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November 30, 2005

MEET THE AUTHOR:

Dick Long of Hammerhead Press

(Thanks to Elizabeth)

Posted by judi on November 30, 2005 at 03:58 PM | Permalink

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And you wonder why he didn't change it?

Posted by: Somewhere North | November 30, 2005 at 03:59 PM

i think that Chinese guy has found a new disciple!

Posted by: insomniac | November 30, 2005 at 04:01 PM

omigosh, my dad was in the Navy on the Underwater Demolition Team, too. I wonder if he knows this guy ...

Posted by: MOTW | November 30, 2005 at 04:21 PM

Or "Long, Dick" depending on the form he enters his name into.

Posted by: KOW | November 30, 2005 at 04:39 PM

Woo hoo! I'm famous! And unfortunately it's for a Long, Dick (sigh).

Elizabeth

Posted by: Elizabeth | November 30, 2005 at 04:45 PM

He also started the DUI team!

Posted by: Dave | November 30, 2005 at 04:51 PM

He would do well in Europe where the last name goes first...Long Dick

too funny

Posted by: john | November 30, 2005 at 05:01 PM

DUI drysuits (that's Dick Long's company) are THE suit of choice for serious, cold-water SCUBA divers. One of their top-end models, with all the bells and whistles, is called the "Dick Long Signature Model" Tragically, each and every one of these ships with "Dick Long" embroidered on it.

Don't ask me how I know.

Posted by: Gary | November 30, 2005 at 06:20 PM

This sounds suspiciously like the Client from Hell of the Hammerhead Beer company from Big Trouble.

Posted by: Guin | November 30, 2005 at 06:37 PM

A women that reads a headline with the name Dick Long in it and then thinks of the Dave Barry Blog makes my love molecule grow

Posted by: ahhm Clem | November 30, 2005 at 08:03 PM

hmmm I had a professor in collee named Harry WoodCock

Posted by: orcel | November 30, 2005 at 08:28 PM

My father in law (rest his soul) was named Dick Akin. His Army days were no fun...

Posted by: Bamadano | November 30, 2005 at 11:02 PM

Actually, that's my stepson's name. He's Richard Long. (He goes by his middle name, Nolan.)

As an aside, when I was in the Navy, I once knew a guy whose name was Richard Head. He insisted on being called by the nickname (he was quite naive). We, of course, were only too happy to oblige.

Posted by: Mr. Completely | November 30, 2005 at 11:58 PM

Mr.C.

#1- uh, really?

#2- uh, really? (ITTWSWWH)(I think there was SWWhim)

** Just don't know if you're joshin'or not (NTTAWWT)

Posted by: southerngirl | December 01, 2005 at 01:23 AM

What's in a name?

A rose by any other name would ... prolly fart.

Posted by: U.O | December 01, 2005 at 02:14 AM

Southerngirl - Yes, really. ISIANMTU. It's all true.

Posted by: Mr. Completely | December 01, 2005 at 03:43 AM

And then, of course, there's the famous Florida Keys band Big Dick and the Extenders...really! Ask the blog. I'm sure he's heard of this famous group.

Posted by: Stupendous Man | December 01, 2005 at 09:01 AM

ITTWSWWH ?
SWWhim ?
ISIANMTU ?

Posted by: huh? | December 01, 2005 at 10:10 AM

It can't be all that long if he's diving in the Arctic.

Posted by: Cheesewiz | December 01, 2005 at 10:29 AM

I Think There Was Somehting Wrong With Him

Something Wrong With Him

I Swear I Am Not Making This Up

Posted by: AnswerMan | December 01, 2005 at 10:59 AM

I don't know Dick, but I just wanted to tell Ah Clem (and I know where that name comes from, worker) that "Love Molecule" wbagnfarb.

Posted by: Bill | December 01, 2005 at 02:14 PM

Bill - I thought the Ah Clem nick was from a Firesign Theater sketch...?