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Nonee,

I was wondering how you would take that comparison.

I’ve noticed that about MAT. He likes to awaken the genie. Nothing wrong with that.

I must say, MAT, that being “possibly linked” to Carlos as alter-ego, while outrageous and full-of-shit in the main, is of steadily decreasing offense to me.

Carlos, MAT will do this from time to time, to “awaken the genie”, as he so curiously put it. I happen to look damn good in chiffon and a velvet crop-top.

[...] 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 the [...]

Carlos,
Love it! Thanks for keeping us lost souls out here abreast of the blog wars. I nominate you to fill the void left by SotP.

Carlos:

Now this is good. You are not the first to conjecture that I am Alex’s father. Nonee Moose wrote a memorable comment once on SotP where he suggested that Alesh and Alex were my spirit children and that they vied with each other for my attention and approval. Nonee observed that I ostensibly favored Alesh because he was more malleable but that Alex was really my favorite because he was more like me.

Are you sure that you are not nonee? This seems to be the outing season, and you might as well out yourself.

I’m definitely not nonee. Not only are our writing styles different, but so are our political views.

I may however, have some common ground with him in a philosophical sense.

Your comments make this Alesh/Alex rivalry even more intriguing.

Wouldn’t Alex be Alesh in Praque? And wouldn’t Alesh end up being Alejandro in Havana?

Two long-lost brothers separated at birth, battling it out to see who wins their father’s respect.

Carlos:

Still, I do not think so. They are both too hideous looking to be sons of mine.

ihavenolife,

I appreciate the feedback, but to fill the void left by SOTP will be extremely difficult and time-consuming, and it’s not even my goal.

Alex and Rick were constantly updating that blog, ensuring that there was always fresh material. That is the reason why this is such a significant story in the South Florida blogosphere.

Carlos:

Here’s the formula:

Google News is your best friend. Search South Florida and every major city there. Also, Digg’s Offbeat News. Copy and paste liberally. Add a sentence or two of your own. Be sarcastic and offensive if possible. There you have your typical SotP post.

Do an occasional introspective piece about yourself. These can be dashed off quicker than the news posts.

Pick a group — not blacks or gays — and make it the object of your special ire. Attack them often and ignorantly. Hope that they will attack you too.

Be rude and smarmish with your commenters. The post itself is insignificant; it’s the give and take of the thread that will get you the stats.

Hope and pray for someone like me who can carry a thread forever if he wants.

Look, it’s Christmas and I need to come clean. Alesh is my daughter. I got careless with my goat a few years ago, and with my principled stand against abortion, I didn’t want to……..cancel a Czech.

Steve,

Man, you had to spill the beans. Now I have to come up with a new plot for my next episode.

Carlos: Only reason I don’t have you linked on my blogroll is the unwieldy name of your blog. Any preferred shorthand you can suggest? How about if I just call it “Carlos Miller?”

Steve,

Either “Carlos Miller” or “Photography is not a crime” works for me. I’ve seen it both ways in various blogs and they both are fine.

I appreciate it, Steve.

Steve,

Actually, if I ever figure out to work the coding where I can open up the left hand column, I will include a blogroll plus more details focused on South Florida.

Carlos:

I agree with Steve: shorter is better. Get rid of the “It’s a First Amendment Right” and leave it just as Photography Is Not a Crime. Sometimes too much is too much.

Manuel,

I also agree with Steve. In fact, the title of the blog is just that; “Photography is not a Crime.”

The second part, “It’s a First Amendment right”, is actually a sub-title.

When I first started my blog, I tried my hardest to make the sub-title in smaller font and in a gray color, but after several days of trying, I realized that it would require me to spend even more days or weeks learning CSS coding, and frankly, I didn’t have the time or patience for that.

So maybe if somebody out there can give me a brief lesson on how to do it, I would do it.

I don’t want to remove the subtitle altogether because one of the main reasons for this blog (besides my 15 minutes of fame), is to educate people about their First Amendment rights, especially photographers and those police officers who encounter photographers through their line of work.

Because of my profession, I’ve always been extremely aware of my First Amendment rights when it comes to photography.

But since my arrest, I’ve realized that most people haven’t a clue about this, including photographers and police.

And this is really sad considering the First Amendment is such a fundamental right.

No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, you should respect and acknowledge the First Amendment.

But having said all that, I tried to keep things even simpler by just calling the blog http://www.carlosmiller.wordpress.com instead of anything else, so in reality, the title of the blog can either be “Carlos Miller” or “Photography is not a Crime”.