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Here are the GREAT nominees that are all eligible to be the “BEST DC Blog by the Sexiest Female Blogger” Time to gossip and VOTE: Click here to vote! Click here to vote! Click here to vote!
Asian Viking Girl[LOSER–NOT THE SEXIEST ONE]- Avocado in Paradise
Caged Bird Sings[LOSER–NOT THE SEXIEST ONE]- Charlene’s Shanty Shack on Sin Street SE
Deal Diva[LOSER–NOT THE SEXIEST ONE]Dealing in Subterfuges[LOSER–NOT THE SEXIEST ONE]Decidedly Uncomplicated[LOSER–NOT THE SEXIEST ONE]Foilwoman’s Diary[LOSER–NOT THE SEXIEST ONE]FreckledK[LOSER–NOT THE SEXIEST ONE]- Girl with Two Cats
- The Latest Obsession
- Mental Mayhem
- Pink Lemonade Diva
Sparkles Anonymous[FIRST ELIMINATION–BIGGEST LOSER]- SVR
- Tender Thoughts
- ThongSpeedz
- Vanessa
Velvet in Dupont[FIRST ELIMINATION–BIGGEST LOSER]webcowgirl[FIRST ELIMINATION–BIGGEST LOSER]
April 12, 2007 at 9:23 am
We miss her dearly!
April 12, 2007 at 9:51 am
I miss Hostess, and I love me!
April 12, 2007 at 10:19 am
Kurt Vonnegut is dead.
I’m in mourning.
April 12, 2007 at 6:14 pm
It is really a pain in my ass when the percentages don’t add to 100.
April 12, 2007 at 7:00 pm
I’m in mourning too. Ask me later what for.
April 12, 2007 at 7:46 pm
For what, Sassy?
April 12, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Don Imus has been kicked off of MSNBC. I’m sad.
April 12, 2007 at 9:57 pm
It’s quiet here today. Too quiet…
April 12, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Everyone is suffering from seasonal allergies.
April 12, 2007 at 11:06 pm
I don’t know who anyone is in this “war” but I think I would just try letting it go. Arguing and one upping each other isn’t going anywhere. If people want to talk smack,then let them get their grins and giggles, it will get boring to them, just like talking smack about them will get boring to you. REMEMBER IT IS JUST A FUCKING INTERNET BLOG. Work on being a great person and let your personality speak for itself where people can draw their own conclusions. The sooner you let it go, the sooner it will be over. Let it go, have a cocktail or two.
April 12, 2007 at 11:16 pm
Uhmmm, moderator please delete comment #10 as that wasn’t by me.
-shakes head-
But hey! Feel free to nominate me for that “sexy award” or whatever. ;]
April 12, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Hey, kiddos, it’s your BEST DC Blog Moderator here again! We do NOT allow comment impersonation around here. If you suspect your alias is being impersonated, please NOTIFY us immediately. We have deleted comment #10 as Genevieve requested.
Back to the frank and honourable discussions!
April 13, 2007 at 12:14 am
Nominate Genivieve! She gets it. Sort of.
April 13, 2007 at 12:21 am
I surrender my nomination to Genivieves. Should I win, Geniveives can have my prize.
April 13, 2007 at 12:45 am
No, take it back “nominate her.” She left a comment on the empire of dirt that this blog is SO lame. Then she comes here to comment and ask for a nom? Yeah Genivieve, whatever you say. The whole point of this blog is to show everyone how lame they are. But you don’t get that. You don’t see how many people talk about this, how many people write about it and how many people check in constantly to see if they got nominated or won. It plays to the biggest insecurities among all attention whoring bloggers, because they just can’t not acknowledge.
To Acknowledge is to Recognize.
April 13, 2007 at 12:52 am
You’re right. We’re part of the Comment Response Team TM. You can’t have my votes after all, Genevieves.
April 13, 2007 at 1:08 am
http://nopainlikechampagne.blogspot.com
April 13, 2007 at 1:13 am
The bitches are hilarious. Seriously. How can anyone take them seriously?
April 13, 2007 at 1:14 am
The fact that they post a bunch of funny posts is really quite amusing. I’m not sure why the other camp doesn’t see how funny this is, but they don’t. They’ve taken some real offense to it! Buck up boys, the bitches are in control!
April 13, 2007 at 1:26 am
I love the bitches. LOVE them. They are the freshest and most fun thing around! I sit and wonder what those gals will think up next.
