To be honest, between work, writing this blog, other writing activities, and trying to have a social life, I’ve gotten behind on reading other people’s blogs. Apparently, John Hawkins post about which bloggers he’d most like to be stuck on a desert island with (my comments here) caused a kerfluffle which I missed out on. Meryl Yourish (who I like; she named me an honorary Jew) was upset by the sexism in that post and responded with this (I feel like such a piece of meat), with further comments here. Today, Hawkins has a roundup of more comments on the topic of sexism and blogging.
As for my opinion, I think, as long as we’re letting them vote, women should be able to blog, too.
Oh, I guess that wasn’t the topic. The question is whether cute female bloggers are more likely to get links that other female bloggers who are better writers. Well, would an attractive male blogger be more like to get links from female bloggers, I wonder? Which then begs the question: who is the biggest blog-stud out there?
Oh yeah – me.
Wait, what was I talking about again?
FIRST!
Um, my hits are way up today, but I attribute it to my excellent writing skills.
And yes, you ARE the biggest blog-stud out there.
Trey is cuter than you–and running for President. Sorry, Frank.
You’re pretty damned funny, but The Overlord is definitly my second pick. He’s a stud. You’re a stud. As a woman I must say this is great.
But Frank if they are only pretty and have no desire to say nice things about you…I mean you need to pick better right?
Sarah it is the gun…all guys like guns!
OK the writing is good too.
Frank, I don’t think you’re cute at all. Cause I’m a man, and I’m not gay. And I would not sleep with you.
Like Beo said Frank, I would have no bearing on this topic @ all.
But! CCinCali, SarahK, Carissa… I salute you. And SarahK, it is the gun(more than that though). Carissa’s got the finger thing going too.
I won’t be of any influence because I am French, so…
My favorite Babe is not SarahK (13). She is too sweet to not break your teeth selling shirts, and her desperate in the eyes don’t make the conviction to be so sincere. Too handsome for a family blog… I mean how anyone could feel to win anything with the IMAO shirt when the model is too much… well, I would not vote for SarahK.
My favorite anti-terrorist babe is Michelle (14). She is spontaneous and funny. Well Adela (8) is funny too and quite cute. Miranda would be a good face to IMAO. She is sweet. Could be Frank’s girlfriend. I mean, she is more sweet than SarahK.
Jonag (20) of course is wise, but I said I would vote for Berkeley girl (18) and I don’t regret because she is cute which is exactly what IMAO needs to sell shirts. She is also dynamic, young, sounding happy, wealthy and so and so. The funniest anyway is Michelle.
The studliest of the studly, and I’m not just saying that to get your vote!
Frank I’m trying to influence the judges at all but put them all in T-shirts with guns…I if mean you want to sell T-shirts! Call them the IMAO modeling agency and gun club. Can’t lose!(and you don’t piss off gun touting ladies)
Why wasn’t Kim du Toit a judge?
Amphi, I thank you for your support; I know you said you wouldn’t vote for me, but those all sounded like compliments to me, so thanks!
–I may not be a judge (thank A LOT, Frank!!)… but, having read and looked at the entries… all I can say is I’m moving to Berkeley as soon as possible.
Congrats and good job, though, to all the entrants! You ladies are awesome!!
So – when do we have the IMAO studmuffin contest?
Megan,
Heaven forbid I be unduly influenced 🙂
El Jefe,
Kim du Toit is mean and scary and would have scared away the babes. It’s the same reason I wouldn’t have asked Glenn Reynolds to participate in a dog show. I thought of asking Laurence Simon, but I was afraid he’d vote for Mrs. Potatohead or something.
I’m not in the contest, but my vote for studliest guy is still you. Your gun is nice, too, mine is cooler, though.
Frank,
Good point. The man DOES have quite the armory and can get a little ’emotional’ at times.
I agree with dviant. The finger thing was brilliant!
Brilliant, I say!
This is the only blog I visit, Frank..which must mean that you are the bestest blogger ever!
Except I have been known to visit coops site..But not daily..
Why don’t I just take up the whole comments section?
