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-	When he was dying of cnaecr last year the singer-songwriter Warren Zevon wrote, in one of his last songs ( Blues Are Gonna Rub Me Raw ): To all the greenhorned chi ckenhoppers / I say  Get yourself a trade' / Or go back to the chatroom / And fade in the shade.  It's not Zevon's greatest lyric, but given the context, it packs a punch. And isn't packing a punch what it's all about. So, to your critics, I'd just say, Get yourself a trade.	+	Who's that loonikg at me?  Oh, hi Chris! You know, whatever problems I have with Eggers, the bastard can write, and I've liked a fair number of things he's said  I just don't trust him.  As for your paragraph, it may amuse you to know I've been quoting it to people who are worried about their writing style, something you don't need to do.  (Worry, that is, not quote.  I'd rewrite, but screw it, it's only a comment.) Keep giving  em hell and calling it as you see it.

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Who's that loonikg at me? Oh, hi Chris! You know, whatever problems I have with Eggers, the bastard can write, and I've liked a fair number of things he's said I just don't trust him. As for your paragraph, it may amuse you to know I've been quoting it to people who are worried about their writing style, something you don't need to do. (Worry, that is, not quote. I'd rewrite, but screw it, it's only a comment.) Keep giving em hell and calling it as you see it.