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Looking for a host, and it's Molly Time
Category: Administrative
Posted on: July 30, 2008 6:34 PM, by PZ Myers
No, not that kind of host. Our scheduled host for the Tangled Bank had to back out due to time constraints. If anyone wants to volunteer to host it next Wednesday, let me know and I'll forward the entries to you.
Also, who should get a Molly award for the month of July? Mention your choice(s) and reasoning in the comments here. I'll tally 'em up at the end of this weekend.
Tangled Bank hosting is taken care of: the first volunteer was PalMD of the denialism blog. Start mailing those links in!
Comments
Posted by: Nick Gotts | July 30, 2008 6:45 PM
Owlmirror for Molly - for the lolcatz version of Crackergate - which I hope to see completed.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | July 30, 2008 6:45 PM
Moses. Moses. Moses.
Posted by: oaksterdam | July 30, 2008 6:45 PM
SC
Patricia
greasemonkey killfile
Posted by: Wowbagger | July 30, 2008 6:47 PM
Damian (with an 'a') and Owlmirror - both great during the cracker frenzy.
Posted by: PalMD | July 30, 2008 6:49 PM
I can do it as I'll be off work for a week. let me know
Posted by: Bee | July 30, 2008 6:51 PM
'Nother set of votes for SC and Owlmirror.
Posted by: Spaulding | July 30, 2008 6:52 PM
Michael Edmondson, of "Beware the Believers" fame, unless that's stretching the rules too much.
Posted by: truth machine, OM | July 30, 2008 6:52 PM
1) Owlmirror
2) Damian (with an 'a')
3) SC
Posted by: IBY | July 30, 2008 6:53 PM
Fr. J for his rather entertaining comments :)
Just kidding, I think Owlmirror will do.
Posted by: CJO | July 30, 2008 6:53 PM
oaksterdam @ #3,
Are you suggesting we give a Molly to a string of code?
I like it.
are you in oaksterdam? I live close to there.
If we're not giving it to a string of code, then I second the nomination of Moses.
Posted by: E.V. | July 30, 2008 6:55 PM
So many distinguished themselves within the hundreds of Crackergate threads.
Owlmirror, Moses, Patricia and SC were awesome.
Not to slight the others but Moses and Owlmirror are the standouts in my humble opinion. (-love you as well, Ms. B. Dickus)
Posted by: JoJo | July 30, 2008 6:56 PM
Another vote for Owlmirror.
Posted by: Sastra | July 30, 2008 6:56 PM
Owlmirror is a good choice, I'm glad he's been suggested.
Once again I vote Dave W for general excellence, and for arguing cogently and civilly against an angry room of Pharyngulites that Cook's original act wasn't really quite the thing, morally. Agree or not (which I did), he made a reasonable case.
Also Nick Gotts, because I vaguely seem to recall him being particularly good in several threads, recently, in some place or other. At least, I remember thinking "O, a Molly for you, my good man."
Posted by: E.V. | July 30, 2008 7:00 PM
Damn, I forgot Dave W and Nick Gotts. So many valiant posters.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | July 30, 2008 7:06 PM
Yeah, I was going to suggest Owlmirror, and it would have been the first comment of the thread, but then I couldn't remember a reason. So I didn't. Yet now I have.
No particular reason.
Posted by: oaksterdam | July 30, 2008 7:07 PM
CJO #10
Piedmont-ish. Overlooking Glen Echo creek.
Anyone else just see Rachel Maddow rip into Pat Buchannon?
Posted by: Stark | July 30, 2008 7:09 PM
Owlmirror for the CrackeGate work...
and BrokenSoldier.
For his humanity, politeness, and unwaveringly good attitude in
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/looking_for_a_journalist_willi.php Unfortunately his story seems to have gotten drowned out by Catholic nuttiness but I still think the courage and humnanity he showed deserves some recognition.
