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"The last two weeks has brough a fresh wave of TechCrunch hate," starts blogger Michael Arrington's 300th entry on CrunchNotes, the personal blog that accompanies his influential site TechCrunch. It's an embarrassing start for a lawyer who wants the tech business world's respect.

Valleywag deputy writer Megan McCarthy asks me, "Why do I get the feeling that every blog posts secretly begins 'Dear Crunchnotes' and he composes them while laying on his stomach on a frilly pink bedspread kicking his feet back and forth in the air as he writes? As for his writing style... Nick, I've *been* a 13-year-old girl. What's his excuse?"

TechCrunch Bashing Heats Up [CrunchNotes]