(UPDATE: Ok, a clarification. I woke up this morning and someone had built the above “shrine” blog aimed at me, and sent a short email. I took it to be a joke, and think everyone else should too.)

Sure, the anonymous attack dog site seems cute now, but next thing you know, I’ve got a stalker messing with my credit rating (as if that could get any lower) and firing off emails trying to get my press credentials revoked (and now that I mention it, yes, that actually happened).

Accordingly, I’d like to suggest that the person who created the “Tom Chandler is a Bait Fishing Chummer” simply mixed me up with Noted Explosives Expert Singlebarbed.

After all, explosives use on the Upper Sacramento would draw some attention from sharp-eyed Warden Joe Powell, but explosives use in Singlebarbed’s brownline environment would barely raise an eyebrow.

Not that I’m accusing or anything. I’m just saying is all.

Naturally, no purist of my stature would be caught dead using C4. That stuff’s for terrorists and nymph fishers. If I used explosives, I’d insist on only the most refined varieties, preferably those sustainably manufactured from organic components.

Of course, what’s really true is that I’m simply too damned lazy to go to all the trouble mentioned in the attack blog. I could summon a long, long list of character witnesses willing to testify to that fact.

See you in hiding, Tom Chandler

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