Posted by: Ghost of Minnesota | July 30, 2008 7:14 PM
If you're still looking for a Tangled Bank host, I'd be thrilled and honored to do it. I'd need the submissions in my mailbox by Friday, though, so I can get it done over the weekend. Come Monday, there's no way I'm going to have time to do any blogging until at least next Friday.
Posted by: Helioprogenus | July 30, 2008 7:21 PM
Chalk another Owl Mirror, Damian, SC and Patricia, in no particular order.
Also, Dutch delight for disagreeing with my polemic statements.
I would like to add all the gun control advocates who never really used a handgun to give me a different perspective on things, but there are too many to name. Sarcasm aside, it's too bad you people make a rational and sound argument. Perhaps under different circumstances, I would embrace it, but I also know how important one's rights are to protect family, self, and personal property. Let it be known that in a perfect world, we'd only have tranquilizer darts to shoot each other with (ooooh, can you imagine the fun that would cause?). Of course, Donohue would probably be in a perpetual coma because of the all the tranquilizers, but then again, parts of his brain seem to be enjoying comatose status.
Posted by: The Chemist | July 30, 2008 7:24 PM
I vote against whoever is strongly favored for an OM, just because I feel like rooting for the underdog.
Posted by: Paul W. | July 30, 2008 7:25 PM
Dave W.? or Paul W.?
(There is a Dave W., but I suspect some people mean Paul W.; Dave wasn't very active in the mentioned stuff.)
Posted by: 386sx | July 30, 2008 7:27 PM
I would like to nominate Mrs Tilton. Thank you very much.
Posted by: Hap | July 30, 2008 7:27 PM
#17: bS already has one, fortunately. I didn't miss the post about him, but I didn't know any journalists. Mike Royko would have been good, but he died a few years ago (he had articles in the early to mid-70's about a black Vietnam vet who lost his face to a mine or rocket and was denied reconstructive surgery until it became public and the VA realized how evil they looked).
Posted by: maxi | July 30, 2008 7:30 PM
I think it's high-time moses got a Molly. Mentions also to Glen D and Nick Gotts, all for consistenty brilliant, erudite and intelligent posts.
Posted by: Michael X | July 30, 2008 7:32 PM
You're telling me that Owlmirror doesn't have a Molly yet? This needs to be fixed pronto. And has AJ Milne gotten one yet? Another deserving poster.
Posted by: Calladus | July 30, 2008 7:34 PM
When you said you were "looking for a host", I immediately thought "parasite".
It took me minutes to realize you might actually mean a Eucharist.
Then I realized that my first guess still works.
Posted by: Sastra, OM | July 30, 2008 7:34 PM
Paul W #21 wrote:
Arggh, I meant PAUL W. Of course. You. Paul. Same as last month. And till you drop off or get Mollied, probably with boring regularity.
I thought there was something I wrote there that didn't look quite right. But I try not to trust my instincts.
Posted by: Dahan | July 30, 2008 7:35 PM
Nick Gotts gets my nod for the OM.
Posted by: 386sx | July 30, 2008 7:41 PM
It just dawns on me the clever symbolism with sticking the rusty nail into the holy wafer thingy. I can be a little slow at times. Duh!
Posted by: Mark B. from Austin TX | July 30, 2008 7:44 PM
I'm gonna be a jerk and suggest Melanie Kroll (and her stupid husband). She only commented once or twice, but she had a big impact. On herself. D'oh!!
Posted by: SC | July 30, 2008 7:44 PM
Nick Gotts, again
Owlmirror
(with the intention of posting a long list later of people whose comments I've enjoyed this month, just to say thanks)
Posted by: Sanen Azok | July 30, 2008 7:45 PM
Hey cool a Molly award. Can I get it from you (steal it from somewhere) so I can desecrate it to get attention?
Posted by: Sastra, OM | July 30, 2008 7:56 PM
Sanen Azok #32 wrote:
No. If you can figure out how to steal and desecrate the Molly Award, you automatically earn it, with honors.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | July 30, 2008 7:58 PM
And even then we wouldn't pee our collective diapers over it.
