Eet ees my pleasure, I am certain.
I sincerely hope that thees post, she does no cost joo and jours any theeng that joo are no prepared for, eh?
so.
I hate to be the one to say this, but A) kinda figured your name was something like that (duh) but also B) who cares?
It's what you think and how it comes out in pixels that gives you credibility here. Your name? Possibly relevant if you were engaged in some massive conflict of interest, or if who you were was some well-known expert on some subject about which you write. Neither seems to be the case.
This is just the typical conservative thing where form is highly preferred to function--you can say all the nasty shit you want as long as you look like Malkin, you can be as smart as you like but we're more interested in your resume, as long as I don't actually say your name out loud I haven't outed you.
Completely passive aggressive.
As someone who's changed her name repeatedly to get away from the baggage of someone else's reputation, I have to say, names just don't matter in and of themselves. You should be judged on what you present and who you are, not who you're related to or what your name is, or how willing you are to share it.
On both of those counts, Malkin fails miserably, and I don't see anything that Tbogg said about her that was unfair or untrue. Unpleasant, maybe. But in the words of way too many republicans over the years, "Character counts". Malkin doesn't have it.
"but what's confusing (me) is the nature of (their) game" ...
What is this mania for Names ?
Are people just curious? Maybe doing an ethnic
heritage study of the 'blogosphere?' Genealogy
as an avocation?
"Maybe you will be a more responsible commenter?"
Whoo boy..talk about pots and kettles..
I guess respecting a person's wishes isn't part of the wingnut coda. Not that I am surprised.
Best to do things on your own terms..nice to meet you. Excuse my pseudonym. I know you understand.
I suppose that's what they mean when they say they're fighting the war of ideas.
You'll always be TBogg to me.
So Patti's whole point (let's just pretend he had one) was that people should blog under their own names??? Maybe someone ought to point this out to Jesse Malkin.
Pleased to meet you, Tom, but you'll always be TBogg to me.
Be careful out there.
Didn't Patterico used to have a White House press pass under the name Jeff Gannon?
nooooooooo!!! i was all like, aw yeah, it's gonna be like "theophilius rastafari boggiasteru III" tom? that's it? there's a middle name right?
You too, TBOGG?
Your name could be Punchmonkey B. McGuillicutty for all I know. I'd still reading TBogg every day. "TBogg" is the name I'll remember in the morning, because it's the name I associate with the blog I visit daily.
And now, "Patterico" is the name I will henceforth associate with "time-wasting dickweed."
pleased to meet you, my name is Chris Losinger. but that's easy enough to figure out since people who know me commonly use it when they comment on my blog. 'cleek' is just easier to type.
You devil, you.
Hon, you'll always be TBogg AND #1 in my book!
This "outing" shit is the distraction served up by people who have no ability for rational argument.
Oh, and the heavenly and erudite Mrs. TBogg will always be "Mrs. TBogg" to me, as well.
As someone who had no interest in trying to find out who you were, I gotta say, it's a little bit disappointing to know your name. Not because of what your name is, but because there's a sort of mystery attached to writing with a pseudonym. Now I can't just think of you as just TBogg, I have to think of you as Tom as well. It's like if I ever took the time to find out who "The Editors" on thepoorman.net were - it would just ruin the fun of it all, you know?
Either way, pleased to meet you as well.
While the snitees unravel their tighty-whiteys (with the stains) they might want to consider the leaked memo from the British Ambassador to Iraq.
Ahem...
"The prospect of a low intensity civil war and a de facto division of Iraq is probably more likely at this stage than a successful and substantial transition to a stable democracy" - William Patey
In other words, Iraq is, as we knew it would be, completely fucked.
The Four Horsemen: 1
Peaceful Democracy: 0
Your New York Times propaganda doesn't fool us, Mr. Tom person! We know that 'tbogg' is a Russian/Islamo/Cubano/French variant of 'liberal devil-dog that eats babies and advocates mandatory Morning After pills and women in the workplace wearing pants'!
Repent, unhinged moonbat!
Patterico showed himself to be the flaccid penis that he really is during that whole NY Times flap regarding Rummy's and Cheney's MD residences. Greenwald took them all down in memorable fashion, with Malkin on down. This guy's not even worth the bandwidth.
