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Pulitzer Prize winning authors can wank too.
Pulitzer Prize winning author Robert Olen Butler's wife (a fellow author) left him for billionaire Ted Turner. Butler decided to send an email to his graduate students about the whole thing mentioning pertinent facts such as she was molested by her grandfather, that she is just one of Ted Turner's girlfriends, and that she had an intestinal blockage. His whole tone in the email is that everything is so amicable and that he thinks she's a wonderful person-it really is the height of passive-aggressiveness.

It might not surprise you to learn one of his friends or students sent the email to gawker. Now Butler has sent a pissed off email to gawker, spoke to Page Six, and did an interview with NPR about it. So far, it's really only a fight between gawker and Butler, but I wish Ted Turner would say something about it.

ETA: Another email to gawker explaining himself. I think the guy just needs to stop now.

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	out_bottle 2007-08-02 06:59 am UTC (link)
	He said he was surprised one of the recipients then leaked it to several Internet bloggers. "Elizabeth and I are not Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston," he told us. Because he thought such a CLASSY e-mail would only be seen by about SIXTY people and NONE of them would forward it 'cause they're all not famous ENOUGH. Ass-hattery: the Great Leveler. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	sashenka 2007-08-02 07:38 am UTC (link)
	. "Elizabeth and I are not Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston," Surprisingly enough, this is actually way more entertaining than Angelina Jolie's glorified man-nanny and a woman who brushes her teeth in the shower. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barankhy 2007-08-02 11:27 am UTC (link)
	a woman who brushes her teeth in the shower Doesn't she know how dangerous it is? People have swallowed tooth brushes that way! Thankfully, those people weren't me. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sashenka 2007-08-02 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	That gives me a beautiful mental image of some poor hippie who was just trying to help the envirenment with only the last 2 inches of a toothbrush handle sticking out of their mouth while they flail and try to give themselves the heimlich. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	barankhy 2007-08-02 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	gigglesnorts at the image I'm more picturing a very lazy bisexual ~~English major~~ girl ~~gamer~~ intent on saving as much time as possible, though looks at best friend mockingly (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	chaimonkey 2007-08-06 01:25 am UTC (link)
	Who, me? totally does that, yo (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lcsbanana 2007-08-02 04:11 pm UTC (link)
	ahahahaha, I used to have to do that, before I discovered a toothpaste that didn't set off my gag reflex. is it...IS IT SHAMEFUL???? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sashenka 2007-08-02 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	~~No, a lot of people do it to save water.~~ YES BE ASHAMED!! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wonapalei 2007-08-02 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	is completely sidetracked from the wank How is that supposed to save water? I mean, having the shower running while you're brushing vs. turning off the sink while you're brushing would seem to be a no-brainer in favor of brushing your teeth at the sink. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sashenka 2007-08-03 03:56 am UTC (link)
	I think it's something about doing everything all at once and superfast, but I don't quite get it either. Especially since water cleans itself through various natural means, including filtering through the ground and the general water cycle, so it's not really wasted, because it get reused. It's not like oil. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ealusaid 2007-08-02 07:59 am UTC (link)
	What, something his PULITZER doesn't qualify him for? Gasp! (Reply to this)(Parent)

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