Too many crazy French chefs spoil the pot....

It always amazes me when people do stupid things. You know, like Howard Stern fans who call the cable news outlets during natural disaster coverage trying to get their hero's name on the air... I've been deeply involved in publicity efforts for my sites lately, and in particular, trying to make contact with various tv chefs to let them know about CCSC.TV, our new sister site - The Complete Cooking Show Compendium. I've sent out quite a few e-mails about it, gotten some nice replies, too. Yesterday morning, I popped over to Alton Brown's site to see if I could find an e-mail address to drop him a line about the site. Seems AB had been running a little contest asking for pictures for his refrigerator. However, someone or someones took the fun out of things. Here's AB's latest Blogger post: Some of you may have noticed that the “contact” button is gone from my web site and that my rant calling for refrigerator pics is gone. Here’s why: although many of you sent in some really nice pics and insightful, fun emails some of you decided to send vulgar, nasty, frightening messages and images. I always knew there was ugliness and meanness out there but you know what, I don’t have to give you a place to put it. So, the portal is closed and will remain so. If you harvested the address, don’t bother using it because it will simply dump your mail into oblivion. I’m disappointed, upset, disillusioned, and upgrading my security system. To those who wanted to play nice, I sure am sorry but life’s just too short to drink poison. So AB decided to connect with his fans, and some of those so-called "fans" decided to repay his generosity by sending him nasty letters, dirty pictures, and just overall spoiling the party for everyone involved. And so now, AB, and rightly so if his mail was as bad as he indicated, has taken the chance to contact him away. It's too bad some people have to be so moronic, so downright juvenile, as to do something like that, because it ruins everything for everyone else as well. I hold no ill will towards AB - on the contrary, I think he did the right, and sensible, thing. No sense putting yourself on the line with all the crazies out there. But now, I've missed the chance to commune with the Good Eats Guru about my websites, which I think he'd fine funky (Moonsault Chef) and useful (CCSC). Some unthinking, uncaring, (probably)testostorone-filled punk has taken AB's good faith and shown him the disgusting underbelly of the 'Net world. He can't risk his sanity on people he doesn't know. And who can blame him? But why this idiots insist on ruining the party is beyond me. If I lived that kind of existance, I'd just as soon not be living. How friggin' pathetic can you be, that you get your jollies out of scaring the heeby-jeebies out of a friendly and funny TV Host? Sorry, that's just STUPID. And Hey, AB? I hope someone tells you about my sites anyway, and I still think you'd find them funky and useful, respectively. And I will try to get in touch via snail mail eventually. But I hope more than ever that you know that most of your fans aren't the pathetic bunch of weirdos who ruined it for you, and those fans - the GOOD fans - are 100% behind you! *** Progress on CCSC.TV is going well. The first major publicity campaign is underway right now, so don't be surprised if you see something popping up here and there on various websites and food-based forums. And don't forget to spread the word yourself, and contribute if you can! Your support for the database will help make the CCSC site an overwhelming success! *** After three months of preparation, Moonsault Chef will begin issuing Moonsault Chef Update, a weekly glimpse into our websites. Each newsletter will have a link to the latest blog, a few special offers that will be EXCLUSIVE to the newsletter, with prices lower than you'll find anywhere else, updates on CCSC and the latest compendium entries, special contests and giveaways, book and DVD reviews, and a whole lot more. So subscribe now so you don't miss everything. Click HERE to join the newsletter mailing list now and be first to get all the cool stuff coming your way. *** Friday we'll have our weekly Meal Review available right here, so don't miss it! *** More coming to the Moonsault Cafe next week. Until then, REPRISE THE THEME SONG AND ROLL THE CREDITS! TC