Frenetically catching up with Molly

I told you I was bad and neglectful, but we're getting there. The Molly award for December 2010 goes to a long-dead Seleucid monarch, Antiochus Epiphanes…on the condition that he promises to leave Egypt alone, and occupy himself with conquering trolls on Pharyngula instead.

Now you get to leave nominations for a Molly winner for January 2011 right here in the comments.

Yeah, January. I'm behind. I'm going to do an abbreviated round of voting, so I'll announce the January winner next week, and put up a post for nominations for February then. It'll work, I think.

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