The Scum Also Rises

When I put this blog on hiatus back at the end of 2009, I thought it was the end of the lunacy from the M.A.L.ady. Imagine my surprise to find out this evening that he crawled out from under his rock (not to mention his parents' basement...maybe he finally finished watching his Buffy the Vampire Slayer set for the tenth time?) last December, beginning a "2.0" version of the same old same old, complete with the same substance-free mudslinging, the same attacks on anyone who dares -- gasp! -- like Marc Adamus' photos, and, of course, the same refusal to show even a frame of his own work.

Well, if the M.A.L.ady is back again, so am I!

Frankly, I haven't had the time to do more than skim a handful of his rants, but I think it's worth pointing out several things that amuse me no end:

• The 2.0 blog has been up for almost a year, but this is the first time I ever heard of it, despite being on many photography and photographic industry venues on a daily basis. I'd say this speaks volumes about the impact the psychotic clown has had this time around -- in other words, even less than before. But, then again, sequels rarely live up to the original.
• Also, M.A.L.ady promised a new "MarcAdamusLies.net" website to accompany his blog. Well, it appears that new website has come...and gone. Now, it only leads to a CenturyLink "landing page." Whether this is because CenturyLink disconnected him (telephone company humor there) after seeing the contents of his site, or if his parents cut off his hosting allowance once again, remains to be seen.
• Finally, the funniest thing I've seen so far is the M.A.L.ady's claim that he is, in fact, a completely different person who "rescued" the venture after the "original owner" backed out (due to fears of being murdered by an Adamus supporter...I kid you not!). Strangely enough, this "new" owner just happens to write with the exact same style, cliches, and invective as M.A.L.ady 1.0. Meet the new clown, same as the old clown... (Incidentally, this was the final confirmation for me that it isn't a matter of "M.A.L.adies" but of "M.A.L.ady," since everything is written in the same voice, even when trying to convince people he's a different individual.)