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good update. When are the men in white coats coming for M. A. T.?

Carlos:

You have gone insane, although you are doing much to perpetuate my legend. Of course my real name is Manuel A. Tellechea. You have been taken-in my fools, and you know what that says about you. If Rick were a renegade Intel agent putting innocent people on terrorist watch lists, then I would not be his “psychopath stalker” but the hero of your novel or screenplay. As for Ferfe, her continuous overtures for God-knows-what to Alex having been just as continually rejected, she, to save her wounded pride, has “sacrificed” Alex because he comes with baggage (me). Let me assure her here that no one wants her to get Alex more than I do. For him it would be a consolation prize for losing SotP; and for her, well… Has there ever been such an internet marriage after such a public internet divorce? I can think of none. After having been famously screwed by Rick, who took his posts (or should that be his “pants”), Alex would probably thrive under the tutelage of a dominant female (if appearances are not deceiving).

What you appear to be re-writing, Carlos, is the film Dracula. Rick, of course, is the vampire. I am the doctor who stalks him and saves humanity. And Ferfe and Alex are the lovestruck couple. Or perhaps Alex can play the idiot who served as his master’s gofer.

Great possibilities, Carlos, for a better writer.

I didn’t expect to see nonee here. How do you do it? With body doubles?

This saga has officially spawned both fan-fiction, and now updates. Where’s the merchandising?

[...] simply refuses to fade away. Alesh’s blog keeps piling them up and Carlos Miller even made three sequels to his original post. In the end, Rick’s blog keeps doing what it was doing before [...]

Carlos:

P.S: I am going to dub you with a grandiose title on my blog today. Do not fail to visit.

LMAO. I was hanging back on liking you Carlos ( worried you were possibly in league with M.A.T. and his strange stalker hobby, which could definitely lead to bad ends), but your previous comments in the last post and now this? Place you on my “OK to hang out at your blog” list. You don’t think I hurt Alex’s feelings do you? I hope not. One correction — and you would know this if you read romance novels — Feds are the new Fabio. Very hot. If Rick or Alex were, in fact, Federal Agents … well … *g* ::Fans self::

Sigh. Alas, I am happily married with two wonderful kids. The blog thing was completely above board, I swear.

M.A.T. (and I adress this to all of M.A.T.’s multiple personas) You are crazy as a sprayed roach on this SoTP thing. Get out of the house. Go to movie or something.

The Miami blogosphere is so much more interesting than the LA blogosphere. Not only is there intrigue, gossip and romance, there’s also a wink and a nod that goes with it – Babalunians, the Ricky Ricardo Cyber Brigade, Fabios. Mark one victory for why Miami is better than LA.

Will the real Manuel A. Tellechea please stand up:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A3SYOI5IJ7ULOM
http://www.amazon.com/Versos-Sencillos-Recovering-Hispanic-Literary/dp/1...

nonee,

I guess we have to wait to see if we’re going to need
“Free Rick” t-shirts or “Free Manny” t-shirts.

Either way, they’ll be sure to be 100 percent cotton, pre-Shrunk on the Palmetto.

FerfelaBat,

I am glad you’re seeing the humor in this. I thought about the Fabio connection, but that would be better expressed through an illustration than through words.

The perfect illustration would be Fabio (or Agent Rick) battling the evil Tellechea (who would have a goatee or maybe a Fu-Manchu) on a portion of the Palmetto Expressway that has not yet crumbled in this post-apocalyptic scene.

Meanwhile, Alex is watching the scene from his white horse from another portion of still-existing expressway, as if debating whether to jump into the duel.

Manuel,

Your quote I cut and pasted below from Critical Miami not only indicates you use a pseudonym, it reminds me of that famous line from Scarface:
“Me, I always tell the truth, even when I lie.”

The fact that I may or may not use my real name to sign my works of art is immaterial to the conversation. I have always given my full name, even if it may not be my real one. Rick has only used his first name.

Let’s get this conversation back to Rick, where it belongs.

Carlos:

Is that your real picture? If it is, it explains many things.

I have already said that a parodist hijacked my name and posted the comment that you just quoted. What part of that don’t you understand, gangsta boy? Will I have to ask Alesh to compare the IPO addresses and remove these spurious comments?