Posted by: Ghost of Minnesota | July 30, 2008 8:02 PM
Damn. Wasn't fast enough to get the Tangled Bank this time. Can I be added to the list anyway?
Posted by: 386sx | July 30, 2008 8:04 PM
No. If you can figure out how to steal and desecrate the Molly Award, you automatically earn it, with honors.
The only way I can figure would be if PZ Myers won the Molly award himself. That's the only thing I can figure.
Everybody nominate PZ Myers please, and then that will desecrate the Molly award. I'm serious people!! Thank you.
Posted by: nominatePZmyers (='.'=) 386sx | July 30, 2008 8:06 PM
Everybody nominate PZ Myers so we can all desecrate the Molly award, I mean it!!
I nominate PZ Myers.
Posted by: CrypticLife | July 30, 2008 8:08 PM
"And even then we wouldn't pee our collective diapers over it."
I would. I'm all for as much desecration as possible, and if all I have to desecrate is a diaper, so be it.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | July 30, 2008 8:09 PM
I would like to pass on the nomination of Benjamin Franklin by David Marjanović, OM, in abstentia. David is away digging up trilobytes.
Posted by: John Morales | July 30, 2008 8:12 PM
Owlmirror.
There're other meritorious candidates, but I don't want to dilute my vote! ;)
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | July 30, 2008 8:15 PM
David Marjanovic, OM, also suggested that I nominate myself.
Towards that end,
I nominate Benjamin Franklin-
Qualifications:
Frequent Contributor
Several dozens (hundreds?) of posts this month, even being away on vacation for a week.
Veteran
Months of solid posting
Positive attitudeNow Paul at the Blog is friend of mine,
He lets blog here for free,
I'm quick with the joke, or to light up your smoke,
and there's nowhere that I'd rather be.
Agrees with the almost all of the Pharyngula message.
Not a spelling or grammar nazi, but does try to correct incorrect or misconstrued quotes, facts, logic, or reality (well, my reality, of course).
Tries to present posts with biting satire, interesting aspects, differing viewpoints, and arcane, aged & dated, but revered references to cultural icons and trivia.
Appreciative of solid, well reasoned, & well presented posts, and acknowledge the posters of such good work.
Doesn't overfeed the trolls, but can also go head to head with the best of 'em.
Usually produces a laugh, smile, groan, or new thought.
Supporter of local events - I attended, hoisted beers, and thoroughly enjoyed being with PZ & Pharyngulites at the Atlanta Pharyngulafest.
I admit when I make mistakes, or have been shown to be wrong.
Keeps sexual harassment to the barest minimum, while keeping sexual entendres to a growing, pulsing, climax producing an ejaculation of mirth, if you know what I mean. (I never said they were always subtle.)
If installed in the Order of the Molly, I promise not to skip out to obsessive pursue other interests. (Etha Williams, are you listening? Your voice is needed here.)
Offers a different persective - As I have stated previously in this blog, I am not an atheist. I'm still working on a better name for it, but I prefer Einstein's concept of Deistic Spinozaism. I reject all religions as unproven superstition, but I do not, and can not reject the vast wondrous and to us yet, miraculous unknown nature of the reality in which we exist.
So if I don't get proposed for induction into the Order of the Molly, I know that it is only the bigoted hatred of all you godless atheists out there, it's just like you want to burn a cross in my yard, or paint swastikas on my house, or wrap my children in bacon, or take the hamburgers off my barbeque, or other vile deeds.
Do the right thing, nominate Benjamin Franklin for a Molly.
Posted by: speedwell | July 30, 2008 8:15 PM
BrokenSoldier. And Owlmirror. And... yeah! PeeZed to the Myers! Haha...
Posted by: Feynmaniac | July 30, 2008 8:16 PM
I'll join the chorus and vote for Owlmirror for his/her epic tragicomedy "WAFERGATE OR CEILING CATLOLIC IS WATCHING YOU MASTICATE" .
Has anyone ever won a Molly for writing a play in the comments before?