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Bob Herbert talks about global warming in "Hot Enough Yet?"
It always surprises me to watch what entertains the nitrogen breathers. Yes, this sort of crap is juvenile, but then, they are righties, so...
But for all that, Patterico failed to mention the point that this sort of back and forth increases bandwidth, encourages the other simps in the cage to link all around in a circle umm... You get the point. When you can't get dates with women you need some sort of eroticy-kind of stimulation to get the ole "creative juices" flowing, if you get my meaning. I mean, after all, just how many times can you take a photo of Michgelle Malaganadangadingdong into a locked bathroom?
Say, do you suppose Glen Frey knows he has a mutant cousin?
P.S. TBogg(TM) is short for the wittiest, belly-laugh-funniest snark on the Internet. Right up there with the Daily Show, Wolcott, and General Jesus.
Your writing is a sheer joy to read every day. And let's not forget the added bonus of Basset Thursdays.
Whatever.
Boggioni is a way cooler name than Frey anyhow. Who wants to be named after a mass-produced potato product?
(Though thinking about it, it's rather apt.)
Scott Kennedy, Rush Chairman, Damn glad to meet you.
whaddya mean I'm losing this chess game?!
[knocks over board]
What Lesley said, plus: I come for the TBogg; I stay for the commenters. Except for that J Pork guy. He's a total tool. Can nothing be done?
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Alright, TBogg, I'll admit it --- I was actually awake last night (damn this Northeast heat!) and saw the first three or four posts from Patterico, and was this close to advising him to stop wasting bandwidth on stupid shit like posting handles, and to kindly STFU.
But I didn't.
I'm sure the reason most commenters prefer to post under pseudonymns is precisely for the anonymity, allowing us to "say" things we never could in public, right out in the open. Another reason is because, let's face it, some of those fuckers out there are just monkeyshit crazy enough to "whois" our sorry asses (or in Patterico's case, try to Google our email addresses, or trace our IP's), and publish our home addresses and photos of same, our kids' yearbook pictures, and our dog's vaccination certificates, and whatever else they can glom their clammy paws on, all for the purpose of intimidating us out of our (ahem) First Amendment Right to Free Speech.
Because anonymity gives one power.
Those on the Right do it too, for the same reason most people go to cross-burnin's wearing HOODS instead of "HI! MY NAME IS BILLY-BOB!" badges.
Of course, we on the Left don't run around calling ourselves chest-thumpin' manly-man dopey shit like "Red-State-All-American-Gun-Totin-Librul-Stompin-
He-Man-Bubba", because there's ya can only type so fast with one hand while pleasuring oneself to a picture of Ann Coulter (yes, that was a very cheap shot, but I defy you to convince me that she didn't deserve it).
As far as handles go, I use a couple of different ones, depending on the "mood" I'm in and the personality I wasnt to project. In this case "Doktor Wankenstein" is something I created over at Shakespeare's Sister a few weeks ago, and it's for my more profane, snarkier moods (and no damn homepage -- hah!).
I normally post under something else, but that would be tellin' (you and I corresponded via email a few weeks back, concerning cookies and a link I had tried to post --- yup, that's me!)
But it doesn't matter, 'cause I'm on the side of the good guys, and you're one of 'em.
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I saw your real name on the website a couple of years ago when I tried out a phone with web access.
Pat is not only a wuss, but something of a dunce, too.
What is this mania for Names ?
What do you think? Andrew Sullivan expressed it clearly a few years back while whining about Atrios's then-anonymity: it takes away their ability to attack you personally.
In the case of these shitstains, they want to try and get you fired, harrass you and your family at home, and maybe, just maybe, some loose cannon will become fixated on you after seeing your name and personal info tossed around repeatedly - but these paragons of virtue would certainly tut-tut and disavow any responsibility for something like that, my goodness!
American brownshirts. It's what they do. It's all they have.
And now, "Patterico" is the name I will henceforth associate with "time-wasting dickweed."
What do you mean, henceforth? Or has he merely knocked Jeff "Jeff Goldstein" Goldstein out of the top spot?
For what it's worth, I had my name legally changed to "mds". It's pronounced just like it's spelled.
Patterico must have assumed Goldstein's trolling duties as the latter is still recovering from his last blogfight.