Those nerdy little boys, VK & RV, have probably rubbed all the skin off of their little penises, jacking off to all the attention the HOT bitches have showered on them.
April 13, 2007 at 1:39 am
I think it’s time for Robbie to take a break from chasing the super rich and truly famous so that he can give us some fresh snafus.
April 13, 2007 at 3:11 am
I’m voting for the Latest Obsession. She’s very sexy.
April 13, 2007 at 3:12 am
Me too. Latest Obsession is the hottest girl on the list by far.
April 13, 2007 at 3:12 am
I agree. Latest Obsession is super sexxxy.
April 13, 2007 at 3:13 am
I wonder if I could get her phone number.
April 13, 2007 at 3:13 am
Who’s phone number?
April 13, 2007 at 3:14 am
Latest Obsession. She’s my latest obsession. Anyone got her email address at least?
April 13, 2007 at 3:14 am
I had never heard of her before this contest. I’ll have to check Latest Obsession out.
April 13, 2007 at 3:14 am
Trust me, you won’t be disappointed.
April 13, 2007 at 3:15 am
Anyone hear from the Hostess Mostess lately?
April 13, 2007 at 3:18 am
No, we haven’t heard from her in a while.
April 13, 2007 at 3:18 am
I hope she’s ok.
April 13, 2007 at 3:18 am
Maybe Hostess is sick.
April 13, 2007 at 3:19 am
Roosh’s anger might have forced her into hiding.
April 13, 2007 at 3:19 am
That would be bad. I think she’s strong enough to stand up to Roosh. VK might have attacked her though.
April 13, 2007 at 3:20 am
Security Specialist could protect her, but he’s been gone for a while too.
April 13, 2007 at 3:20 am
The parties have quieted down here. I hope Roosh and VK haven’t scared anyone.
April 13, 2007 at 3:21 am
one thing is sure: the world now sees how repugnant, hypocritical, juvenile, and stupid roosh and vk really are.
April 13, 2007 at 3:21 am
I agree. Roosh and VK have really been exposed to the world.
April 13, 2007 at 3:21 am
I’m voting for Latest Obsession, too, just for the “eye hickey” picture. Plus, she works at NIMH, which brings back fond childhood memories of an animated film in which baby mice are tortured.
April 13, 2007 at 3:22 am
Did someone hear something about Rob hosting new happy hour parties?
April 13, 2007 at 3:22 am
I heard about Rob’s new parties. He’ll probably make a formal announcement soon.
April 13, 2007 at 3:22 am
Who here is voting for SVR for the sexiest?
April 13, 2007 at 3:23 am
I am definitely voting for SVR.
April 13, 2007 at 3:23 am
I’d consider a BHR happy hour, if only because I probably wouldn’t be the only person over 30.
April 13, 2007 at 3:23 am
Me too!
April 13, 2007 at 3:23 am
We DEMAND Big Head Rob happy hours! DEMAND!
April 13, 2007 at 3:24 am
I wish Big Head Rob would make his announcement about his new parties. I have to go clothes shopping for them.
April 13, 2007 at 3:25 am
Big Head Rob is going to host his own parties? That’s news to me! I can’t wait!!!
April 13, 2007 at 3:39 am
Where’s Rob??? I want more details on this party!
April 13, 2007 at 3:39 am
Business back to normal?
April 13, 2007 at 3:43 am
Rob is going to start hosting parties! Are you going to come?
April 13, 2007 at 3:44 am
I’m voting for Latest Obsession too…
Sexy blog name, check.
Eye hickey shot, check.
Cleavage shot (in a bikini), double-check.
And she works at NIMH… science chicks are teh hawt.
April 13, 2007 at 3:59 am
Hi, all, I’ve missed you. Really busy with the pansies lately. I’m staying quiet about the new happy hours for now because I don’t want to kick anyone while they’re down.
P.S. Is Hostess OK?
April 13, 2007 at 4:08 am
Rob you did a nice job this week. Stay quiet all you want. The entire cast of Desperate Housewives appreciates your efforts.
April 13, 2007 at 4:11 am
Truly. Bravo.
April 13, 2007 at 4:14 am
I agree Rob, the chronicling of the ownage is just too much.
April 13, 2007 at 4:14 am
I’m tired of those people using me to stir. Get a wisk!
