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	Monday, March 01, 2004

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    Crappy Broken Radio Comments (do not use) [] trackback []  HOME

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