Damn, Tom, and here I thought I was one of the special people knowing your real identity. Bummer. Now I guess it's okay for me to give up that Digby is really Brooke Burke.
The LA Taxpayers sure have a winner in good old Patrick Frey. Petty, morally and ethically wrong, and mostly wrong on the facts is how I wany my Prosecutors to act.
Damn! I had fifty on you being Lieberman!
Patterico must have assumed Goldstein's trolling duties as the latter is still recovering from his last blogfight.
Yeah, counting all of those PayPal donations as a result of his last dangerous encounter with a cast reject from Maude must have been pretty taxing.
I really like the way you tried to hide your identity by choosing your first initial and the first four letters of your last name as your alias.
Gee, I've known your identity since you posted as TBogg on Salon's Table Talk back before you started this blog.
Hell, Atrios use to post as Kurt Foster there.
TBogg
You'll always be the best, along with the L&T Casey and Mrs. TBogg. A daily stop for world class bloggery.
I was just going to say that, kd, but you beat me to it.
And thanks so much for reminding me who Atrios used to post as. That was driving me crazy a couple of weeks ago for some reason.
It was certainly a cunning nom de guerre. Your neighbours must be astonished.
Your name rang a bell with me so I googled it and, of course, you were behind the "stop them before they film again" petition to stop the Affleck/Lopez remake of Casablanca.
What is it with malkin and her little winged monekys that they love to out people? Is it just some bizarre compulsion? Or do they really think it makes them seem powerful (uh, it doesn't).
Seriously junior high school shit.
"Paste eaters" doesn't even begin to cover it.
Who knew that our own TBogg was actually the lead singer for Bon Jovi?
Wow...they mystery revealed...not.
Count me among those who knew your name beforehand.
Also, count me among those who are pretty sure that Patterico must have just gotten laid off from whatever he previously passed off as "work." I can't imagine where else he got this kind of free time.
Tbogg, first time I've posted in your comments despite being an avid reader for a few years. Just wanted say Hi, and that this post is another great example of why I read this blog: You have balls the size of churchbells and you don't take shit from morons.
I don't care.
What do the Doggies call you?
Wow. From Tom Boggioni to TBogg?
This is the kind of madcap whimsy that supports the Repug case of us all being leftover 60's hippies who blow 0.10 on the LSD breathalyzer test.
Maybe you might want to consider a sober, mature name, such as "The Nemesis of an Addlepated Nitwit Who Calls Himself Patterico But Who Is Really Named 'Ima Dick'" ?
I'm new to this blog. I've heard of it elsewhere, but my first visit was just a few hours ago. As fate would have I happened to be browsing it when this was going on. I'd like to make a few observations:
1)You shouldn't have revealed your name. Yes, it was shitty the way he hinted that he had googled around and figured it out, but he didn't take the final step. Anybody who's smart enough to figure out what he was hinting at would be able to get the information the same way he did.
2)I don't know if it's really possible to be anonymous as a high profile blogger because chances are you already have a web "footprint" of everything you've ever published as well as everything that others have published referencing you. The longer you've been online the better the chance information about your "real life" will turn up with simple google searches. I understand the desire to be anonymous, but the only way I can see for it to be feasible is if you either don't leave a footprint or do away with search engines.
3)Another observation not related to outing: I've visited several blogs authored by people across the political spectrum and something I've noticed is that you guys seem to spend a lot of time and bandwidth sniping at each other instead of actually talking politics.
I'll post my first comment here to join in with the crowd above -- you'll always be TBogg to me.
And yes, my name really is jezebel. Or, at least, I've been told that I really am one. So there.
Yep, TBogg it shall always be.
Oddly, I post under my real name.
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"My name is Tom Boggioni."
Haha then TBogg barely qualifies as a pseudonym. Too funny! Keep on rockin TBogg!
Whatever happened to "don't ask, don't tell"? My opinion of you has completely changed, now that I know the truth.
TBogg, (or Tom, whew, that was hard to type)I knew I liked you the day I found out you named your dog Satchmo - that was my late yorkie's name.
Lesley, don't forget TBogg's Friday Random Ten. It never fails that I buy a few songs based on his randomness.
I'm Tom Boggioni
I'm Tom Boggioni
And that's the image I'll have in my head from now on, every time I check this blog.
