[thenightwriterblog] The Night Writer: Happy Ecker-versary

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Posted by The Night Writer:
Happy Ecker-versary
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   Kevin Ecker reached the [1]five year anniversary of the EckerNet blog
   yesterday, which is a nearly unheard of milestone in the blogosphere
   considering how many bloggers don't even make it to five months -- and
   when you consider what the technological limitations were back then.
   Kevin had to do the equivalent of pounding rocks together when he
   started; kind of crude and ugly, but then nobody was reading blogs
   then anyway. Today the blog is still crude and ugly, but that's more a
   matter of attitude than a problem with the design or the hosting
   platform.
   Anyway, EckerNet is a daily (or more often) stop for the Mall Diva and
   I as we stop in to see who Kevin is picking on today, to view pictures
   of his latest gun, or to enter one of his caption contests. Visiting
   EckerNet is one of favorite forms of entertainment, right up there
   with watching [2]Mythbusters on TV. In fact, we see some eerie
   parallels between Kevin and one of the Mythbusters' hosts, Adam
   Savage: they're about the same age, size, have similar hairlines and
   kind of look alike. Could they have been separated at birth? Let's
   examine (Kevin on the left, Adam on the right below):
   [thenightwriterblog-Paintball12Kevin.1.jpg]
   [thenightwriterblog-Mythbuster_Adam.jpg]
   The similarities are amazing:
     * Both use the motto, "I reject your reality and substitute my own!"
     * Both get paid to figure out how to blow things up. The difference
       is Adam Savage shows you how to do it on TV; if Kevin showed you
       how it's done he'd have to kill you. (Go [3]here for links to
       Mythbusters' greatest explosions.)
     * Adam busts urban legends that "everyone knows are true" using
       physics, curiosity and some cool gear; Kevin blows holes in
       generally accepted liberal "facts" and thinking using reason,
       research and a lot of attitude.
     * Adam once tested the effects of a mannequin urinating on an
       electrified rail; that's how Kevin wakes himself up in the
       morning.
     * Adam goes to great lengths to test the limits of science and
       knowledge; Kevin goes to great lengths to try to buy my daughter
       beer and test the limits of my patience.

   I think it's conclusive, folks. Add a goatee, a little reddish
   coloring and perhaps a bit more restraint to Kevin and you have --
   Adam Savage. Busted!

References

   1. http://www.eckernet.com/2007/01/eckernet_is_five_years_old_today.html
   2. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/mythbusters.html
   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_MythBusters_special_episodes#Pilot_2_.E2.80.94_.22Vacuum_Toilet.2C_Biscuit_Bazooka.2C_Leaping_Lawyer.22