Why will you not get yourself a nifty avatar? Something for the ladies...

Just posted this on that French site:

Fellow Francophones and -philes,

I do not know Ryan Tate personally, nor do I make much a point of following his writing - however, I do feel the need to take a moment to come to his defense.

Your extreme sensitivity might be getting the best of you here. I assure you, being a frequent reader of Gawker, that Mr. Tate's tone was absolutely, entirely sardonic.

Gawker writers and readers share a common enemy, as evidenced by your "French Bashing Level" ascriptions… to peruse the past week's activities on Gawker.com, you would find countless, equally ironic lampoons of the current administration, News Corp., and talk radio, e.g.

Before you assure yourselves that Ryan Tate is so virulently anti-French, I suggest you get acquainted with his and his fellow writers' m.o.

It occurs to me that a nasty bout of insomnia may have resulted in me sounding kind of facetious in a recent comment, when in actuality I really enjoy your stuff, especially as it pertains to "video clips of magic racks." I thought that phrase of yours was genuinely funny, even without my tired double entendre. I'll be giggling about it later as I watch the video when I'm actually awake.

I told you not to open the door for Mr. Ketch.

Did you get promoted to daytime Gawker?

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thought I'd throw this out there...I think I remember "Kristen" had 1800+ myspace friends yesterday (maybe 1805, maybe 1823)and currently it's 1799. For whatever that's worth.