"Sir, I served with Tom Boggioni. I knew Tom Boggioni. Tom Boggioni was a friend of mine. Sir, you are no Tom Boggioni."
Just in case you need some more ammo, I googled around and did some cross-referencing and it turns out that Patterico is, in actuality, a sniveling little bitch.
You didn't hear it from me.
A rose by any other name...
As for Patty Frey...Who the fuck cares?
I'm Tom Boggioni
Whenever I read about these inane pseudonym threats, I'm reminded of my favorite memory of my grandfather:
During a large family reunion, he stepped up in front of everybody, all serious and stuff, and declared, "I will now sing a song that's been an important part of my life. A song written by the great composer, 'Anonymous.'"
He then sang a "Guess I'll Go Eat Worms," with multiple verses.
Hi, Tom! I've been reading you for years, even before the blog, when you posted on TT!
What is it with Patterico, BTW? Just the other day he was rushed in to defend Pasty's honor over at Sadly, No!, now he's galloping over here to be Malkin's white knight, saving her from the snark of TBogg? Is he the perpetual sidekick, or what?
BTW, they're facination with pseudonyms is that they think people who use them could be of the islamofacist persuasion. meanwhile, they like to pretend that using their WASPy real name means they believe more strongly behind each of their inane and pointless comments. Such drama queens they are.
This Patterico guy is a real bizarro, isn't he? What's his obssession with finding people's e-mail and real names.
Be careful. He might show up at your door now. He seems like a real wierdo.
In a very real sense, we're all Tom Boggioni.
It brings a tear to my eye.
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My life is fucked. The Boggionis are responsible for all the wars in the world. Are you a Boggioni? I own fucking San Diego. What are you looking at, sugar tits?
Mel
Tom Boggioni? You mean you're a wop?
That does it! Iraq must have been a good idea, then! And muslims should be rounded up and put in concentration camps until the war on terra is over. Sorry for not seeing the light sooner, Mr Bush and Ms Malkin, but that "Tbogg" blogger blinded me with his cunning pseudonymity!
I've been following you since you posted in Salon Table Talk under your real name. At that time, I was known as 'Pierre'. One thing I don't get about Frey's comments. What's irresponsible about pointing out the idiocy of moronic right commenters like Malkin, the paste-eater (Godlstein), and Patterico? It seems like it's our civic duty to point and laugh at them. It it isn't, it should be.
But what's puzzling him is the nature of...well, everything, apparently.
Excellent post.
And I think 'Sympathy for TBogg' is a sweeeet song. It came up in the comments a few days ago. I always knew that it was you and me that killed the Kennedys. Then they became the Dead Kennedys and produced mediocre California punk for many years. But that's another story.
I'm glad I checked in back in here after I visited Atrios this morning. At least now "Sympathy for the Devil" is my song bomb, replacing that damn "Throw the Jew Down the Well."
That Patterico is a real sleazy piece of work, isn't he? I look forward to his outing of his own fans who comment pseudonymously on his blog . . . oh, wait, he won't do that because their pseudonymity is, uh, somehow different from ours because they haven't said anything mean about Jeff Goldstein. Or something.
He (it?) pulled the same shit over at Sadly, No!. The ruse there was to sing the praises of Jeffrey Goldstein as the bravest, most cojony-ist Keyboard Commander because he uses his real name. Of course, this is laughable considering how the stratopheric ego of Goldstein's humongous narcissistic personality disorder wouldn't allow him to be anonymous in a million years. (No doubt the folks at the local Piggly Wiggly Klonopin Dispensary are getting tired of all the "You do realize that I'm THE Jeff Goldstein of Protein Persecution fame" admonitions every time he stops by.)
The question now is, what, exactly will they do with the personal information about the actual TBogg? These are the folks with the rivets missing and heavy metal fatigue.
Where I come from, we have an entire vocabulary of words to describe Patterico twerps, but they'd usually wet their pants and run away before we got to "sniveling fuckwad."
Damnit! I was hoping you were Terry Bozzio, one of Zappa's drummers. No, wait. That would be tbozz. Shit. Nevermind.
You shouldn't have revealed your name. Yes, it was shitty the way he hinted that he had googled around and figured it out, but he didn't take the final step.
