The article can be summed up in the two paragraphs below:

Food Network discarded votes
“If you voted for Rory Schepisi to be “The Next Food Network Star,” your vote may not have counted after all.

The Food Network said this week that it discarded all 36 hours’ worth of text-message voting for its reality show after a glitch caused votes for Schepisi to initially be rejected.”

First, attacking people instead of ideas makes you a troll. Second, you’re in IT and you use AOL – no real tech would be caught dead using AOL. Third, you see in everyone else what you are guilty of. Fourth, you post numerous messages under different names to either insult people or make ridiculous, unnecessary sexual posts no one is interested in. Fifth, you make threats to “reveal” information about me that is publicly available on the internet.

Finally, cyberstalking is illegal. I am not chasing anyone. I am participating on a blog. You are polluting it.

If you’re through with me, fine. Go away.

Ironic, considering you’re the one who goes cyber-chasing (on Ruhlman’s blog) people throughout thread-after-thread, and topic-after-topic, in pursuit of anyone who posts opinion and/or fact to the contrary; whether about Ruhlman, Bourdain, your cronies, or your own pathetic self.

And now, you’re turning the other cheek (which means, you were turned out a long time ago)?

Why, of course: You’re also a master of the passive-aggressive, with this latest paranoid manifestation of your own being a clear illustration.

In sum, it’s a good thing you posted the URL: if anything, to remind everyone and your own self (if the latter is possible), of how off-the-rails you truly are.

I’m done with you, and continue have fun being the pretend pitbull of Ruhlman’s blog, you cyber-Pillsbury doughboy: it’s the closest you’ll ever get to knowing any personal glory.

It’s likely that I work in Info Tech, too; but not because I was a Culinary School failure, like you.

Stand down, sonny boy, with your idle threats, because you’re way out of your league – unless, of course, you have a desire to be outed right here on the enclave: all of your info (which really lies in the Public Domain) is right here, just ready for the posting.

Regards to you & your wife.

PS: As for Bourdain, he needs no defenders, and can more than handle himself. You’re not getting paid to lick his jockstrap clean, are you?

As for Ruhlman, kudos to him for both the best blog in the culinary world, as well as for letting free expression reign: even idiots like you, scawt, are allowed to express themselves.

Well…you never know. It’s pretty easy to change your handle with TypePad. Maybe all these posts are really Ruhlman’s own creation…and it’s just THAT kind of thinking that makes me want to pull the sheets over my head. Ack!

I was referring to someone else, actually. Typified by multiple ranting posts with a decisive love/hate theme aimed squarely at Bourdain. Also tends to be vitriolic towards anyone else that comments either positively or negatively about Tony.

And no, I’m not talking about Ruhlman, either.

And man, I’d really love to see Alton Brown given more of a free hand. Bourdain’s show allows him to speak a lot more freely than he did on the FN, as do his books of course, and he’s got some damn interesting things to say. I’d love to see Alton go that route as well. The FN has such a talent for recruiting the best minds in the food world and then totally refusing to let them do their thing, to the point where they can’t wait to get out of there!

Stop underestimating your audience, FN. Seriously. We WANT thought-provoking ideas and cultural analysis. We want MORE nutritional anthropologists. What we don’t need is any more damn commercials disguised as editorials! And no, I don’t care how they make Bubble Yum!

But no, you’re quite humorous and light hearted. And very handsome indeed!

Now that’s a sure fire hit show for FN! Would love to see the ‘Headless Gourmet Next Door’….With all of the fancy-ass French dishes out there Amy picks her own head? Way to go Food Network!

So you guys don’t have to run out and buy yourselves a STAR magazine I’ve thrown a scan up on my blog (even though it has nothing to do with bags)

http://susannemaddux.wordpress.com/tag/the-nothing-to-do-with-bags-category/

Posted by: CarolinaGirl | July 31, 2007 at 02:37 PM”

It’s pathetic how, every other poster here ATTEMPTS to “sound” like Bourdain — he’s a master of prose through his own hard work: seek your own identity, because you don’t wear it well.

It stinks of self-consciousness, whereas, Bourdain’s is as natural as unprocessed food.