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Posted on: August 16, 2007 5:13 PM, by PZ Myers
I was bad. I completely forgot to have Molly nominations for July, and here it is August. So let's catch up: name your fave commenter for either month right here, or just your favorite for any time, and I'll tally 'em up when I get back from New York — we'll have a super-duper double induction ceremony, with both cake and pie.
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Zeno and Keith Douglas for two months's worth of nominations, two commentors who've been consistently worth reading over a couple of years now--even when I'm too busy to read most comments, I make a point of clicking on their names when they appear in the sidebar.
Posted by: thalarctos | August 16, 2007 5:27 PM
I vote for a piece of gravel I found in my shoe.
Realistically, I'll go with Zeno.
Posted by: Tom @Thoughtsic.com | August 16, 2007 5:30 PM
Kagehi and Brownian.
Posted by: Rey Fox | August 16, 2007 5:30 PM
I'd like to nominate Owlmirror and Stanton for their fine work sifting through the morass of creationist crap on this thread.
Posted by: Brownian | August 16, 2007 5:51 PM
I wish to denounce the piece of gravel in Tom's shoe. The piece of gravel cannot demonstrate that it is not a foreign object.
What? No residency requirement?
Posted by: Zeno | August 16, 2007 6:08 PM
Owlmirror, per Brownian.
Brownian, per moi, for frequent displays of erudition and piquant humor, and for... well, just look!
Posted by: Kseniya, OM | August 16, 2007 6:13 PM
Actually, Kseniya, after the other thread, I'm a little scared to.
Posted by: thalarctos | August 16, 2007 6:19 PM
!~LOL~!
Actually, I... uh... I can't tell you yet. :-)
Posted by: Kseniya | August 16, 2007 6:32 PM
I nominate Jim Lemire. And it will be done. And it will be good.
Posted by: Yahweh | August 16, 2007 6:48 PM
I'd definitely have to second the nomination for Brownian.
Posted by: SimonC | August 16, 2007 6:56 PM
Yet another Brownian fan, consider my vote cast.
Posted by: Dahan | August 16, 2007 7:03 PM
I nominate Zeno, for the gem pasted below. I can't remember where it was, but it was so good I copied it into my own file of great comments.
""Once again, and quite earnestly, I declare that there is not enough prayer. I endorse prayer enthusiastically. People who believe in prayer should be down on their knees or prostrate on their prayer rugs invoking the deity and pelting him with their petitions. Why wave "God Hates Fags" picket signs or strap bombs to your vest when you could be praying instead? If the believers would spend more time bothering their gods instead of bothering the rest of us, it would be a much better world. Go pray for me. Knock yourself out." Posted by: Zeno | July 18, 2007 01:26 AM "
Posted by: Divalent | August 16, 2007 8:52 PM
Brownian for this month (no rationale as he has several threads with solid comments).
Posted by: Shawn Wilkinson | August 16, 2007 8:57 PM
My vote's for Brownian.
And Thalarctos - the othr thread wasn't so bad (although I *do* go on a bit!)
I'll also second 'Zeno' - consistently worthwhile.
Posted by: tony | August 16, 2007 9:13 PM
I vote for the boob guy.
Seriously, Brownian.
Posted by: Loc | August 16, 2007 10:34 PM
I have decided to pray that Brownian is recognized with a well-deserved Molly.
And since PZ won't take such a statement seriously, I will also declare that I cast my vote for Brownian.
Posted by: Zeno | August 16, 2007 10:35 PM
now that my screen is clean...
Brownian.
Posted by: dorid | August 16, 2007 11:17 PM
I cast my vote for the man that helps stop the war in Iraq.
Who Are You?
Posted by: Norma | August 17, 2007 12:20 AM
Would you vote for a woman who stops the war?
Posted by: Zeno | August 17, 2007 12:29 AM
Rey Fox and Zeno
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | August 17, 2007 12:45 AM
Realistically, I'll go with Zeno.
Posted by: seo yaismasi | August 17, 2007 12:54 AM
I dunno....a Double Molly sounds like it should be on the rocks, or at least served with a swizzle stick.