Because, yeah, I know I was looking forward to a week or so of Patterico & Pals skulking around the comments, annoying the hell out of everybody until they could decide that it looked like enough provocation for the big Bwa Haa Haa Reveal. That's where this was headed. And the longer you let them build themselves up into a frenzy over it, the more likely someone is to do or say something a normal person would regret.
Now they can go back to googling themselves for kicks and hating Glenn Greenwald. I know I'll miss 'em.
Patty Frey, I know you're reading these comments, and I'd just like to say you shouldn't post ever again. Because you are fucking terrible at it.
When I outed myself, nobody even CARED. *sniff* This is just a sign of how all the A-list bloggers are oppressing me!
Or something.
*waves to Tbogg*
A.
Never even heard of the guy (Patterico) before this post. And with any luck, never hear about him again.
You will always be Tbogg to me
May I just add my support to the sentiments already expressed here: You will always be TBogg, devoted spouse to Mrs. TBogg and slave to bassetts, to me! What stupid nonsense springs eternal from the wingnut wellspring.
tbogg,
I am pleased to meet you, again (I have commented before, and you had graciously replied).
It's appaling that this became an issue. I could not have stomached dealing with a MalKKKinite (I saw that somewhere).
Hiding in plain site is such a chore. It makes their pointy little heads hurt.
Now that Fox News knows how to get a hold of you, will you be appearing on Hannity and Colmes?
Good evening.
I'm Tom Boggioni and you're not.
Our top story tonight...
It's called cutting their water to a drip and good for you. I like TBogg and have for years. It doesn't change a thing since I was pretty sure you had another name anyway.
Uh . . . your name was supposed to be a secret?
Personally, I was convinced you were T. Boone Pickens, and fabricated the entire blog life (including Beckham, but not Satchmo) as an elaborate fantasy to experience what real people live like.
I am not yet convinced that I'm wrong.
Time to rally!
Everybody over to CAFEPress and order a "I am Tbogg" shirt (ala "I am Atrios")!
I seem to recall your name being out there long ago -- didn't think it was a secret.
All my web transactions have pseudonyms -- but heck! I used to work for a police department, and I gave them all my aliases when I started work there. It's no big deal to have them. My SCA name was an alias. The name I commonly *use* is an alias -- just because it's not what's on my birth certificate.
Petty, petty, petty. And ignorant, too.
Right. Uh-huh. Like "Boggioni" is a real last name. Sure.
Allow me to echo others in saying that you'll always be TBogg to me. I mean, to be completely frank, I don't give a rolling crap what Tom Boggioni has to say. TBogg, however runs a rockin' cool blog and has lot of good things to say, and I check back on a more-than-daily basis. Sorry, guy, you've devolved (or evolved?) into a brand.
That having been said, I also don't give a rolling crap what Patterico or Patrick Frey has to say, because they're/he's a dickwad with grandiosity issues.
And I would totally wear an "I am TBogg" t-shirt.
You have completely lost your credibility with me, because you neglected to use one simple phrase:
"I'm not afraid of you."
Now? They know you're a pussy. Watch out for their spooge, dood.
Hey Patrick Frey, what's your problem? Patterico, YOU DICK!
No! I'M TOM BOGGIONI!
[another blogger adds comment]
No! *I'M* TOM BOGGIONI!
[yet another]
Uh Uh, *I'M* TOM BOGGIONI!
I'd actually thought you had your name up on your site somewhere already. Heh. Some Difference THAT was.
Shorter Patrick Frey:
"I'm not going to out you. I'll just say 1+1+1=?"
He calls himself Patrick Frey - but his real name is Cowardly Little Biatch.
I wish I hadn't read this.
Man that sucks.
well now frey will have the satisfaction of 'knowing' that he's outed 'a somewhat popular blogger.'
in the time it took to do all this he could have done something useful - like send a package to some troops (some of US liberals do such things out of sympathy for the poor souls stuck there because of our 'brilliantly' wishful president), he could have gone to the local costco and picked a up couple of cases of water to be donated to the poor during these times of excessive heat across the country (but it's not global warming causing the heat - or the deaths of low income elderly), he could have donated blood (always in need due to vacation travel accidents)- oh wait no blood from a turnip, or he could have just breathed into a paper bag before this childish impulse took over.
as someone who has mostly lurked over the past year and a half while under treatment for cancer, i have to say - mr frey you are an idiot on so many levels, not the least of which that you are presumably healthy and active and THIS is how you choose to spend your time?
