If you were thinking about sending a picture of your open refrigerator to Alton Brown, don’t bother:

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Some of you may have noticed that the “contact” button is gone from my web site and that my rant calling for refrigerator pics is gone. Here’s why: although many of you sent in some really nice pics and insightful, fun emails some of you decided to send vulgar, nasty, frightening messages and images. I always knew there was ugliness and meanness out there but you know what, I don’t have to give you a place to put it. So, the portal is closed and will remain so. If you harvested the address, don’t bother using it because it will simply dump your mail into oblivion.

I’m disappointed, upset, disillusioned, and upgrading my security system. To those who wanted to play nice, I sure am sorry but life’s just too short to drink poison.

posted by Alton
3:45 PM

Last week on his “rant” page, he posted a picture of his “chill chest” and requested submissions. Apparently what he got in reply was… not what he expected. Which is really a shame, because I thought it was a great idea.

And dammit, I never got around to uploading a picture of our (mostly empty) fridge.