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SB regular Tonda tipped me off that Absolute Write is gone. Why? The Nielsen Haydens have the story. Basically, Barbara Bauer, a literary scam agent who’s on the Twenty Worst Agents list, threw a shit fit at the owner of Absolute Write’s webhost because Bauer’s e-mail address (which is in a highly visible spot on her website, by the way) was available on the Absolute Write website. The webhost pulled Absolute Write after only an hour’s notice.

Since having her name linked to the Twenty Worst Agents List seems to get this asshole’s shorts in a twist, and I do enjoy twisting the shorts of assholes, I’m doing my part in ensuring that the Twenty Worst Agents webpage is the first result when you Google for Barbara Bauer or Barbara Bauer Literary Agency.

And because I’m an asshole myself, here’s her e-mail address, as published on her website: . Oooh, look at how I’m willfully violating Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Snort!

Woo hoo! I just noticed that Urban Dictionary has finally approved my submitted definition of napoli. Go! Vote! Feel just the teensiest bit sorry for Naples!

For those of you who are puzzled: all is made clear in this post about Bill Napoli.

Care to buy some fine artwork and support our favorite cause, the continued smackage of Bill Napoli?

Check out this fine auction: a hand-drawn print of a viral cartoon by McMillan in response to Bill Napoli’s abortion legislation in South Dakota.

To quote the artist’s description from her eBay listing:

I will donate 100% of the winning bid, after I receive it, to two places, half of the amount going to each:

1) Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and

2) The Oglala Sioux Tribe at Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Their President, Cecilia Fire Thunder, has spoken of an intention to build a women’s reproductive health clinic on tribal land.

Current high bid is $192.50. Care to raise the ante? Or just laugh at the cartoon? Or give the artist some more linkage? Either way - good on her for her efforts to respond creatively to this absolute pimpsmack to women’s rights.

Reader Firefly alerted us last night: Our attempt to Google Bomb asshead extraordinaire, Bill Napoli, has been a rousing success! As of 6:45 a.m. on March 10, 2006, the number 1 Google result for Bill Napoli is our definition page.

For posterity:

(Click on image to see full screencap, if you’re into screencappiness.)

Everybody now: SNOOPY MOTHERFUCKING DANCE OF JOY!

This is a symbolic victory, of course. The ugly fight is just beginning. If you live in states that are being affected by these recent attempts to ban abortions, such as South Dakota, Mississippi and Tennessee, write to your reps. Write to your newspapers. Make some noise. VOTE. Those of us who don’t: We can make some noise of our own, and give money/volunteer as we can to the groups who will be fighting these sorts of legislation.

The three big ones:

Planned Parenthood
NARAL-Pro Choice
ACLU

As always, any suggestions for other worthy organizations are welcome, as well as suggestions for other types of concrete action we can take.

p.s. This childish of me, but: Holy shit, we totally introduced a new term to the Internet. GLEE!