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Molly winners for March
Category: Administrative • Weblogs
Posted on: March 19, 2007 12:00 AM, by PZ Myers
Once again, in the nomination thread for the Molly award, two names came up over and over again, and since this isn't the kind of thing where we should nit-pick, I'll put up two winners once more:
Now I know there are a few complaints about this being a popularity contest, but that's because it is — that's the whole point. You all know you don't just come here because you like me—judging by my mail, a fair number of you are driven to fits by me—but there's also this community of active commenters here that attracts readers, too. This is a tool to give me an excuse to acknowledge the gang lurking under the articles.
Comments
Congratulations to Blake and Hank! Great choices. I look forward to more insightful comments coming from them.
Posted by: Paguroidea | March 19, 2007 12:13 AM
Wonderful choices indeed! Congratulations!
Hmmm... I'm reminded of this advice given last month: Now, of course, you two have a reputation to maintain. Be wary, for if you let your standards slip. . . well, let's just say I know a few Evil Overlords who are looking to test a few less elaborate methods of hero extermination. We don't want any unpleasantness, do we?
Pot...kettle...Blake! Hehe. ;-)
Posted by: Kristine | March 19, 2007 12:26 AM
Blake deserves this for his last HST-based comment alone, in the Vegas-woo thread. That one had me laughing.
Posted by: Dustin | March 19, 2007 12:55 AM
Hip hip hooray! Congratulations! [Cue the confetti drop now]
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Damn. Even without exclamation points and question marks, it still looks like bleeped-out profanity. Back to the drawing board.
Posted by: Zeno | March 19, 2007 12:56 AM
That looks like fine confetti to me. Granted, I make my confetti out of F-bombs.
Posted by: Dustin | March 19, 2007 1:00 AM
I'm ridiculously delighted! One of my little secrets is that when I'm happy, I smile big ... but when I'm REALLY happy, I giggle like a 5-year-old. Fortunately I live alone so nobody can see me right now.
And if anybody says anything later, I'll damn well deny it.
Thanks, PZ! And thanks to all those who nominated me! In such dazzling company, it's truly fantastic to be singled out for notice.
Posted by: Hank Fox | March 19, 2007 1:18 AM
Congrats.
That video ad is annoying... tricks me into thinking you posted a video.
Posted by: Inoculated Mind | March 19, 2007 2:23 AM
Flash is for suckers. Just uninstall it, and the ad will go away.
Posted by: Dustin | March 19, 2007 2:34 AM
Congratulations to the winners. The prize is well-deserved.
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | March 19, 2007 5:29 AM
Inoculated Mind:
I surf with Firefox and the AdBlock and FlashBlock plugins. The latter replaces all Flash insertions with a blank box and a "play" button, which when pressed brings up the animation or whatever as normal. Together, they make surfing the Wobosphere quite a bit more bearable.
To all:
Many thanks! I notice that I didn't get my own blag up and running in time to catch the Pharyngulan traffic spike, but so it goes.
I woke up this morning with some choice phrases about antibiotic resistance spinning in my head, so with any luck I'll have some juicy new prose for you all soon. Again, a plenitude of thanks.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | March 19, 2007 7:53 AM
Congratulations!!!!
Now Hank, I've always wanted to know - are you the Hank who's ass we're supposed to kiss to get a million dollars? :)
Posted by: Carlie | March 19, 2007 10:36 AM
Congratulations to the winners, it was well deserved.
As I expect that previous winners will not be eligible again (at least for a while), I should probably catch up on my earlier comment. Perhaps a postfact comment on why I would have voted for the alternative winner will become a tradition.
I would have voted for Hank Fox because he often makes great and new points, have his own style, and drives me nuts when inserting his signature empty lines that disturbs reading.
(No, I'm not masochistic. But it's great for brain plasticity to meet a fair amount of challenge now and then. So there.)
Like "Forgetting antibiotic resistance is futile"?
Posted by: Torbjörn Larsson | March 19, 2007 10:48 AM
That is, when it is deserved, of course. As in previous cases.
Posted by: Torbjörn Larsson | March 19, 2007 10:53 AM
*Clap clap clap clap clap clap*
Congrats boys. You make PZ's place extra entertaining.
Posted by: Steve_C | March 19, 2007 10:54 AM
If I was the possessive type (Internet Translation: "a psychotic stalker") I'd be all, like "Who's this Nicole chick?" but of course I'm not, so...
Uh... What were we talking about? Oh yeah! Congratulations, Blake and Hank!
And LOL @ ", OM"
Posted by: Kseniya | March 19, 2007 2:27 PM
I never seem to attract the attention of the truly psychotic stalkers, just the mildly over-curious. I'm oddly unhappy about this.
(And come on, my fellow Order of the Molly winners! Suffix a few letters and let your community of commenters know that you care. (-: )
Posted by: Blake Stacey, OM | March 19, 2007 3:03 PM
As far as I know, Blake doesn't have a weblog, though I keep seeing his comments all over the place. I think he's actually pioneering Weblog 2.0: distributed all over the net, not centralized like those of us dinosaurs.
Posted by: arensb | March 19, 2007 8:23 PM
Blake- The OM is a great touch! I'm glad you care.
Posted by: Paguroidea | March 19, 2007 8:39 PM
Congrats to both ... Hank giggling .. now that I've gotta see.
Posted by: Desert Donkey | March 19, 2007 9:10 PM
I wonder if we can vote for PZ. He give good comments too.
Posted by: Scholar | March 19, 2007 10:07 PM