Regarding the feminist flap, people would be a lot happier in life if they just made the decision to not get offended. Especially about other people’s attitudes, over which they have absolutely no control.
Not that I’m being pessimistic or anything, but are there any prizes for runners-up? =)
what begging the question actually meant before people started abusing the phrase
heya frank just a quick question if you are called “uninformed” by a liberal is that good for me being right wing or is that the lowest low i am unsure if i should be happy they said it or mad.
matt
Dammit I wish I could’ve gotten a decent picture with Boris (my m-16)! Then maybe I would’ve had a better chance of winning (damn you sarahk, damn you I say!)…
But thanks for playing girls, a good battle-of-the-estrogen is always fun. What’s next Frank, a mud-wrestling competition for the top 5? 😉
Hmm, I’m gonna vote for jell-o over mud. I’d rather not accidentally eat mud, so it seems like going with something edible would be better planning. But you know, I’m flexible. =)
BerkeleyGirl, cool down, SarahK has not yet won. See the judges, how many are married ? And they are all men. Do you think that they would all agree that IMAO get represented by a girl that powerful. I don’t think so. They like Frank because he is a monkey, not because he is powerful. They like Frank because his weakness are always the last domination he got, but they are not in a rush…
Well, keep hope. You are the youngest babe and that is a real advantage. Even old ladies would buy a young babe T-shirt, which is not sure if the babe is too old. And it would be more fair that a young girl get the job. After all, the winner will get paid for it… and Berkeley girl was the instigator of this conquest.
Well, I am French. I am not of any influence… in here.
I vote for whip cream over jell-o, because whip cream doesnt stain your skin or hair
Frank, why not let your visitors vote in a poll that has no bearing on the outcome of the judges’ vote?
Either way, if Reva doesn’t win, I’m going ninja on all the judges.
Frank, y’know, you are such a wonderful (and studly) guy, that you could even call me “babe” and I wouldn’t immediately rip your…. eyes out.
Plus, you’re so much funnier than Hawkins, you can get away with a lot more.
I can’t give you the title of honorary feminist, though. I think it would really hurt your standing as a conservative. On the other hand, you could use it to pick up chicks at protests.
Mwah!
Looks like somebody didn’t take my advice about not getting offended. Or, as sandor put it so much better, not making a big deal about it. But what the hey, insulting and arguing is such a good way of turning them to your point of view.
I’d go along with whipped cream. And iJeff, you’re the super cool!! 😉
Fine, fine, whipped cream it is. 😉
iJeff, you’re not that cool =P Stop trying to steal my woman!
Sorry, wasn’t referring to Meryl, after whom my post was booted!
I sense the makings of a “cage match” here! Something in case of a 6-way tie (hint hint judges) A tag-team, whipped cream style cage match, maybe canola oil…..Saw a movie start that way once, I think it starred Gilbert Gottfried.
Serenity’s poem blows everything else away.
Just about died laughing 😉
Your comments regarding age are ridiculous and insulting to all who entered the contest, Amp.. But I would expect nothing more…from you.. 🙂
So sad that your life is over because you’re so old.. Shouldn’t you be laying in a field somewhere waiting to die?
–Just checked the entries again… yep… still moving to Berkeley…
Sorry..I could not take her jibes anymore!
But, I shall take a breather for a few days… Good luck to ALL the girls.. Remember: It’s not how old or young we are..after all, that is just a number..
But, still, when is the IMAO studmuffin contest going on?
Meaning no offense to Frank J, the studliest of the studlies, but he can’t be distracted with posing for photographers. He has posts to post!!
So we need several pictures of strapping young men. For diversity! or if that doesn’t work, for to scare the liberals by showing them how tough & manly the IMAO guys really are.
When do we get Glen Reynolds in a tight t-shirt, huh? I demand equal time!
Hmmm… a wrastling match? I don’t know; I don’t usually get into that with other women.
NO MORE GLEN REYNOLDS PICS! He is not photogenic in the least.
CCinCali–take the jibes as a backhanded compliment. No one would waste their time posting in a forum of uninteresting dullards, would they? After all, I wouldn’t go trolling at dailykos.com!
