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Monday, March 01, 2004
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KING OF THE BLOGS ROUND 1 WINNERS
are:
Ecumenical Insanity: 38.875
Walloworld: 38.5
Irritable Blog Syndrome: 37.625
The complete scores & reviews can be found in the proclamation post at the KotB site, including.
Susie - who gave the short version.
Rick - well, either he had gas
pains or he was sitting on something pointy when he wrote his reviews,
'cuz he was just a short-tempered little crab-apple this week.
Andrew - still stuffy,
although he seems to have loosened his tie ever-so-slightly this week.
And I give the man a huge frown for dinging Miniluv for stocking his
Presidential cabinet with "bloggers unknown to most". This may be true,
but he provided supporting linkage, so if the bloggers stayed unknown to you, that was your own choice.
Pietro - Thoughtful reviews, and mostly
not stuffy. In fact, I think that's his tie over there, hanging on the
lampshade. However, he dinged WalloWorld for not explaining his choice
of interview question in the Challenge. *sigh* That's what the link
is for, Pietro. I didn't get Bill's little gag either until I clicked
and found out that Chris Matthews asked John Kerry about his favorite
movie. Quite ironic that Pietro explains his OWN little joke with a
link.
By the way, the Connie Chung - bitch joke was reference to an interview that Chung did with Newt Gingrich's mom,
where she used that "just whisper to me" line, and mom said that Newt
said that Hillary was a bitch. Now THAT could've used a link.
A personal note to Mike of Miniluv:
I think you screwed yourself badly by not answering all the parts of
the challenge question. However, I also think you're a really talented
writer and you should consider throwing your hat back into the ring.
Just try being a little more international to appease the stuffy guy.
Anyway, my brilliant observations are below:
IRRITABLE BLOG SYNDROME
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: Perfectly formatted, straight to the point with just
enough intro. Tells who, what question, what a yes would mean, what a
no would mean and then stops writing. I've never enjoyed reading a
non-humorous post so much.
BAD POINTS: Could have linked the list of non-interview targets to
informative pages for the sake of readers younger and stupider than
myself.
SCORE: 9.5
(submitted)
GOOD POINTS: Makes point after excellent point. Even better, I don't feel pre10tious anymore
BAD POINTS: Didn't link that nasty Kuro5hin post that started it all, thus depriving readers of a reference point. Please be more thoughtful of the ignorant in the future.
SCORE: 9.5
LOBOWALK
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: The positively lyrical phrase, "pull out my S&W .40
and plant a cap in [Osama's] grill". Also excellent Google-baiting with
the gratuitous Timberlake reference.
BAD POINTS: Started out by admitting he didn't know the answer.
*sigh* How can you expect to be a brutal, tyrannical monarch if
you show weakness like that? IRON FIST, man!
SCORE: 8
(submitted)
GOOD POINTS: Intriguing topic paragraph – ideological irony as illustrated by gay marriage.
BAD POINTS: Decided NOT to discuss ideological irony, but forgot to
change the lead paragraph. Then mixed 2 topics - the Federal Marriage
Amendment's effects on Bush's polling and hetero marriage's societal
value – that would've been better discussed in separate posts. Also, I
read that last sentence in the entry 10 times, and I have NO idea what
it was supposed to say.
SCORE: 7
WALLOWORLD
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: Beautifully, subtly, and understatedly sarcastic, and for
the first time in his life, he didn't blather on needlessly. Although I
was worried about his lack of narcissism, since he didn't link himself, he did
manage to talk about himself even though it had NOTHING to do with the
post. Excellent Royal self-absorption. Nice name-dropping, too.
BAD POINTS: None visible
SCORE: 10
(submitted)
GOOD POINTS: Made his point using relevant linkage and supporting
quotes. His ability to stay on point has improved remarkably since his
first bloody and brutal campaign for the throne.
BAD POINTS: At some point forgot that the topic was advertising aimed
at the 8 & under crowd. What do beer commercials have to do with
that? Also forgot to link himself. Where's the narcissism, my liege?
SCORE: 8
ECUMENICAL INSANITY
(challenge)[full text at KotB]
GOOD POINTS: Answered the question right away instead of mucking about
with an intro. Refreshing change of pace from most entries. Bonus for
use of the word "snotless". Nice touch at the end, asking about the
veracity of the response.
BAD POINTS: None visible
SCORE: 10
(submitted)[2-24 CTRL+F "explodes"]
GOOD POINTS: A rarity – a tastefully restrained fisking. The snappy
sarcasm was well-mixed with insightful questions & valid points.
This is a difficult format which easily devolves into tedium, but
Athanasius rises to the challenge. Bonus for the phrase "faster than a
professional wrestler getting a script re-write from Vince McMahon"
BAD POINTS: None visible
SCORE: 10
MINILUV
(challenge)
GOOD POINTS: Delicious, spot-on Bill & Ted parody theme. Kudos for an amazing job.
BAD POINTS: It kills me to have to ding for this, but last 2 parts of the challenge question weren't answered.
