[Harmless Teddy Bear]

By the way I found you on Mike Reed's list of flame warriors.

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Yep that is you to the T.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I was just teasing. It wasn't intentional, honest!

[Darksheare]

But there's the mad scientist flipside, don't forget.
Always willing to perform hideous experiments on the klewless noobs that fall into the category of 'troll'.

The bushy eyebrows and the crooked grin are disconcerting.

[NicknamedBob]

That's very flattering, but I wear glasses.

No, really, thanks a lot. It's often tempting, when someone gets a little hostile, to flare up right back at them. I don't think that really helps.

Instead, I try to slip on their shoes for a bit, see if there's any common ground, or whether we can reach an accommodation. Most times it's just best to agree to disagree.

One of my earliest taglines was, "I wouldn't be judgmental, if people weren't so Stupid!" It still holds true.

As to my flipside, Darks, I have that fairly well documented, but not very many people have bought my book.