I, PAD

Jan
28
2010

Crap. Well, there goes the title of my autobiography.

PAD

Written by Kathleen David in: 1 |

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Tyler Ragan says:

January 28, 2010 at 2:12 am

Put a little bit of pirate-ness into it and call it “Aye! PAD”

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barstoolcadaver says:

January 28, 2010 at 2:42 am

Heh. No kidding. Kinda makes the Funny or Die video about the “IPAD” seem rather prescient.

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Simon says:

January 28, 2010 at 8:29 am

>> Crap. Well, there goes the title of my autobiography.
I would use your autobiography a lot more than I would an iPad.

I just can’t see it being of any use to me whatsoever, given that I already have internet access with an iPhone (which I love) and laptop (with USB ports too!).

Sorry – don’t mean to turn this into a tech blog, but iPad has been touted as the second coming of digital comics – I’m not convinced (not in its current iteration, anyway)

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mike "shaggy" g says:

January 28, 2010 at 8:59 am

Well now you’ll just have to take another route – how about “But I Digress – The Musical”?

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Craig J. Ries says:

January 28, 2010 at 10:06 am

The reaction to the iPad has been interesting, to say the least. There was months of speculation and build up, and then it’s officially announced… and people generally seem to be scratching their head saying “That’s it?”
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Or, worse for Apple, they’re completely mocking the hell out of the name, which was apparently thought up by a guy who’s never had a girlfriend in his life. I’m already seeing stuff that makes the jokes about the Wii look tame by comparison.

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edhopper says:

January 28, 2010 at 10:16 am

Why not, titles can’t be copyrighted.
Of course if the IPad isn’t a success, you wouldn’t want to anyway.

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- edhopper says:
  
  January 28, 2010 at 10:17 am
  
  Re-read my post, it sounds like I’m serious. Of course, I’m joking around.
  
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Bill Mulligan says:

January 28, 2010 at 10:28 am

There’s always “My Struggle”. Wonder why nobody ever uses that one?

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edhopper says:

January 28, 2010 at 11:46 am

Or you could use Charlie Chaplin’s redundant;
“My Autobiography”

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Bladestar says:

January 28, 2010 at 11:55 am

iPAD – Apple’s new feminine hygiene appliance?

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Luigi Novi says:

January 28, 2010 at 12:26 pm

edhopper: Why not, titles can’t be copyrighted.
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Luigi Novi: Exactly. In fact, Peter could use precisely because the use of a pre-existing term to evoke a different meaning as the title of a book is common.
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And if Peter doesn’t like that, he can modify the title in order to differentiate the small paperback version from the larger hardcover. The former can be called I, Mini-PAD, and the latter can I, Maxi-PAD.

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- Jim "Spooon" says:
  
  January 28, 2010 at 1:53 pm
  
  Well, Since IPOD and IPAD are now taken, he could aways go for I, PED, I, PUD, or I, PID — or better yet I,BID — it evokes both his CBG Column and makes one think of a scholarly citation.
  
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Levi C says:

January 28, 2010 at 4:09 pm

…and here I thought his biography along with his ideology, candor and spot on observations of society would be called “PAD on the back”. In some circles, it could evoke an image of PAD as the proverbial monkey on your back, yet at the same time when you picked it up at your local book store outlet (if one exists)it could also serve as nice tongue in cheek kudos for picking up his life story.

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Slash Print | An iPad roundup, naturally, plus more | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment says:

January 28, 2010 at 6:38 pm

[...] And Peter David, commonly referred to by his initials, PAD, contemplates the name. [...]

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Slash Print | An iPad roundup, naturally, plus more | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment says:

January 28, 2010 at 9:34 pm

[...] And Peter David, commonly referred to by his initials, PAD, contemplates the name. [...]

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An iPad roundup, naturally, plus more | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources says:

January 28, 2010 at 9:39 pm

[...] And Peter David, commonly referred to by his initials, PAD, contemplates the name. [...]

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Mary Warner says:

January 29, 2010 at 3:41 am

It shouldn’t be a problem. By the time your autobiography is published, the iPad will be completely forgotten anyway.

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Jerry Chandler says:

January 31, 2010 at 7:12 pm

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No problem.
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I Am PAD
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(Cover photo of Peter from the waist up in semi-profile standing against a starfield background. He is wearing a khaki jumpsuit and a pair of Radu ears. The ears have fallen upside down.)

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