April 13, 2007 at 6:11 am
Get a knife too, Mr. Gaithersburg Coupon Clipper fashion critic!
April 13, 2007 at 6:12 am
If Hostess doesn’t show up soon, I’m going to knock her off her perch and assume duties!
April 13, 2007 at 6:13 am
Pho real. Hostess had something going on here and now she’s abandoned us all.
April 13, 2007 at 6:17 am
A lot of gossips have been floating around here over the last few days.
April 13, 2007 at 6:18 am
That’s true. A lot of honourable gossips have taken place here over the past few days.
April 13, 2007 at 6:20 am
There seems to be lots of comment action right now.
April 13, 2007 at 6:29 am
Why did no one nominate ME for sexiest blogger babe? I AM the sexiest! Duh. Anyone who’s smelled me knows that. Lol. Look at me, aren’t I sexy?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76187499@N00/455891987/
April 13, 2007 at 8:15 am
I’m here! Who’s up for a party??
April 13, 2007 at 9:25 am
Does Hedonistic Pleasureseeker just take pictures of herself all day?
April 13, 2007 at 9:25 am
Hostess has disappeared. Boo hoo.
April 13, 2007 at 9:26 am
Next weeks contest should be who gets the biggest pansy!
April 13, 2007 at 9:26 am
Miss X-Tina! The Hostess is on vacay and asked me to welcome you and ask if Carmen will be joining us this evening.
April 13, 2007 at 9:30 am
Carmen Miranda, I tried to call you back after you hung up on me but there was no answer! Next time you use a pay phone to call me, make sure it can take call backs!
April 13, 2007 at 9:30 am
Carmen Miranda seems to be here. Not sure if Carmen Applegate is here.
April 13, 2007 at 9:31 am
I see that Carmen Miranda is here. That bitch hung up on me when her quarter ran out on the pay phone.
April 13, 2007 at 9:31 am
Sorrrrrrreeeee! My pimp came to get me and he beat me over the head with his cane and I never did hang up that phone. It’s still swinging in the wind!
April 13, 2007 at 9:32 am
Who is cooking fries?
April 13, 2007 at 9:33 am
I was walking my cat today on the leash and someone drove by me and he was smoking pot, maybe it is that guy who is cooking fries now. He has the munchies.
April 13, 2007 at 9:33 am
And I hope you know who Rotten Eggs is ’cause that is NOT my real name. it’s just what J.J. likes to call me down on Florida Avenue. You best get your shit together if you think I am going to put my real name up here. Lisa Lingie does not put her real name on no message board.
April 13, 2007 at 9:34 am
My ass is raw from shitting too much today. Too many crazy sandwiches came out of my ass.
April 13, 2007 at 9:35 am
I have a new post up with some juicy gossips.
http://charlenesshantyshack.wordpress.com/
I’m a link whore! I’m a link whore! Everyone look at me because I’m a link whore!
April 13, 2007 at 9:38 am
Rotten eggs, you don’t need to be doing no worrying about your real name. someone will beat you to it!
April 13, 2007 at 9:43 am
Did you read my post? Juicy gossips!
http://charlenesshantyshack.wordpress.com/
I’m a link whore! I’m a link whore!
April 13, 2007 at 9:44 am
No one has called me “Lisa” since I ran away from home. How dare you type my real name on to this blog X-Tina!! You is fucked up in the head.
April 13, 2007 at 9:45 am
We’re running low on T.P. if anyone wants to pick some up on the way home.
April 13, 2007 at 9:45 am
Quilted Northern’s on sale at CVS. I have a coupon.
April 13, 2007 at 9:46 am
When I think of Brunch Bird, I think “coupon caddy.”
April 13, 2007 at 9:46 am
See if they have any easter candies half-off while you’re at CVS.
April 13, 2007 at 9:47 am
Roosh was approached to play the Easter bunny. They told him he was so hairy, he didn’t have to wear the costume.
April 13, 2007 at 9:47 am
Charlene, be nice. Brunch Bird delinked her links to the members of the Brain Society.
April 13, 2007 at 9:47 am
Anyone read my post yet???
Leave me a comment!!!!!
http://charlenesshantyshack.wordpress.com/
April 13, 2007 at 9:48 am
She deserves a standing ovation for that. NO ONE has ever delinked the idiots over at Roosh and Company.
April 13, 2007 at 9:48 am
When I think Brunch Bird, I think someone woke up one day and realized hey had some common sense.
