The Coffeespy

Robert Lindeman (not to be confused with the bad guy from Heroes, even though they both have apparent healing abilities), super-blogging pediatrician, was forced to eat his words when his secret identity was revealed recently.  From the Boston Globe:

As Ivy League-educated pediatrician Robert P. Lindeman sat on the stand in Suffolk Superior Court this month, defending himself in a malpractice suit involving the death of a 12-year-old patient, the opposing counsel startled him with a question.

Was Lindeman Flea?

Flea, jurors in the case didn’t know, was the screen name for a blogger who had written often and at length about a trial remarkably similar to the one that was going on in the courtroom that day.

In his blog, Flea had ridiculed the plaintiff’s case and the plaintiff’s lawyer. He had revealed the defense strategy. He had accused members of the jury of dozing.

I’m reminded of a similar landmark moment in legal history:

With only two exceptions, no good ever comes from unmasking a superhero.  In the example above, Karen Page couldn’t handle the truth and left Daredevil with a quickness.  When she turned back up again, she was a heroin addict tricked into thinking she had HIV.  Shortly afterward, she was led to believe her love interest, Daredevil, was protecting the Antichrist in infant form, a conviction that led to her death when she was pelted in the chest with Daredevil’s own baton.

Those exceptions I mentioned?

Exception 1 - Admitting you’re the Highlander.  According to the Highlander documentaries (because they are real), no woman can resist the line, “I am immortal,” when followed with a demonstration.  Each time this fact is presented, uproarious lovemaking ensues.

Exception 2 - Admitting you’re Batman.  After admitting you are Batman, you will be slapped and then ravaged.  Usually, though, your love interest will die within a few days.  Not always, but it does happen with alarming regularity.

Anyway, I wonder if the Ivy League doctor would have done well on the Leader’s voting test.