This morning when I started to make my rounds of the blogs I came across an anomaly. Tam Keel's View From The Porch was coming up with a weird message saying that it was open to invited readers only. Thinking it was just a typo on my part, I tried to access her blog from a link at Shall Not Be Questioned. I got the same result.
As she is a Facebook friend, I checked there for info. I saw that she had posted a note last night saying she was done with it. Reading through the comments she noted that she didn't need the hassle and she had writing for pay that needed attention.
This is a stunning loss to the gun blogosphere. Tam was not merely the Mistress of Snark. While she was that in spades, it was her deep knowledge of firearms and training that kept me coming back. Whether it was her recent posts about testing out the Walther PPX or her collection of Savage pocket pistols arranged in chronological order, you learned something and it made you think.
And why did we lose Tam as a blogger? Because of an unrelenting cyberstalker who just wouldn't give up.
One who writes nonsense like this:
If my South Bend business trip wraps up early tomorrow I might stick my nose in the 1500; I don't need anything but yesterday was my b-day 60 so who knows...I haven't hit a big show in a few years and just a walk-through with my little Georgia Girl would be fun. And I may see you at your Sun. gathering for a bit, maybe buy the group a round; that in itself would be a nice little present from me to me.That is just a taste of the crap he's been sending Tam at, from what I can gather, an unrelenting pace.
I don't blame Tam a bit for saying enough was enough. Perhaps this will be merely a hiatus. We can only hope for that. In the meantime, keep an eye out for her published work. I know she writes for SWAT Magazine as well as Shooting Illustrated.
I do have one wish. I would like this cyberstalker found, charged, convicted, and imprisoned for a long time.
UPDATE: Tam has turned her blog archives on and has disabled the comments. While she is still on indefinite hiatus, we are still able to partake of her past work. Thanks to Rob Reed for making the request. And thanks to Tam for agreeing to do it.
I sent her a PM on TFL this morning as well. I was rather shocked this morning when I attempted to read her morning snark during officer's call.
ReplyDeleteKinda makes me want to shove a jump boot up somebody's ass.
I can tell you think the law works, because you have such a fine idea of justice. I would have gone for the stupidity of just total confrontation to the death (I am old enough not to be concerned and young enough to really want to hurt someone like that - will just have to be content praying for the lost soul).
ReplyDeleteVery angry at anyone who would upset her.
ReplyDeleteEwwww. That guys is creeptastic and snakebelly.
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ReplyDeleteThe weasel dick is James Terry Curtiss of Sebring, FL aka Pawnbroker, aka a dozen+ other names just in case someone who lives near FL wanted to let him know actions have consequences.
ReplyDeleteDoes this guy really want to harass Tamera? Seems like a real bad idea to me
ReplyDeleteI've said it in more than one place today... I hope the asshat gets hit by a bus!
ReplyDeleteAKA JC Jewelers of sebring
ReplyDeletebe a damn shame if anything happened to him . . .
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Aside from any legal or moral considerations (and those are huge), I'm still having difficulty understanding how anyone who has a job, and presumably a life, has the time to cyberstalk. I can only assume that such a slime mold actually has far too much free time and delusions of acceptability.
ReplyDeleteRetired, that's how. :(
ReplyDeleteSo much for being productive in retirement! Geez, doesn't he have grandkids that need attention or something.
DeleteOh sweet Siva, I hope this guy doesn't have offspring.
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