April 13, 2007 at 9:49 am
I left a comment you little twit.
April 13, 2007 at 9:49 am
Brunch Bird is probably making a nest to trap enemies of One Brain. She’s a journalist and trained to be sneaky. She just wants a member of the Comment Response Team (TM) to call her and spill the beans.
April 13, 2007 at 9:50 am
How long will it take for the members of the Brain to start delinking Brunch Bird and to stop reading her blog? They do it to everyone, let’s see how long this takes.
April 13, 2007 at 9:50 am
I got to go hit the crack pipe. Back in a flash!
April 13, 2007 at 9:51 am
Can we review who is in One Brain and who is in Comment Response Team?
April 13, 2007 at 9:51 am
At least One Brain will always have Roissy and that single mom who posts nude pics all over the web.
April 13, 2007 at 9:52 am
Oh, they won’t delink her nor will they stop reading her blog. She works for WaPo or whatever Rob said, they will kiss her ass for the rest of time.
April 13, 2007 at 9:52 am
They won’t ever stop sucking up to BB, she’s their ticket into media, at least they all think she is. I wonder if she realized that she made friends with liars and backstabbers.
April 13, 2007 at 9:53 am
oh, Desperate beat me to it. Nod to Desperate.
April 13, 2007 at 9:54 am
Bigger Bitch Than You
Smaller Bitch
Big Head Rob
Cindy Salad
Racy
Hostess
Desperate Housewives
Charlene Smith-Tilton
Pagan
Dr. Bombay
Betty Booper
Fishlips
One Brain
Indira Gandhi
April 13, 2007 at 10:00 am
Charlene, I just sent you a VIP email, please read it! It has the instructions on how to give your cat the diabetes medicine!
April 13, 2007 at 10:00 am
Affiliate members
Sparkles Anonymous
AUA
OG Party Chick
Evil Andrew
You Got Served
April 13, 2007 at 10:01 am
I don’t get how the one brain is part of the comment response team? I thought that the one brain WAS the other side?
April 13, 2007 at 10:02 am
Got it! That’s some crazy stuff!!
April 13, 2007 at 10:02 am
Wait a second, do we lay claim to AUA and Sparkles Anonymous? I’m not sure we do. They are wafflers. Though I would prefer to have them, they do seem smartie pants and took this in good fun.
April 13, 2007 at 10:03 am
Roosh
VK
Kathryn
Travel Bitch
Candy Sandwich
ArJewTino
I Now Pronounce You
April 13, 2007 at 10:04 am
Now you understand the whole thing right? How to give the medicine? How people think that they are giving one medicine when really they give another? How people give medicine, then forget a year later that they gave the medicine and that the person they gave the medicine to will remember exactly what they gave them so they could tell someone like a doctor or, I don’t know, the police.
April 13, 2007 at 10:04 am
We’ve always loved her. Some of Roosh’s friends have been spreading hatred about her and AUA on this site and elsewhere.
April 13, 2007 at 10:05 am
Yes, but Travel Bitch is only part of that because of her repeated attacks on Velvet. She has no mind of her own, obviously.
April 13, 2007 at 10:05 am
I understand it all!!! Got to move to my hot tub.
April 13, 2007 at 10:06 am
That was Roosh? Holy Christ on a stick. AUA and Roosh are known enemies. Kathryn and Sparkles are also known enemies.
April 13, 2007 at 10:07 am
Charlene, can you write me back? I tried to call again, same issue. Busy. Your phone is BUSY!
April 13, 2007 at 10:08 am
Of course it was Roosh. It’s well documented how he hates and humiliates AUA. I applaud AUA for standing up to VK today and telling VK that VK is full of shit. AUA has real balls. VK thinks that he can say whatever he wants and people will believe it.
April 13, 2007 at 10:30 am
I agree. AUA likes to do drive by’s on blogs and scream, “you are an asshole!” You can’t not love that.
April 13, 2007 at 11:22 am
I’m not picked for any team… reminds me of middle school…
April 13, 2007 at 4:34 pm
SWEET! SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve never been on any team before! This makes up for those 7 hellish years in high school gym class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 13, 2007 at 5:03 pm
We are happy to have you Dr. Bombay. Do you like your team? Or do you want to be with the One Brainers?
April 13, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Wait, 7 years in high school? Were you on the VK plan?
April 13, 2007 at 5:35 pm
Ha ha!