Posted by: Dustin, OM | July 30, 2008 8:17 PM
Melanie Kroll
Posted by: Paul W. | July 30, 2008 8:19 PM
BrokenSoldier, Mrs. Tilton, Glen Davidson already have Mollies.
For reference, the full list of Mollies is here:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/molly.php (or click on commenters in the header bar).
I'd be plenty happy with me (Paul W.), SC, Moses, frog, Owlmirror, Nick Gotts, and Damian, in no particular order except me first. :-)
Strange month. So many good (and persistent) posters that it's hard to pay enough quality attention to all those threads to be fair. I can think of another half-dozen likelies, but must stop.
Special personal thanks to frog, negentropyeater, and Moses for making me personally think harder about some particular stuff. (I'd similarly thank Truth Machine on one point, but fuck it, the info/abuse ratio wasn't high enough.)
Posted by: John Morales | July 30, 2008 8:20 PM
BJ shows outstanding modesty and honesty, too.
Posted by: Bride of Shrek OM | July 30, 2008 8:25 PM
I'd really like to see Owlmirror win this months Molly. Almost everytime he/she comments I'm nodding to myself thinking "Yeah, that's a point I hadn't though of". He/she has the intelligent lateral thinking thing down pat and I love that- it challenges you.
I'd also like to nominate Patricia for witty commnents and for fighting the good fight against the ever incoming tide of trolls. She goes for the jugular, skewers and shows no mercy... And she's a fellow member of the elite group of women commenters here (and Clinteas- honorary man-slut) who have reclaimed the term "slut" after that stupid cow in the "Dear Sir/Madam" thread tried to nick it off us. Sluts unite!!
Posted by: Kobra | July 30, 2008 8:29 PM
I can't be bothered to look up the name right now, but the person who did the I CAN HAS JEEBUS CRACKER? thing gets my vote.
Posted by: Ichthyic | July 30, 2008 8:31 PM
Upon reflection, I give a hoot.
Posted by: Greg Laden | July 30, 2008 8:31 PM
This month it should be PZ Myers.
Posted by: Ric | July 30, 2008 8:36 PM
Owlmirror gets my vote.
Posted by: Ichthyic | July 30, 2008 8:36 PM
This month it should be PZ Myers.
i rather think all of us should get together and send him a pair of fire-proof long-johns, frankly.
http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productselection.asp?Product=2111
I'd be happy to kick in a fiver for that.
maybe we could even get a squid silk-screened onto it?
Posted by: 386sx | July 30, 2008 8:37 PM
This month it should be PZ Myers.
Posted by: Greg Laden | July 30, 2008 8:31 PM
Yes it should because that would desecrate the Molly award. Perfect.
Ecverybody desecrate the Molly award by nominating PZ Myers.
Posted by: BobC | July 30, 2008 8:39 PM
Owlmirror for his WEBSTER COOK: FEETS DON'T FAIL ME NOW
Posted by: truth machine, OM | July 30, 2008 8:41 PM
This month it should be PZ Myers.
The King doesn't need to be knighted.
Posted by: truth machine, OM | July 30, 2008 8:43 PM
I'd similarly thank Truth Machine on one point, but fuck it, the info/abuse ratio wasn't high enough.
Nice innuendo, but you richly deserved what you got.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | July 30, 2008 8:43 PM
OK, you forced me to do this-
Benjamin Franklin = wookerist
(+)
also here's a sampling of the ChristOCracker saga
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now in 3 great flavors
Wintergreen,
Spearmint,
and Doublemint - get the most from your host
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New ChristOCracker Minis - for that baby Jesus taste
Announcing - ChristESSENCE Table Wafers - Baked in the Spirit
ChristESSENCE Table Wafers - "It's good for the soul!"
now fortified with iron!
new, low calorie ChristOCrackers Lite table wafers-
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ChristOCrackers - They're not just for breakfast anymore!
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New 'Texas Style' ChristOCrackers - guaranteed to be not over 6,000 years old.