If you are whom I suspect you are, then I am really disappointed. I have even given up on the idea of writing a post about you. Well, there goes immortality for you.

Ferfe:

What is wrong with you? Alex, now Rick. Do cretinous men hold a special attraction for you? Why not gangsta boy? You seem to speak the same language.

Well that parodist did a good job on capturing your writing style (“immaterial to the conversation”).

The photo in which you say I look like a “gangsta boy” was actually taken when I was photographing the protest against Bush at Miami-Dade College earlier this year.

I use a backwards baseball cap to prevent the sweat from dripping into my eyes as well as to prevent the bill of the cap from hindering the camera to my face.

Here is fuller version of that photo
along with other photos, which might satisfy your curiosity. That photo, along with the other black and white photo, was taken by my friend, Danny Hammontree.

But perhaps “gangsta boy” can be a character in the developing SOTP saga. Not sure how he would fit in though.

I suspect Carlos is a Democrat. It would never work between us.

FerfelaBat,

I prefer the term “liberal” but you’re absolutely right, I’ve been a registered democrat since I turned 18.

Carlos:

The parodist has been following me around for a long time. He is not without talent and I have even praised his efforts on occasion at RCAB. He achieves his best effects by directly copying phrases of mine from my writings and grafting them unto his own compositions, such as “Ultima Thule.” Imitation, of course, is the sincerest form of flattery, especially when it is done well.

The parodist actually once had a blog dedicated to me:

http://reviewofmanolitosreview.blogspot.com/

This is getting even juicier. The stalker has a stalker.

P.S.: And you are wearing a T-shirt that says: “I Am a Liberal.” This is the same as wearing a T-shirt that says “I Am a Fool.” The shirt that Ferfe would wear (“I Am a Conservative”) would be tantamount to to saying “I Am a Hypocrite.”

Carlos:

This was probably the Parodist’s best work:

http://www.blogger.com/profile/13320146196405377408

The shirt says “Raging Liberal”.

I had it personally made because I was sick of how the word “liberal” has become something to be ashamed of, thanks to people like Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly.

You probably know the word liberal comes from the Latin word “Liber”, which means free.

Being a liberal means you believe in liberty and justice. That you believe in freedom. That you believe in live and let live.

We should be raging mad that right-wingers were able to turn that word into an insult, hence the phrase on my shirt.

Carlos:

What you have described is a classical liberal, not a contemporary liberal. Those who describe themselves as “liberals” today favor curtailing individual liberties and increasing state control.

Ferfe: No hurt feelings at all. Not a fed. Also a liberal. So it wouldn’t have work…

Nonee: Astounding, isn’t it. If all that energy were put to better use.

Carlos: I see that now that Alesh got his hands away from the teats, you have jumped at the chance to milk the story. It was more interesting back when you were providing the wild speculations. Let me suggest a subplot: who’s Manuelito’s stalker? It’s not that hard to figure out. And a hint: there’s more than one.

Milk the story! Why does Alex see it in those terms? The teats are full and bursting: it would be inhumane not to milk the cow. And you, Alex, a farmboy in your idyllic childhood, cannot see this?!

Oh, milk away, Carlos, milk away, the republic of the blogosphere approves! Leave not a drop.

There are many who presume to imitate me and do it poorly; but only one whom I have praised. The dunghill cannot look upon the mountain; the hillock, at least, can catch a glimpse of it.

And why do you come here, Alex? Evicted from your blog, robbed of your mind’s child, you wonder aimlessly looking for succor and find — none.

Denounce the culprit and stop licking the boot. If not in Cuba, here.

Alex,

I didn’t really expect to be so immersed in SOTP’s demise, but stepping back from the seriousness of the issue (Rick possibly losing a job), it is quite entertaining.

Besides, I do think somebody has to report on this transitional time in the South Florida blogosphere.

But that is a good question: Who is Manuel’s stalker or stalkers?

Carlos:

The answer is: fools who cannot engage me in a serious debate. I have always posted their juvenilia on my blog. It is the work that is truest to their natures. But they have continually sabotaged my efforts to publicize and preserve their work by deleting whole blogs dedicated to their sophomoric attempts at imitating me. I suppose they could never accept the fact that I actually enjoyed being parodied. It is only the great who can provide a model for the parodists.