SCORE: 9
(submitted)
GOOD POINTS: I doff my hat to your comedic genius. Brother, that post
rocked. "I intend on giving France back to Germany" *snicker*
BAD POINTS: None visible
SCORE: 10
BLOG SUPPLEMENT
(challenge)[It's at the top, headed by "Challenge 2"]
GOOD POINTS: mmmm… hot Connie Chung… *ahem* anyway, bonus for
having the moxy to pick someone fairly obscure for the interview. I
wonder if anyone under the age of 30 got that one. Heh. I love being
old.
BAD POINTS: that "whisper" & "bitch" part could've used supportive
linkage. I barely remembered that Mrs. Gingrich interview, but it was
easy to Google. Help your readers enjoy your material with relevant
links.
SCORE: 9
(submitted)[2-17, CTRL+F "joplin"]
GOOD POINTS: Excellent slice of life story. Well told. I felt like I was there.
BAD POINTS: Really could've used supportive linkage (and correct
spelling) on O'Donoghue. If you're not sure about something, Google is
your friend.
SCORE: 8
posted by Harvey at 10:32:46 PM permalink HOME
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TODAY'S LOVE NOTE
(Introduction)
You took my hand and lead me to a staircase to the stars.
posted by Harvey at 7:35:47 PM permalink HOME
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TODAY’S GRAFFITI
CURRENCY
[Scuba Steve]
I don't know for sure how Steve got his nickname, but I'm guessing it was from putting his face in wet places where it's hard to breathe.
posted by Harvey at 7:34:09 PM permalink HOME
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BEST OF ME SYMPHONY #13
is up at Ambient Irony. Looking for goodies, I was reminded of Susie's Ode to Glenn.
As it did the first time I read it, this just tickles me. It's only 3
verses, so I'm stealing it whole. If you like it, click over to the
Prac. Pen. Palace & giggle into the nice lady's comments (which is not a euphemism for anything):
'Tis seldom that mere mortal man,
enrobed in blurple ermine
does drink as often as he can
a cup of blended vermin.
Nay! rather puppies doth he blend
to sate his evil cravings
and hobos bring to bloody end
with epithets and ravings.
Lo, he comes, the Instaman
with linkage foul, yet treasured--
to robot dance when e'er he can...
true evilness, unmeasured.
I love good poetry. It makes me feel all weak-willed & slutty.
Huh?
Ok, more so than usual.
posted by Harvey at 6:26:00 PM permalink HOME
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ABOUT RADAR RIDER
The trouble with blogging under a pseudonym is that your gender may not
be easily discernable to your readers. This may not seem too terribly
important, but there are a couple times when such information is good
to know.
First, if you're reading a pseudonymous blogger, it helps to know
whether your comments should be flirty or friendly. A misstep here is
awkward, to say the least:
"Nice boobs"
"I'm a guy"
"Well, uh, I meant that they'd be nice if you shaved them"
The other problem is, if you're linking, you need to know which pronoun
to use. There's probably nothing worse than for BloggerX to follow a
trackback and see something like, "BloggerX just posted his best entry
EVER! He was really in top form!" if BloggerX is female (back me up on
this one, hM).
Radar Rider presented a similar problem recently when I did that bit on going into blogroll-shock. No obvious gender self-identification references in any posts I scanned.
So I did the diplomatic thing and suggested an "About Me" post. Well, it's up now, and begins as follows:
I'm a 30-something computer geek who lives in the Pacific Northwet [sic]
It goes on from there, but gender identification isn't explicit. So let's look at some cluing phrases:
I live with a wonderful woman.
Hmmm... might be a man. Could be a lesbian. Might be both, like Trey. Let's keep looking:
I really only became "politically aware" in the last four or five years
and it's rather interesting to note how much I have come to agree with
my father's views. The older I get, the more I look like him so I guess
it's not surprising that I think more like him as well.
Hmmm... looks like dad... probably a guy. But could be a particularly butch lesbian. Unlike Trey.
Well, we'll go with the guy theory until proven otherwise. Meanwhile, Mr.
Rider, go ahead & put a permalink to that post in your sidebar so
that nosy people can find out more about the man who has the SUPER sweet gaming set up:
- CPU: Athlon 2800+
- RAM: 1 GB Corsair SDRAM
- MB: Asus A7N8X Deluxe with nVidia nForce2 chipset and SoundStorm digital audio plus two integrated network adapters
- Video: ATi Radeon 9800 Pro with 128 MB RAM
- HD's: One 120 GB Western Digital Ultra ATA and one 40 GB Maxtor Ultra ATA
- Optical: One Asus DVD-ROM drive and one Plextore CD-RW drive
- Power Supply: Antec TrueBlue 480W with lighted fans
- Case: Antec/Chenming-style aluminum case with window
- Monitor: Viewsonic VX800 18" LCD flat panel at 1280x1024
- Mouse: Logitech MX500 optical mouse
- Keyboard: Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro
- Joystick: Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback
- Additional: Antec 80mm blue LED fan on CPU heatsink with
adapter, two blue LED fans in the front of the case, and a cold cathode
light that I never use because the LED fans light up the interior just
fine
Y'all excuse me while I mop up the drool.
posted by Harvey at 6:19:19 PM permalink HOME
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