Slog - Comments on Oh, the People You'll Meet http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet I'd hoped to post a "Delegate of the Day," but yesterday's activities wrecked the camera. Instead, I'll introduce you to the folks I met yesterday, one post at a time. This dapper young caricature is called Dennis Lennox. He's 24 and "the youngest delegate or alternate from Michigan." He didn't have anything original to say—except that the protestors should cancel their march on account of the hurricane—but isn't he cute? Like Republican Ken. Or a stylish lemur.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:35:47 -0800 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:51:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Ziggity Sort of looks like Fnarf (with apologies to Fnarf).

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118974 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118974 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:35:40 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO that is an insult to lemurs!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118977 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:37:06 -0800 Comment by max solomon i'm really tired of the blue ties.

i'm talking to YOU, Barack & Joe.

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118980 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:38:08 -0800 Comment by Balt-O-Matt Yet *another* reason I'm glad we left Michigan.

]]> Balt-O-Matt http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118983 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118983 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:40:25 -0800 Comment by Providence Isn't that Sarah Palin's Down's Syndrome kid?

]]> Providence http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118984 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:40:28 -0800 Comment by Hernandez If Will in Seattle and Fnarf had a love child, it would look like this man.

]]> Hernandez http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118988 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118988 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:41:29 -0800 Comment by Chris B @4 Amen. He looks so full of joie de vivre I can hardly stand it!

]]> Chris B http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118991 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:42:21 -0800 Comment by ebon Aw, I think he's kinda cute.

And I like the look on the guy's face in the background.

]]> ebon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118992 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118992 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:42:28 -0800 Comment by Billy the Cid You mean a *hate* child...

]]> Billy the Cid http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118993 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118993 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:43:10 -0800 Comment by ellarosa didn't rick moranis play him in the movie?

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118994 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118994 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:44:58 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Just be sure that you label the stinky protest hippies as caricatures, as well. I'd rather a fella wear a jacket and tie than a stinky hoody covered with spots of ramen noodle broth.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118995 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:45:22 -0800 Comment by Jiberish he needs to learn how to do a tie knot properly.

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118996 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118996 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:45:43 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Hey, hey, HEY! I do NOT look like this boob! See that knot? Hideous. And there's a huge divot in his tie, which suggests he doesn't know how to pack. And my hair has never been that neatly combed unless I'm in costume. And the glasses! Dear God, those glasses are a travesty. I'll bet he jerks off to George Will columns.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118998 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:46:41 -0800 Comment by Mahtli69 Factoid of the day: Woodrow Wilson (a Democrat) was in the KKK.

]]> Mahtli69 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1118999 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:46:48 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Looks like Ralphie grew up to be a Republican.

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119000 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:46:50 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Half of me wants to sit down in gigantic old chairs with him, with a couple glasses of brandy and some pipes and a loyal hound curled up at our feet. The other half wouldn't dare pass up the golden opportunity to punch him in the face.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119007 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:49:18 -0800 Comment by leek Ha. Too true, Unpaid. Yikes!

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119008 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:50:17 -0800 Comment by Uncle Vinny If I was a rich Republican and I knew I had no fashion sense, I would check with my valet before leaving the house.

]]> Uncle Vinny http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119011 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119011 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:51:35 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery The estate of William F. Buckley Jr. had a yard sale?


]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119013 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119013 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:52:20 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO 15 FTW!!!!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119014 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119014 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:53:08 -0800 Comment by Fashion Police A tie that wide should can only hold a full-windsor knot.

]]> Fashion Police http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119021 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119021 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:55:24 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale The hardest challenge this young man has faced in his life is getting the older man forehead wrinkle established.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119026 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119026 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:00:38 -0800 Comment by le Juif @16 - how come you never do that with me? with me it's just p.b.r. an unmade bed and a fat cat licking the skin off my feet.

]]> le Juif http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119027 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119027 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:01:05 -0800 Comment by Fnarf But guys like him pinch their ties super-tight for a reason. It's not the only thing that's tight. But yes, he's play-acting here; which is OK, except that he's not doing it well.

I'll bet you a million dollars he butts into conversations about Salma Hayek with anecdotes about Friedrich Hayek.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119028 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119028 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:01:15 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Making the bed is arguably the most unproductive thing you can do in the morning.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119034 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119034 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:05:56 -0800 Comment by le Juif @25 - seeing as how you don't have a bed, I would have to agree with you.

]]> le Juif http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119039 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119039 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:09:30 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Sidenote: While looking for that Christmas Story poster, I ran across pics of the real Ralphie... Who knew he'd grow up to be so ruggedly handsome?