April 13, 2007 at 6:36 pm
I kept fialing gym class because I couldn’t do enough chin ups to pass the President’s Committee on Physical Fitness Challenge. So I got held back.
Eventually, they let me do the flexed-arm hang like the girls do. It only took me a year to get that one right.
Bujt yeah–everyone on our team gets their own brain, right? So this is clearly the better team to be on.
April 13, 2007 at 6:54 pm
Peter has also been approved for membership in the Comment Response Team (TM). We await his response regarding his membership.
April 13, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Peter was approved for membership based on the fact that he has his own brain.
April 13, 2007 at 6:56 pm
We’ve also received an application from View From Dupont for membership. She’s realized that she has her own brain recently. We will be reviewing her application shortly.
April 13, 2007 at 6:56 pm
Dr. Bombay sounds like a great addition. Besides, he’s a doctor!
April 13, 2007 at 7:04 pm
The Comment Response Team (TM) will need Dr. Bombay’s medical attention should any of VK’s STDs can be caught via blog traffic.
April 13, 2007 at 7:04 pm
DCeiver is writing for Huffington Post now.
April 13, 2007 at 7:05 pm
I appreciate the approval, but is this a fixed-rate membership or an adjustable-rate membership? I’d hate to lose control of my brain later because I can’t keep up with the payments.
April 13, 2007 at 7:10 pm
You create your own membership rates with the Comment Response Team (TM) Peter. There are no dues or initiation challenges you must accomplish. Come and go as you please. If you lose control of your brain, a counselor will help your regain the control. Individual self-control over thoughts and actions is a prereq of the CMT (TM).
April 13, 2007 at 7:10 pm
DCeiver is now writing for Huffington Post.
April 13, 2007 at 7:14 pm
I’m a proctologist, though. I’ll only be able to diagnose VK’s STDs if their in your ass.
Oh, wait. . .
April 13, 2007 at 7:17 pm
As a former patient of Dr. Bombay and a future applicant of the Comment Response Team, I can attest to Dr. Bombay’s expert skill as a proctologist. He gently handles and cures all sorts of anal diseases.
I’ve given him Roosh’s home address and have faith that the magnificent Dr. Bombay can do something about Roosh’s anal worts. Others have failed, but with the right medication and a steady hand, Dr. Bombay will fix it!
April 13, 2007 at 7:22 pm
I think Mereujo from Church of the Big Sky may be another great addition to the Comment Response Team ™ .
April 13, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Maybe I’ll park my Free Prostate Exam Van outside Busboys and Poets this weekend and give him the chance to pop in.
I just hope he shaves first. I’ll be double gloving it either way.
April 13, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Dr. Bombay, 9 of our 10 regular weekend volunteers just phoned to say they would not be assisting at the mobile proctology clinic this weekend. They said something about Roosh’s stench being too much for them to stomach.
I haven’t heard back from the last volunteer, that chainsmoking single mom who posts nude pics of herself all over the nets. She may be working at a truck stop right now.
April 13, 2007 at 7:39 pm
It’s ok–we’ll just call in those teenagers from the “at risk kids” program to help out. Most of them have no choice since they work in the Free Prostate Exam Van as part of their probabion arangement.
Don’t call that one that stole the Prostate Exam Van’s radio, though. He can stay at the office and do filing.
April 13, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I meant probation, not “probabion.” I just finished my first exam of the morning and my hands are still a little slick.
April 13, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Dr. B, we just got a call on our “Intervention line.” There’s been a request from the Mayor’s office to examine VK’s anus for disease this weekend and to spray down ArJewTino.
Do you think you and your team will have the time for those MAJOR procedures or will cleaning Roosh’s ass take the whole weekend? Let me know so I can call the Mayor’s liason back.
April 13, 2007 at 7:53 pm
Clinic Scheduler, tell the mayor that if we’re going to take on that kind of workload this weekend, we’ll need a lot more at-risk-kids. If he can get us another 15-20 from the hafway houses and public schools, they can take over the shaving and spraying operation.
The kids who’ve worked with us for a few weeks can help me with the exams, and the most advanced ones can take over freezing off Roosh’s anal worts (once the little kids have shaved him).
Minimum age of 8, though–that fire hose is hard to handle.
Ok. Time to see my paying patients so I can continue to finance all my charity work in the Free Prostate Exam Van.