Good luck in the contest, all. I was much too self conscious to enter.
Too funny CCinCali!
Boris the M-16, Jell-o, whipped cream…. oh my.
Is it true that Berkeley girls/chicks have more fun? 😀
I’d have to say yes 😉
Damn. I leave the computer for half an hour and come back to find you people planning a 6-way whipped cream cage match of death.
Carry on.
S
Does this mean you’d buy tickets, Sandor?
Hell, I’ll buy the whipped cream, rent the venue, and pull the rebar out of my driveway to build the cage.
S
Meryl,
Thanks, and you’re right; I’ll just stick with honoray Jew.
Don’t make me choose between you and Hawkins, though! I like all my blogger friends!
Ladies,
Have some decorum, please.
Who am I kidding. Can we get this jello wrestling matched filmed for the next IMAO event?
CCincali, you are cute, but your insistence makes you unsweet to be a babe accordingly to my knowledge of IMAO. It is not a question of age, you are right. If you look at Bill Whittle, he looks like an old man of 45 while in fact he is only 31, but life and experience of life makes the difference, precisely when it is about babes.
IMAO is read by all kind of people even 15 Rasta readers, and young girls (babes or readers) should not be discouraged. Frank is known to prefer old women, because ripping the corn with his nails under the women feet makes him to feel impressive, but Frank is getting older, and will become older. Old men usually prefer young women… even to be a babe.
Well, maybe, maybe be not. Who really minds ? I just spent my word here. Lastly, only the judges will say.
BTW, CCincali, why is that you are feeling so young ?
CCincali, Jonag is older than you and I never said that she was too old be a babe. It is just that she entered the conquest to be a babe, and seems to be fine with her age.
God, four children, that’s a beautiful family. May I ever try to convince you Jonag to become a Smarties familly ?
And Berkeleygirl just only seems to be very refreshing when she posts in the comment section. It is precisely a feature that should make her win. Michelle, Adela, Miranda are fine too, but SarahK is too handsome. It cannot work to sell the shirts.
Just my tip.
Smarties family? Like the candy?
Err… What’s “a Smarties familly” Amphi? Or do I not want to know?
BerkeleyGirl and I discussed it, and we’d be willing to go along with the videotaping as long as we get a share of the profits. =)
And it better be a decent share too- none of this 5% crap, ok? We understand how capitalism works!
hehe, love ya Frank (and all the other judges) 😉
Smarties are the little smiling figures of my Smarties blog, only devoted to humor (that opposes my other blog).
I create a personal page to anyone or family who becomes a Smarty, and those Smarties can post on the main page. I have made it because sharing the first page with other authors is too complicated to me. It does not let me to schedule the publications. The Smarties blog is not a one person fan blog. It is a humor blog dedicated to the troops and only the troops, precisely those serving in Iraq.
And smarties is fun.
Amphi,
Smarties looks to labor intensive. I’m tired already!
Yes Jonag, Smarties need to labor intensive which is the reason why I am sharing the fun. Well Smarties are contextual to the situation for writing funny, with or without smarties.
I won’t hate you if you don’t join. I like to go it my own way which is the reason why I started blogging.
Maybe I should organize a men competition on my Smarties blog for the people to enroll become Smarties.
Who to be Homer ?
I hit Homers. Just for fun….I’m not a rich ball player, more’s the pity.
Contrary to popular belief, it has less to do with physical strength than timing and form.
I knocked 30 balls out of a 330 foot park one afternoon and me weighing in at merely 165 pounds (at the time).
Berkeley Babes: stop it!!! my dad is looking at me strangely everytime I read your posts and start giggling and talking about jell-o. I’m pretty sure he thinks I’m a perv.
Well, Krakatoa, I was kidding about the Homer contest. I already have a Homer to play the pic and I am not that much about competition.
I guess the joke’s on me this time! 😉
Krakaota,
nothin’ wrong with bein’ a perv that likes jello ;^)
So if you’re Catholic and an honorary Jew, does that mena you feel twice the guilt 🙂
And lox on Friday?