White Coat, Black Hat

. . . bizarre mistake in the book’s title on another website, but still think it’s funny.

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Crap. We will never hear the end of this.  The Times just reviewed the book.  Ok, there, I posted the link.  Happy?

And no, I will not be at Thanksgiving this year.

Reviews

“Seems like every time I take an Ambien, I end up drunk-dialing old girlfriends”

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“I have two brothers.”

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“I would like to thank my youngest brother, who got me started in philosophy and now sets up my websites with nothing to work with”

Yeah, would have killed you to write that.

Self-promotion

Two weeks after the book is released to the public, Carl Elliott’s web writer gets a copy.  2 weeks. On the plus side, it didn’t cost Dr. Elliott much to mail it.   Guess FedEx is for his buddies at Princeton, or wherever.

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Go to the homepage of the University of Minnesota’s Bioethics Center, and guess whose big, ugly, scowl is the first thing you see? Seriously, why couldn’t he smile like the other two guys? Our parents are going to love this. Don’t worry, I’ve got some software to take care of that . . . .

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Half a year’s subscription to New Zealand Pig Hunter magazine. “New Zealand’s most popular pig hunting magazine. It covers all aspects of pig hunting throughout NZ with some Australian and South Pacific content. It reviews the best hunting sites in New Zealand and will hold the interest of readers of all ages.”

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We already know that some marketers like to distance their products from certain clientele, to avoid possibly “tainting” the brand. That said, could this explain why White Coat, Black Hat is not on the shelves at a single outlet of Canada’s largest book retailer? A search on the Chapters/Indigo website turns up zero copies in store in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver.  Zip, zilch, nada.

The reason? Carl Elliott hates Canada. Can’t stand the place, doesn’t want any Canadians to be seen reading his book.  And yes, this is bigoted.  If you are Canadian, write him right now and demand to know why he hates Canada so much that he doesn’t want his book sold there. And for God’s sakes, don’t buy that book. Or, maybe buy the book and get photographed with it just to annoy him.   I don’t know; you decide.

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Every couple of days, I get one of these:

Hey, little bro.  That’s a funny website you got.  But . . . um, heh-heh . . . is that horse doo next to a review of my book?  Um, not sure about that . . . are you sure people can tell this is satire? </snivel>

Satire.  Yeah, that’s what this is:  Satire.  Zany, crazy, madcap hijinks.  We write this stuff with a clown nose on.  Nothing horseshitty about your book, no sir.  And you wrote it all by yourself.

Self-promotion

That Carl Elliott is a genius.  A genius, that guy, and all his ideas are his own.

Happy now?

Self-promotion

Another NPR station reviews Carl’s book.  There must be at least 10-20 people who know about it now.

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A few of these.  Might as well.

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Dennis Rosen reviews White Coat Black Hat in the Boston Globe.  They have a comments section, just so you know.

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The Wall Street Journal Health Blog interviewed Dr. BFD.  Nothing new, same old horseshit; don’t waste your time. But check out the good stuff in the comments section:

• “This guy is a  self-righteous prig . . . I don’t know who is more biased, this J.O. or pharma”
  -pompous
• “I don’t know what self-righteous moon colony Elliott’s living in, but it’s most certainly inhabited by Olympic finger waggers Catherine DeAngelis, Marcia Angell, and Daniel Carpenter. Now there’s a party.”
  – bmartinmd
• “Obviously, this guy stole these ideas from his brother.  Plus, he got them wrong”
  – Anonymous

Reviews

Dear Professor Elliott,

We are wondering if you are aware of this website: 

www.whitecoatblackhat.com

It appears to have been written by a very disgruntled brother of yours.

Siblings

Here we go again.  Apparently, we’re supposed to put together some sort of speaking engagements/readings page for the website.  After all, when your book makes it to #10,000 in the Amazon rankings, you find there are all sorts of people out there hoping to bask in your greatness.

Fine.  Here’s something:  Carl works in the Center for Bioethics at the Boynton Health Center on Church Street.  If you show up, he’ll probably read something to you.  For tips, he might even come to your house and read it there.  Happy now?

Self-promotion

Before you click on that link to Amazon tomorrow, think about the other books you can get for that money.  “Judo” Gene LeBell walks you through “all the classic holds like the full nelson and the Boston crab . . .  illegal moves like elbow grinds and fishhooks, aerial maneuvers like flipping off the top rope and much, much more!”  If you have an older brother, this is the book for you.

If you choose to buy White Coat, Black Hat instead, then someday find yourself unable to get out of somebody’s sleeper hold, well, you have nobody to blame but yourself.

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Nice going. Publish an article in the Chronicle Review and name-check your younger brother. Which younger brother? The one who has NOT been up late coding your website. Typical.

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