I'll cast a vote for Zeno as well, and here's part of why I urge you to cast your vote for him.
On a somewhat less important note, my exchange with noted scientist Vox Day is in full swing, here.
Posted by: Scott Hatfield, OM | August 17, 2007 2:05 AM
Molly is probably rolling in her grave. How easily we forget the deceased...
I suggest PZ choose 3 winners for this month, because we were averaging about 1.6 winners per month anyway. Hopefully you won't use creationist math again...
now for the votes: caledonian (just kidding)
well, I keep seeing steve_C coming to the rescue, he has been on the short list for a while now...
somebody named David Marankovich, even though he once revealed that he might smell european and may in fact be related to tornbjorg gundersson.
and finally some guy from CALifornia named George probably deserves the 3rd molly this month.
(I guess Zeno is gonna have to wait...)
Posted by: Scholar | August 17, 2007 2:49 AM
So many are worthy. However, I'm not going to keep to the remainder of my last months choice, since a blog develops over time.
(And let's face it, Caledonian will probably never be mollified! Especially carrying that big stick. :-P)
For July:
RavenT. For wit, erudition, and a husband that scares dogs to pee (and worse).
For August:
Zeno. For a persistent part of the Pharyngula phenomenon, pestering the poor paupers of pseudoscientific phantasies, and paradoxically phun physico-math posts.
Posted by: Torbjörn Larsson, OM | August 17, 2007 6:40 AM
Yes! Yes! Great idea, whoever that is. :->
Posted by: David Marjanović | August 17, 2007 8:54 AM
Can I nominate myself, not for anything I commented on here, but for my comments that lead to Olbermann giving Bill O'Reilly a two-fer Worst Person in the World?
Posted by: dhonig | August 17, 2007 12:11 PM
I think that makes you eligible for a Franken*, dhonig.
*Note: Any award given out to someone because Ann Coulter thinks they're stupid is a high honour in my books.
Posted by: Brownian | August 17, 2007 12:22 PM
For those playing along at home, the character known as RavenT has recently been revealed to be her evil twin, thalarctos.
Posted by: Kseniya | August 17, 2007 12:36 PM
(Perhaps instead of "her evil twin" I should have said "her polar opposite"...?)
Posted by: Kseniya | August 17, 2007 12:40 PM
Ooooh. A Franken.
Posted by: dhonig | August 17, 2007 12:48 PM
Tom and Brownian.
Posted by: Rich | August 17, 2007 1:09 PM
Greg Peterson.
windy.
Consistently readable and thought provoking.
Posted by: Sastra | August 17, 2007 3:57 PM
LOL!
Careful, Kseniya, you might set off an ursine pun war, and that could be a truly grizzly scene...
Posted by: thalarctos | August 17, 2007 10:09 PM
The one and only - CalGeorge!!!!
Posted by: Paguroidea | August 17, 2007 10:13 PM
I always look forward to Monado's comments.
Posted by: LisaS | August 17, 2007 10:42 PM
Thanks, LisaS!
I vote for Zeno and Brownian.
Posted by: Monado | August 17, 2007 10:45 PM
And I, for one, could not bear it.
Posted by: Zeno | August 17, 2007 11:52 PM
Oh, Non-God, not a pun war. Make it stop. I get enough of those over at Readerville.
Zeno and Brownian also gets my votes.
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | August 18, 2007 4:14 AM
Owlmirror deserves at least an FTD bouquet for fighting the good fight on the Hovind thread.
I'll vote for Zeno for a Molly.
Posted by: Carlie | August 18, 2007 6:33 AM
Only on Pharyngula can you see how brownian motion affects a comment thread.
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | August 19, 2007 1:19 AM
Oh, Non-God, not a pun war. Make it stop. I get enough of those over at Readerville.
Zeno and Brownian also gets my votes.
Posted by: Seo yarışması | November 4, 2007 5:40 AM
Thanks for responding Jeff. That's a good point about usability.
Posted by: youtube | March 18, 2008 1:50 PM