Mike,

I think it's hysterically funny - sad, but funny - that some obvious Script Kiddies got into your original address for this post and diverted clickers to an advertisement for a jacket!

The whole business about faux identities, faux bios, and faux everything on the Internet - which seems to be escalating badly since the advent of "SEO optimization" - is based on lies and deceit, which is why the Script Kiddies did not like your post.

For a "serious humor" twist on the nasty and nastier Fun and Games which now go on all over the Internet, your readers might enjoy my Stilettos-Vulture piece:

http://elleninteractive.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/i-dont-like-what-you-wrote-you-should-be-poisoned-garrotted-stabbed-with-stiletto-heels-thrown-off-a-tall-building-and-have-vultures-eat-your-liver/

Some of us still believe that cordiality and civility are important virtues, even on the Web.

Ellen