Patterico, like Bush Snr and Jnr, has an obsession with that which he cannot get: "Pussy".
And the longer you let them build themselves up into a frenzy over it, the more likely someone is to do or say something a normal person would regret.
Yup. They are not very good with boundaries.
What a bunch of cretins...
The funny thing is that anyone who has been at Salon's Table Talk over the past decade or so already knows the name that's on TBogg's birth certificate. So PattyPussy's Big Job Of Detective Work really, um, isn't.
Pleaseed to meet you. Hope you guessed my name.
And you're saying it's Tom something? Not Satan? Jesus. I've been getting that song wrong all these years . . .
Gah. Sorry about the open tag.
Oh fer cryin' out loud. Could those people get any more juvenile?
Mr. Bogg, Mrs. Bogg and the entire Bogg Familia, you will always be Boggs to me.
And I have a memory like a sieve, so I mean that sincerely. There's no way I will remember...well, whatever it was that they said your name was anyway.
Heh! Thanks, Jeff Spicoli! (You should go visit Eschaton's thread on this, while you're at it.)
Add TBogg to the list of American losers who, like Mark Twain, didn't obtain a university degree and wrote funny and insightful stuff under made-up names.
Tom Boggioni can't possibly be a real name. Sounds more like one of those funny "porn star" names developed by using the name of your first pet and the name of the first street you lived on. C'mon, admit it, your real name is Elliot Abrahms.
I probably shouldn't pop up my chipmunk head for the assholes to shoot at, but I really really need to say that I'm sorry the world is so full of right wing passive aggressive dicks.
Names are overrated. I mean, underrated. In fact, I'm thinking of getting remarried twice next week to annoy the NJ-DMV. I love having a place card the size of a GANNETT OUTDOORS billboard.
Nice ta meetcha, Mr. B. You can call me Hazel, even.
And here I thought you were Sid Blumenthal...
Damn, and I thought you were really Ann Coulter hiding her true feelings of being liberal and progressive behind falsehoods.
Patterico is one of those rare individuals who mix stupidity and hypocrisy in truly epic proportions.
But watch out for the patented Stuperico finishing move. He'll try to identify some completely inconsequential and inadvertant mistake in one of your posts, or else dispute your opinion of his motives or conduct, and try to use that to call you a "liar."
i used 2 think u were kewl. now i think u suck cuz i no your nam.
Who cares about names. What a piece of shit that Pattycake bitch is.
Now that we've all had a good laugh, I'm still waiting to see if Patrick "Patterico" Frey's ever actually debunked anything Tom Boggioni or Glenn Greenwald's ever written.
...crickets chirping...
First Lance Bass and now this?! My whole reality is crumbling!
wow, another kindergarten blog fight. how exciting...ZZZZZZZZzzzz...
I've often thought about what your name might be...........the most simple solution to any problem is the easiest..........I figured it was exactly that. First initial. First four letters of your last name.
Mine? First name. Phonetically spelled first initial of my last. Joeyess.............joe sampson............oh.my.god. Patterico, you tricky sonofabitch! You got me to out myself!!
NOt having a blog, I don't give a shit.
You're right Tbogg, your name was no state secret. Paterico is such an omniscient being.
good luck.
This kind of thing isn't confined to political boards, unfortunately. We just had an incident on a wedding board that I frequent where someone figured out a poster's pseudonym and starting e-mailing/calling her.
The harasser turned out to be the girl's ex-boyfriend's new fiancee. Apparently, the fact that the girl had moved on -- that's why she was posting on a wedding board, she's marrying someone else, duh! -- was extremely upsetting to the ex-boyfriend's new fiancee. We're not quite sure why it would send you over the edge to find out that your fiance's ex-girlfriend is marrying someone else, but whatever.
Yes, Patty is equally as pathetic as that.
I would have guessed Terry Boggerelli. Actually, I knew your name but everytime I complained about the Tom Boggioni guy nobody knew who I was talking about. Just as well, if they knew I was refering to TBogg they would have ripped me to pieces.