ChristOCrackers - Better than a Molly nomination? ... NO WAY!
...
..
.
Posted by: truth machine, OM | July 30, 2008 8:53 PM
Agree or not (which I did), he made a reasonable case.
If intellectually dishonest = reasonable.
Posted by: truth machine, OM | July 30, 2008 9:00 PM
Some month when there's no standout like Owlmirror, Glen D ought to get one for his numerous rational erudite contributions.
Posted by: Ichthyic | July 30, 2008 9:03 PM
Glen's covered. IIRC, he got one the month after you did.
Posted by: Nerd of Redhead | July 30, 2008 9:09 PM
All the above mentioned candidates are Molly material. I salute you all.
Given the whole crackergate brouhaha, and the sheer number of posts by the whole gang, it would seem fitting that an honorary Molly, just mentioning the facts with no names listed, be given to all those who helped to fend off the hordes of offended Catholics. This is not likely to be a regular occurrence.
Posted by: JeffreyD | July 30, 2008 9:11 PM
Oh, had to come back for this, not to be missed.
SC - Wowbagger - Moses - any and all of which would be delightful.
Ciao
Posted by: Kel | July 30, 2008 9:17 PM
Wowbagger is always here putting in a consistent effort.
Posted by: SC | July 30, 2008 9:19 PM
JeffreyD - Is everything OK?
Posted by: Kit | July 30, 2008 9:21 PM
Have to nominate Owlmirror, if a lurker's say is worth anything. I was linked here awhile back through fstdt.com and have been following Crackergate ever since, but nothing's made me laugh as hard as seeing the whole messy business lolcat'ized.
(I'm enjoying the actual science a great deal, too. New addition to my bookmarks!)
Posted by: JeffreyD | July 30, 2008 9:27 PM
SC at #64, come visit, not as awful as usual. (smile)
Posted by: bybelknap, FCD | July 30, 2008 9:28 PM
Owlmirror for the LOLCAT summary. Now if he can manage a LOLCAT summarizing of Proust - that would be something to inspire awe.
Posted by: Pierce R. Butler | July 30, 2008 9:29 PM
During the heat of cracker combat, Nick Gotts on multiple occasions made a lot of sense in relatively few words.
Posted by: SC | July 30, 2008 9:31 PM
JeffreyD,
I'm so relieved to hear it. And that's wonderful news at the end. All the best, dear man.
SC
Posted by: Paul W. | July 30, 2008 9:42 PM
Maybe. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that you picked up on the "innuendo" part, but missed the grudging admission part. Not enough, I guess.
If you want to continue our little bar brawl, I suggest we not pollute the lovefest in this thread, and pick up where we left off in this older thread:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/07/fresh_thread_dont_fill_this_on.php
Anybody who's terribly worried about our respective honors can follow it over there. (BTW, I was serious about being willing to follow up with you after the lawyers left.)
Posted by: chrisD | July 30, 2008 9:45 PM
Owlmirror for the OM nom nom nomz... and whoever coined the term Sacrilicious©.
Posted by: clinteas | July 30, 2008 9:45 PM
Damian.
Wowbagger.
Oh,and Damian !
Posted by: Larry | July 30, 2008 9:57 PM
I humbly submit Robin as my nominee for said award. His/her arguments that a solar eclipse closely resembling an eye can't simply be an astronomical coincidence, it must therefore be evidence of the creator. In face of overwhelming meaty arguments to the contrary, he/she stuck to his/her guns and refused to open his/her mind to the possibilities.
It was truly awe-inspiring to witness such manifest stupidity.
Thank you for your consideration.
Posted by: firemancarl | July 30, 2008 10:11 PM
I agree with Dustin OM post #44.
We really ought to give them out to Melanie Kroll and her hubby. Oh, the irony and oh, how they would wail!
Posted by: cicely | July 30, 2008 10:14 PM
Owlmirror and Damian (with an a).
Posted by: queenofdenyl | July 30, 2008 10:18 PM
I vote owlmirror. i actually had to change my pants i laughed so hard.
i'm not kidding.
