice donations from gullible readers in the process. Free laptops, and now this. What's next Ted, should we pay your rent to get you to write a blog entry now and then? How about a new Porsche in exchange for the cartoons?

The best way to firmly establish behavior?1 - Set ...

2007-03-07T14:46:00.000-05:00

The best way to firmly establish behavior?
1 - Set up a frequent, regular reward schedule (the comics).
2 - Once you've done that, reduce the frequency of the reward (the columns).
3 - Now, to really establish the behavior, make the reward completely unpredictable in frequency (the blog!).
Very clever, Ted!

Do it the postmodern way and write blase entries a...

2007-03-07T12:34:00.000-05:00

Do it the postmodern way and write blase entries about your cats or weirdos you see on the subway.