If anybody is curious my real name isn't LowLife. That's my title. My real name is Tiparillo.
I'm Tom Boggioni and so's my wife!
And strangely enough, I never actually attended Notre Dame.
I'm ready for my outing, Mr Patterico.
I had the opposite problem, my real name is Laffington Patrone Gaylord Gheet Gossett, Jr, but people complained that it was to cumbersome to make fun of all of the time, so I was forced to shorten it. Then the Simpsons outed me as Joey Jo-Jo Shabadoo, those fucks, so I had to go to John Birch, but people thought I made that up, so then, for awhile, I became Tom Boggoini, but that was taken....
Good gravy the right is ridiculous.
By the way, Tom Boggoini is an anagram. His real name is Nitmob Giggo.
Tom Boggioni? The Tom Boggioni? Well then, everything you've ever written is shit. I'm outta here.
Does Patterico's mom know that he's spending so much time on the computer? Isn't he supposed to be finishing his diorama for social studies or something?
I wonder if this Frey is like that other famous Frey -- you know, the one Oprah outed as a pathetic, chronically dishonest, sociopathic loser?
Yep. I thought so.
It's ok, I still respect you in the morning.
I always thought your name was something like Max Power or Joachim von Steel...
My illusions...shattered!
Eh, I've known you were Tom for a while (stuck in my mind, since Tom Bogg sounds like Tom the Dancing Bug). I figured Bogg was short for something, possibly even Boggioni. But really, who gives a shit?
I'm sure Mark Twain would find all this somewhat amusing...
I know Pattricio's crusade against pseudonyms has made me question my devotion to Andre the Giant. And what kind of fucking gutless coward is this "Bono" person, anyway? Ringo Starr's a douchebag too.
These people have had it too easy for too long.
I'm not so sure why Mr. Deputy District Attorney thinks he's got you in his cross examination crosshairs because he knows your name. It's hardly a Kaffee/Jessup moment. What a loser.
I change my name legally every year to avoid confusion. Currently I am Hootie McBoob and I'm lovin' it!
What kind of stupid name is "Patrick Frey" anyway? Sounds fat...and ugly. Hairy back as well.
Besides, do we really know if that Pattycake's real name?
Wow! You mean "Tbogg" is a pseudonym?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
Hi Tom - Mike Crain here.
TBogg, TBogg...wherefor art thou TBogg?
Deny thy pseudonym and reveal thy name.
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my snark guru
And I´ll no longer be a moderate.*
Seriously, what matter the name of the person, unless one is unable to engage with the ideas, arguments, derision, etc. I try to stick to that, though I am not "a somewhate popular blogger." (In fact, I'm so immersed in finishing my farkin degree that I haven't posted in ages and should probably give up the home page). Nonetheless, I use part of my name. I am reasonably sure one could find out my pertinent information, though I do suggest that they dig a bit deeper and learn something about my family life, like why I lovingly refer to my husband as Demon, before deciding to harass us in any way. Well, that and the general armed status of the rural midwest and their tolerance level for strangers coming to town to stir up trouble. Our cops are BORED - folks have been warned.
Mr. Tom, sir? Aren't you self-employed? And living in a civilized area? And reasonably intelligent? So what about the revealing of your name was supposed to frighten you? I will never understand those people, and I'm not too sorry about that.
*extreme apologies to W. Shakespeare
And here I thought your name actually was Todd Boggington!
I wonder if this Frey is like that other famous Frey -- you know, the one Oprah outed as a pathetic, chronically dishonest, sociopathic loser?
Glenn Frey?
Hi Tom
You will always be Tbogg to me. Have a great day.
From what I understand about the history of Malkins site, the idea was to intimidate you by threatening to put your name on a site read by sociopaths and gang members, as well as a few white supremacists so that they could harrass you and your family.
That's his idea of: "I am actually a strong defender of people’s right to comment anonymously, or pseudonymously."
This is not an honest man.
Thank you for your work, I have enjoyed it.
I'm working on an idea for the first blogger-inspired sitcom. Haven't worked out the details yet, but I think the title should be "Oh, No -- Patterico!"
hello fellow Italian-American!
I, too, wonder about this right wing compulsion to out people.
Patterico was very passive agressive. Very WASPY!
