IDW/A.A has been around for years. He deleted my delicious list of all he's claimed since about 2005 earlier on this very thread. I don't think A.A's a 'bot, though he certainly has been caught rah-rahing his own threads as other posters.

What good ideas he has are quickly lost in his own terrific noise, as his ego quickly swells when anyone is paying the least attention to him, and perceives the slightest criticism as a personal attack. He refuses to address the criticism, then claims that he did, then he changes the subject, goes away for awhile, then rinse and repeat.

This thread has yielded some lovely stuff for the List, which I have dutifully updated -- though honestly he's quite a bit sadder than he has been in the past. If anyone wants to see the List in its entirety, post here and I'll link to it, as well as some other conversations he's had on GLP (which I am sure he will request deleted again). You'll find he's just not all THAT - except in his own mind.