Posted by: ennui | July 30, 2008 10:22 PM
Moses. for that thing with the locusts.
Posted by: ildi | July 30, 2008 10:27 PM
Moses for eruditeness, Owlmirror for the bon mots.
Posted by: afterthought | July 30, 2008 10:54 PM
OT: Misunderstanding physicist over at Salon:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/31/religion_science/index.html
Posted by: mattmc | July 30, 2008 11:12 PM
Owlmirror gets my vote for reasons previously mentioned.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | July 30, 2008 11:19 PM
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: I CAN HAZ MOLLY NOMIN8?
PHARYNGULITES: ...........................
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: I CAN HAZ MOLLY NOMIN8?
PHARYNGULITES: ...........................
Posted by: Randy! | July 30, 2008 11:23 PM
Thread hijack - Cthulhu trailer? http://www.cthulhu-themovie.com/video.html
Posted by: Alan Kellogg | July 30, 2008 11:24 PM
Owlmirror, because I'm a herd animal.
Oh, and science doesn't know everything? Hell, science doesn't know anything. Science is a tool for coming up with good guesses about stuff. Guesses that are, in the long run, wrong, but serve well enough for the while they're viable. Remember the progression in science degrees;
You get your bachelors when you think you know everything.
You get your masters when you learn you know nothing.
You get your doctorate when you realize, neither does anybody else.
Posted by: LisaJ | July 30, 2008 11:48 PM
Re #83:
"You get your bachelors when you think you know everything.
You get your masters when you learn you know nothing.
You get your doctorate when you realize, neither does anybody else."
Love it! This is the perfect description, really. Fits my scientific life to a t!
Posted by: blf | July 31, 2008 1:08 AM
...and, you get your Nobel when you can convince a few people they also know nothing...
Posted by: bumper | July 31, 2008 1:15 AM
Wowbagger - for commenting above and beyond the call of duty during Crackergate. I went back and checked just one entry and he/she had over 20 posts. I haven't reread them all, but I remember at the time feeling impressed that he was responding so well and so frequently to all manner of stupidity. Well done, Wowbagger.
Posted by: themadlolscientist, FCD | July 31, 2008 1:20 AM
bhold, on dis dai hath Ceiling Cat apeerd un2 me in a dreem & sed:
Iz Teh 1 Tru Ceiling Cat wot maded u but did not eated u, & all Mai folowrz shal vot 4 Owlmirror wot hath pleezd Me gretly.
4 Owlmirror iz Mai profet & hath rited Mai wurdz truely.
ther4 hark un2 teh vois of Ceiling Cat:
bhold, if Owlmirror doth not winneth teh Molly, verily I shal smite thee wif teh plagz ov fleez & tickx, & ther shal b gret waling & ganashin of teefs & scratchin & stufz.
& u shal b casted in2 teh basement wif the puppehs & all teh nasty mean evol peeps wots bin doin all teh nasty mean evol stufz dey raeded bout in Wikidpedia(TM) insted ov raedin teh LOLcatz Bibel & doin all teh g00d stufz.
& u no can has cheezburgrz, nor cookies, nor pespis, nor beerz, nor gushyf00dz, nor catnip meeses, nor suny plases, nor dat stufz wot is liek catnipz 4 peeps, nor isecreemz, nor PENIS GOES WHERE (xept 4 SURPRISE BUTTSECKS!), nor ne ov Mai othr blesings nemoar 4evr.
but ur stummicks shal be sorly aflictd wif teh furballz, & u shal not be abel 2 cast dem 4th. & teh fleez & tickx shal torment u 4evr moar.
& all teh puppehs shal has teh doggy breff, & dey shal ch00 up ur sh00z.
& dey shal pee on teh furnicher & mek p00piez on teh florz, & teh plase shal giv 4th a mitey stinkx, wich shal surpass teh stinkx of fier & brim ston & uncleen sandbockxz all 2gethr.
so tehre. & let all teh kittehs sais amen.
kthxbai.
