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Thursday, Dec 08

Not exactly your typical ghosting gig

Most of the amusing Craigslist posts can be found in other categories: missed connections, casual encounters, rants & raves, that sort of thing. But occasionally, the truly oddball ad shows up in the help wanted sections, and this one was just too, too good not to share in all its typo-tastic glory:

MUST be an EXPERIENCED BOOK AUTHOR.

A ghost-written autobiography of one man's shocking discover [sic] that Americans are eating their dead pets. For two years he has waged a campaign informing tens of thousands of people, but the media won't touch the story because they say it will affect their ratings/readership. Much as [sic] been spent on undercover detective work, more than one law suit has been filed, insidious retaliation by Los Angeles County has been fought, and death threats have been weathered. But this animal welfare activist won't stop fighting to get the word out. Plans are to sell an ebook, and until it is completed (resolution may take years), perhaps to sell installments. When completed, this ebook will also be publish [sic].

As for compensation? It's listed as "neg" which could either mean "negotiable" but more likely, "negligible"...


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