Shorter Patterico:
"I'm threatening you, but I'm denying to myself I am trying to threaten you. Because I would never threaten somebody. Because I'm a good guy. But check out your pillow -- I've left a horse's head on it. But I didn't do that -- somebody else must of."
So when you Atrios wankers were pissing your pants over Vox Day about a year-and-a-half ago, how come you made the point of using his real name, Theodore Beale, which everyone already knew,and then made a big deal out of his using a pseudonym.
Can I still call you tbogg? It's shorter, and I hate typing. Or maybe just "t". Can I call you t? Cause you are SO Kirk Douglas in a loincloth, oh yeah!
Boggioni!! Boggioni!!
Shit!, that guy owes me money!!!
BTW, kd bart stands for Kevin D Bartner
Through threats and bad faith "negotiation", Patrick "Patterico" Frey's on a crusade to get high profile left wing bloggers to admit to the "crime" of anonymity.
Someone should look into his assistant prosecutions. He's a real ends-justifies-the-means reprobate.
"Now, detective, I'm not saying that you should do anything in particular with this half kilo from the evidence locker...but we all know the suspect's a dealer. We just need a little bit, something small, to get him to admit it."
"How come you made the point of using [Vox Day's] real name, Theodore Beale, which everyone already knew,and then made a big deal out of his using a pseudonym.
Do you really need the joke explained, little Willy? Gladly.
1. He was trying to hide his wingnut welfare status from his readers (Daddy Beale's on the board of WorldNetDaily, Teddy Boy gets to publish rapist rantings).
2. "Theodore Beale" is a pussy name, hilariously at odds with his eXtreme white-Christian-skinhead persona, which is so clearly overcompensation.
3. "Vox Dei" (Day) is an arrogant and idiotic pseudonym. It's like something a certain born-again, never-wrong Preznit might use in his forays on the Internets.
TBogg - Hey, your description of yourself on your website says it all as far as I'm concerned.
Yeah, that's my name. Usedtabe Charlotte Beavers before'n I got hitched. I still get people thinking I'm making it up, though. But if I were to pick a pseudonymn, it's be a lot cooler than Charlotte Smith.
Jim McNary. Nice to meet y'all.
You'll always be Tbogg to me, too. Because I don't want to have to go out and buy a new 3-ring binder to replace "Emily heart's Tbogg" on the cover when school starts this year.
OK. Emily's not my real name, never has been. And I'm way older than you, so you can guess I'm not really a schoolgirl. I never gave a rat's ass what Tbogg's real identity is, still don't. Just keep writing the good stuff. And posting pix of Satchmo and Beckham.
Now I'm curious about something.
Who do you think is more well known in this great wide world of ours, TBogg, a dashing and debonair raconteur, or Tom Boggioni, a guy who lives in Sunny So. Cal.
Keep in mind that TBogg lives on the internets and has the ability to communicate with millions of people everyday and Mr. Boggioni, has to feed the dogs and go to work while also spending time with Mrs. Boggioni who, no matter how warm sensitive and loving, almost certainly is not as seductive and vivacious as Mrs. TBogg.
Anyway, now that you've (gasp) been exposed, perhaps you might consider a more public persona for the Boggioni fellow. Don't be afraid to answer the phone if a show featuring talking heads calls, look at how much great public exposure that Atrios guy is getting.
For the record, I am pleased to meet you, and I am not troubled by the nature of your game.
I just want to echo everyone else and say "You're always a TBogg to me..."
I remember seeing your full name when you linked to your dads obit that time. If Patterico is truly a "Prosecutor" of some kind....well he certainly no McCoy.
That said, I am a tad concerned for you and yours. You were one of the first "big blogs" to link to World O Crap(whose writers I am very fond of since the old days...), so if anything happens, just yell and I'll head down to San Diego ready to bust heads for ya. 
Seriously, though. Take care, the wingnuts are getting more nuts and dangerous every day...
Come on, that sounds even MORE made up.
You're a paisan! For some reason, that gave me a moment of tribal gladness.
Until I thought about Scalito.
tbogg, you're Italian? You are even cooler in my eyes now. Complimenti!
Noli nothis permittere te terere.
does this mean we have to send you money now?
TBogg, I don't care what your real name is. I didn't come h