Posted by: Mike Haubrich, FCD | July 31, 2008 1:21 AM
I have to admit that time constraints prevented me from keeping up with every frackin' comment thread on crackers. So, I missed the owlmirror post. I hate being late to the party all the time. That is the mollyest thing I have ever seen and if I were the King of Morris I would give double-vote points for all of the votes for owlmirror. Look, check this out:
Owlmirror, Order of the Molly. Owl Mirror, OM. O.M. OM. OM, OM. It's a mantra, it's fate. It must be owlmirror.
Posted by: Rayven Alandria | July 31, 2008 1:22 AM
Wowbanger made many great posts during crackergate. Of course, the Catholics refused to answer his questions, but the posts were great nonetheless.
Posted by: Patricia | July 31, 2008 1:24 AM
JefferyD - Please don't leave us. I send you a big ol' hug and a *SMOOCH*!
Posted by: Kseniya | July 31, 2008 1:31 AM
Owlmirror, for uncounted months of outstanding commentary, and for many reasons, not the least of which is his ongoing, persistent and tenacious sparring with i-design imaginist Daniel Smith over on the all-but-forgotten Vox/pipsqueak thread.
If we're going for two, add a vote for Nick Gotts, for similar reasons. Cheers, Nick!
Incidentally, there's no rule against voting for a prior winner, and no reason not to. I do realize that the "Order" aspect of the award has taken on a life of its own, though.
As usual, Pharyngulites will do as they see fit. :-)
Posted by: Kseniya | July 31, 2008 1:34 AM
Erudition?
/pedanticness
Posted by: John Morales | July 31, 2008 1:46 AM
Pedantry.
Posted by: Kseniya | July 31, 2008 1:52 AM
No - really?
;-)
Posted by: Efogoto | July 31, 2008 1:55 AM
I nominate craig. All throughout the cracker threads, I kept thinking that he had a clear position and wrote some great entries. I also kept thinking that I need to nominate this guy for a Molly, so this is the pay off.
Posted by: Rey Fox | July 31, 2008 2:06 AM
Owlmirror's gotta get it this time. Not so much for the LOLcats thing (although he gets credit for realizing that LOLcat speak is only funny and not-painful-to-read in small bites). He deserves a medal for his lengthy back-and-forth with Daniel Smith on the "Sorry Vox" thread. Owned that guy again and again, of course Danny didn't realize it. Three thousand comments and he still doesn't get that he does not have a mechanism.
Honorable mentions this month go to Moses (for his Bible-fu) and Emmett Caulfield (for never letting the Catholics get away with any abuse of facts in the child molestation coverup).
Posted by: Brownian, OM | July 31, 2008 3:02 AM
Homer Simpson for Molly?
OK. I can get behind that.
Posted by: John Morales | July 31, 2008 3:17 AM
Kseniya, I did not doubt you for an instant.
(nothing to do with you being an elite black-ops assassin, either).
Posted by: electrichalibut | July 31, 2008 4:16 AM
I nominate Emmett Caulfield and Wowbagger for their contributions during Crackergate.
Posted by: maureen | July 31, 2008 5:40 AM
Rev.BigDumbChump for sterling service in the face of any number of idiocies.
Posted by: truth machine, OM | July 31, 2008 7:04 AM
but missed the grudging admission part. Not enough, I guess.
You're such an absurd ass. I missed nothing, certainly not your "but fuck it" which indeed is "not enough".
If you want to continue our little bar brawl, I suggest
Look, asshole, you're the one who called me out as being too abusive to compliment as you self-promoted yourself of a Molly, so it's a little late for you to suggest taking it elsewhere. Your fowl intellectually dishonest behavior here is of the same sort that I criticized you for in that previous thread.
Posted by: John Morales | July 31, 2008 7:20 AM
truth machine, if I did not know typos can strike anyone, I'd think you were emotionally invested in this matter.
Which is your prerogative, of course.
Posted by: SC | July 31, 2008 7:49 AM