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and then they voted
01/23/2006 = 12:21 PM

Such are the dreams of the Everyday Hogwash ...

I won the weekly contest. Or, to be politically correct about it, I am losing-impaired.

I harbor no illusions that I did this on my own. I begged shamelessly for your vote and you came through for me.

I would say that you are the wind beneath my wings, except I have always really sort of hated that song; so much, in fact, that it makes me split a lot of infinitives.

Wind Beneath My Wings reminds me of what happens three hours after I finish an order of Buffalo-style chicken wings washed down with beer, and That Man of Mine has to say, "Damn, woman," in a half-horrified, half-really-impressed, half-not-good-at-fractions kind of way.

What I am trying to say is that I am supposed to be a writer, or, at least, pretending to be one, and I cannot convey how happy and grateful I am to have had your support through the pins-and-needles of wondering if I could con someone with money into believing I am one.

Now let's get back to the real world, such as it is.

More stuff about voting, sort of.

Scott Adams did an interactive bit on his blog, encouraging readers to look at some of what they considered the more inane and flame-y of the comments on his recent entry about Intelligent Design, copy them, paste them into new comments, and follow them with the words, "And then he voted."

On the one hand, I think that's kind of assy of him, since he is even worse about censoring his comments than I am.

I am unimportant, so I let everyone have the benefit of the doubt until they damage their credibility with me, and only at that point do I take charge of my world (operative words here being MY WORLD).

Adams, meanwhile, is important. All of his comments must be preapproved, because he is That Important.

So he is letting his readers stomp on his other readers, rather than take charge himself.

I think this could really hurt people's feelings, and I'm not about that, unless people have already proven that they have no feelings (i.e., are either really mean or are celebrities or politicians).

On the other hand, it could, indeed, be pretty funny.

I'm going to keep on doing what I do with inane and flame-y comments, which is to delete them without giving them further acknowledgement. But I've decided to gank the "and then he voted" bit from Mr. Adams, because I can think of plenty of instances where I can make good use of that sort of phrase.

Free speech, with four proofs-of-purchase, and all that.

Unfortunately for me, every really good instance I've seen since my Decision to Gank has been someone foreign (.:coffsimoncowellcoff:.) who is not registered to vote in the U.S., thus spoiling my fun.

Fortunately for me, I've lived long enough to know that it's only a matter of time before I hear of an instance where I'll wind up embarrassed to admit my citizenship.

If you have a surplus of rubber bands, or if you'd just like to be part of one of those really fun-but-not-life-changing projects, Deni Bonet, the Last Girl on Earth, is starting a rubber band ball exclusively dedicated to the rubber bands of bloggers. Send your rubber bands and your blog URL ('cos she will so link back to you; she said so) to:

DENI BONET
PO Box 552
New York, NY 10014

And buy her CD, because she rocks totally.

Those Cherry Cordial Hershey Kisses? Have a recipe on the back for Cherry Cordial Creme Cheesecake. I feel chaotic and out-of-control. Stop me. Take away my springform pan. Unplug the mixer. Do not let me do this.

Key phrase in the recipe: "Cake is fudgy and will not test done."

Oh, my poor heart.

I've been nominated for the 2006 Bloggie Awards.

Which means I've turned into one of The Nominated People With a Graphic on My Page.

But I'm still not going to smacktalk my fellow nominees. Attention whore or no, I'd rather still like myself when this is all said and done.

I am nominated in the category of "Best-Kept-Secret Weblogs", which is way the hell down by the bottom of the page, thereby ensuring that I remain a well-kept secret.

Voting will be open till 10:00 PM EST on Tuesday, January 31.

drinking: mad croc energy beverage fizzy-lifting drink
listening to: Kaki King, Ingots
current kryptonite: recipes containing the word "fudgy"