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119040 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119040 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:10:12 -0800 Comment by Phenics Here's to hoping this fellow never sets eyes on SLOG today... otherwise there will be (at least) one staffer getting a protest letter (yet, again) from certain fellow's pastor.

]]> Phenics http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119045 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119045 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:12:44 -0800 Comment by Dave Coffman @5: I love a laugh and mockery as much as the next guy, (see my usual posts) but drawing in a baby that will have a difficult life is in poor taste. Really.

]]> Dave Coffman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119046 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119046 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:13:08 -0800 Comment by Dave @27 - Damn, he is hot!

]]> Dave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119047 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119047 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:14:49 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I'm no sartorial expert, but that jacket looks really cheap, and it definitely doesn't fit him.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119048 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119048 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:15:07 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Au contraire! We're picking it up tonight. Check it!

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119050 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119050 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:16:28 -0800 Comment by le Juif how old did you say you were?

]]> le Juif http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119051 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:20:29 -0800 Comment by Comment Deleted Comment Deleted: This comment has been deleted at the request of the author.

]]> Comment Deleted http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119055 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119055 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:25:10 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Ladies and Gentlemen, the Love Child of Mr Magoo and Winston Churchill...

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119059 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:36:14 -0800 Comment by Genevieve What happened to his neck?

]]> Genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119063 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119063 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:38:36 -0800 Comment by monkey It makes me giggle when 20 somethings try to look like 60 somethings. Kinda says a lot.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119064 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:39:14 -0800 Comment by LDP in Cincinnati I'm not sure he's a caricature. I'd say he's a parody of a caricature. Or maybe a caricature of a parody.

]]> LDP in Cincinnati http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119067 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:40:18 -0800 Comment by peter I'll bet you a million dollars he butts into conversations about Salma Hayek with anecdotes about Friedrich Hayek.

I will laugh about this all day.

]]> peter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119071 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119071 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:43:57 -0800 Comment by Jonathan Golob Oh Fnarf. I'm going to have crazy passages from The Road to Serfdom stuck in my head all day now.

Fuck.

In Michigan, I went to a high school well stocked with guys just like this. I can hear his voice....

]]> Jonathan Golob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119080 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119080 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:49:50 -0800 Comment by sorryroger Say good night, Gracie.

Good night Gracie.

]]> sorryroger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119087 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119087 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:54:27 -0800 Comment by Brendan Kiley @ 34: Right you are! He said he went to CMU and was a Mittcase.

But what do you mean by "taping his professor"? In the bathroom? To a chair?

]]> Brendan Kiley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119109 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119109 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:06:46 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV He doesn't look a day over 40.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119131 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:24:54 -0800 Comment by Nixor @8... yes! the guy in the background! i've never seen a look of such perfectly distilled disgust

]]> Nixor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119143 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119143 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:29:15 -0800 Comment by NB Well, Brendan, my friend has since signed off from AIM, but a quick Google search turned up a lot of fuss from right-wing blogs. Apparently he had some hostile encounter with the interim dean of CMU and posted it onto YouTube. He was also reprimanded for distributing a newsletter critical of Gary Peters, and apparently the school officials presiding over the resulting hearing refused to participate because Lennox wanted to videotape the proceedings.

I don't know how much of that is true and how much is blog spin, but it's worth taking away that the title of one Google hit was "CMU Faculty label Lennox 'Virginia Tech dangerous'".

]]> NB http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119187 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119187 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:52:31 -0800 Comment by john is that his dad behind him?

]]> john http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119188 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119188 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:53:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I agree, doesn't look anything like either Fnarf or me.

Besides, I'm pro-choice ... I'd abort that thing.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119230 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:19:03 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle And I'm giving @34 the win, for the contrary fact-based approach ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119235 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:22:36 -0800 Comment by Dougsf There is no Dennis Lennox here, only Gozer.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119277 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119277 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:47:12 -0800 Comment by Fnarf He looks EXACTLY like you, Will. Except he looks clean.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119297 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:59:50 -0800 Comment by COMTE @41 beat me to it, but I'll add that he also looks like the Late Mr. Burns with a particularly troublesome bout of "painful rectal itch"

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119431 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119431 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:22:03 -0800 Comment by Calpete Unfortunately for him, by the time he gets to 30 he'll look like a caricature of a banker in a 1930's comedy, as long as he remembers to keep a soggy cigar handy at all times. The expression on his face is priceless, but boy does he ever need help dressing himself!

]]> Calpete http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119534 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119534 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:32:10 -0800 Comment by Vandy I have met Dennis and he is every bit of what the foregoing comments portray.

El Nerdo, strango -- almost makes me feel sorry for him.

]]> Vandy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/oh_the_people_youll_meet#c1119791 At Large Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:51:19 -0800