Where's the Eklund thread?
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Fish on The Sand
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I put in my essay from university in and it didn't work correctly. It would only do it on 12 or so words and give back 0's for everything. 0% passive voice, 0 words/sentence etc.666 said:
Come on people, there is a simple solution to this problem. We kidnap Kevin, and if the blog stops...or changes style, we've got our Ek. Unless he is now going to claim to be Nostradamus on us and say he writes his articles in advance because he has a gift.
NJD Jester
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I can understand why the Ek-Heads circle around their cult leader whenever someone tries to provide a needle for his balloon. Because most of them are like this poster from the official Eklund message board on his HF-endorsed blog:
Yes, indeed, how can a rumor be false? Rumors never slander anyone, or confuse negotiations, or cloud the public discourse for nefarious purposes. Rumors are fun! Tra-la-la! (Especially when you pay $10 a pop for them.)
The bottom line for me on this whole identity thing is that I doubt Eklund is Kevin What's-His-Face. Someone who knows who this Eklund is was pretty clear about him not being Kevin; and while I take anything about this guy's backstory with a truck's worth of salt, I tend to think it's not him.
That being said, let's not forget what's at stake here, which is the Eklund Cottage Industry. The mystery is part of the appeal -- "Primary Colors" sold a hell of a lot more copies when "Anonymous" wrote it than when it was revealed Joe Klein did.
If and when his identity comes out, so do his history and credentials. He's already been revealed as a serial liar, telling different sources a different backstory and trying to hype relationships with members of the media he does not have. But with a name comes a Google search, a fact check, a review of previous work. With a name comes the same kind of scrutiny that every other journalist in every other media outlet has to endure. It's the kind of scrutiny Eklund has already shown he can't handle -- say, where DID those archives go?
In the end, the Eklund blog has taken a major hit in the last two months. The original information has slowed to a trickle, as I've seen more content from Stan Fischler and Larry Brooks on his blog than I've seen from his army of "sources." The blog used to be a fun read (when you could read past the third-grade grammatical mistakes). Now it's stale, repetitive, and -- worst of all -- irrelevant, especially after the CBA is signed.
Yes, indeed, how can a rumor be false? Rumors never slander anyone, or confuse negotiations, or cloud the public discourse for nefarious purposes. Rumors are fun! Tra-la-la! (Especially when you pay $10 a pop for them.)
The bottom line for me on this whole identity thing is that I doubt Eklund is Kevin What's-His-Face. Someone who knows who this Eklund is was pretty clear about him not being Kevin; and while I take anything about this guy's backstory with a truck's worth of salt, I tend to think it's not him.
That being said, let's not forget what's at stake here, which is the Eklund Cottage Industry. The mystery is part of the appeal -- "Primary Colors" sold a hell of a lot more copies when "Anonymous" wrote it than when it was revealed Joe Klein did.
If and when his identity comes out, so do his history and credentials. He's already been revealed as a serial liar, telling different sources a different backstory and trying to hype relationships with members of the media he does not have. But with a name comes a Google search, a fact check, a review of previous work. With a name comes the same kind of scrutiny that every other journalist in every other media outlet has to endure. It's the kind of scrutiny Eklund has already shown he can't handle -- say, where DID those archives go?
In the end, the Eklund blog has taken a major hit in the last two months. The original information has slowed to a trickle, as I've seen more content from Stan Fischler and Larry Brooks on his blog than I've seen from his army of "sources." The blog used to be a fun read (when you could read past the third-grade grammatical mistakes). Now it's stale, repetitive, and -- worst of all -- irrelevant, especially after the CBA is signed.
Anthony Mauro
DraftBuzz Hockey
Lol
On Eklunds site, Does anyone else crack up uncontrollably like me everytime they see this one?
On Eklunds site, Does anyone else crack up uncontrollably like me everytime they see this one?
Epsilon
#basta
Balej's Dance said:
The only thing more pathetic than that is that people will probably actually pay to get absurd trade rumours from Eklund that are no more likely to be true than the garbage you will find for free on Leafs Lunch, Team 1040, The Fourth Period, and so on.
Garry Valk said:
He's not going anywhere. Free Agency period is about to start and he will have rumours.
What puzzles me is his $10 service which lists no timeframe. Like if it was $10 a year, I would consider it a tiny tiny bit more legitate than the $10 lifetime fee.
Montrealer
What, me worry?
ScottyBowman said:
It's $10 a minute.
Wait, wait, wait.. I'm confusing Eklund with 1-900-SEXLAND
Sorry.
Montrealer said:
"When I woke up I listened to the hilarious comparison between Kevin Greenstein and my voice on HF Boards, and started my calls around 7:30am. "
bahahaha
chiavsfan
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If you want a good piece of comic entertainment, read his blog today...it's such a slow day at work, I got to read the entire (novel length) blog. It's a good read, if you believe in the Loch Ness monster, UFO's, and other "paranormal" things
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