April 13, 2007 at 9:29 pm
I will contribute a basket of pansies for all of the at-risk kids who are contributing to the Free Prostate Exam Van effort. Please, Coordinator, be sure that no non at-risk public school kids receive any of the pansies.
Kisses,
BHR
April 14, 2007 at 5:10 am
Rob, we don’t allow non-at-risk kids in the Free Prostate Exam Van, no matter what kind of school they go to. Non-at-risk-kids can pursue proctology on their own time, but at-risk kids don’t get the same opportunities.
I’m sure our current crew will appreciate the pansies, though! They don’t get a lot of flowers in the PJs.
The Free Prostate Exam Van will be parked across the street from Busboys and Poets tomorrow. Just look for the tan van with the plates that say “ASSVAN.”
April 14, 2007 at 6:21 am
Great idea with the boycott happy hour logo and text. There’s no need to get rude and personal on the internet. I’m going to put it on my blog right this second.
April 14, 2007 at 6:35 am
I put the boycott banner up on my blog! Let’s see who else has the guts to take a stand for something.
April 14, 2007 at 6:55 am
[...] where you have added the banner, so that we can add you to the growing list of boycotters. Already, Best DC Blog, one of the most popular new venues in the city, has joined the coalition. More to come… [...]
April 14, 2007 at 6:56 am
An update on the boycott:
http://bigheaddc.com/2007/04/13/in-solidarity-bhdc-joins-the-blogger-happy-hour-boycott/
April 14, 2007 at 7:02 am
Great post, Robbie! You’re really showing people that you are a stand-up guy.
April 14, 2007 at 7:11 am
Charlene, I’ve added you to the list.
April 14, 2007 at 7:14 am
Thank you, Rob! You are such an asset to the local blog community. Some say you’re its heart and soul.
April 14, 2007 at 7:14 am
If the hostess would ever show up again, maybe she’ll post it too. Can you send her an email, Rob?
April 14, 2007 at 7:15 am
I do care about making this community work, and it seems to be in the dirt right now. That’s not snazzy or sexy.
April 14, 2007 at 7:15 am
E-mail sent.
April 14, 2007 at 7:22 am
I hope she’s ok and didn’t O.D. on all her hard partying!
April 14, 2007 at 7:35 am
Looks like BBTY has put the boycott thing on her blog too.
April 14, 2007 at 8:09 am
I hope Peter will put the boycott banner on his awesome blog.
April 14, 2007 at 5:36 pm
Wow… I had far too much work to do tonight. I thought I’d have a chance to hang out here, but there was too much news. Stupid stuff-happening world.
Anyway… I think boycotting something I’ve never been to would be disingenuous. However, I had thought about going to an HH until all this happened, and now I wouldn’t, so I’m with you all in spirit.
April 14, 2007 at 7:37 pm
I’ve only ever been to the uber-quiet Blogger Happy Hours. Less intimidating for those of us who are 40-something, fat, and slow!
But they’ve been pretty cool in their quiet geekitude – that’s how I got to first meet Frank Warren of PostSecret. One night, he brought a tin box of some secrets never posted. Now Frank has his publisher send me advance copies of his books, which is pretty freakin’ cool.
April 14, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Damn. I used a smiley. Will someone please smack me?
April 14, 2007 at 7:59 pm
Further thoughts…
http://orvetti.typepad.com/lads/2007/04/the_saturday_mo.html
April 14, 2007 at 9:09 pm
That’s very cool Mereujo. I wouldn’t mind going to a happy hour like that. Somehow, however, I doubt Roosh will send you an advance copy of his self-published book.
April 14, 2007 at 11:28 pm
But without the Blogger Happy Hours, whose Juicy Couture will be get to admire?
April 15, 2007 at 12:45 am
I’m at Busboys and Poets RIGHT NOW. Roosh is here “talking blog writing.” Where is Dr. Bombay and his mobile prostate clinic? Roosh wants a spray down!
April 15, 2007 at 1:00 am
Merujo, those are not the same happy hours. These are the “Player Happy Hours” hosted by VK and Roosh. Both are sexist, have stalked bloggers, are homophobic, and have been racist. They have outed bloggers – ask V – and that is unforgivable. VK made a mistake with that e-mail he posted, and we ALL know it. Join the boycott, if only in spirit.
April 15, 2007 at 1:25 am
Sorry, my van–our mobile hours are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. only. Once we’re done for the day, I come back to my office to do paper work and let the at-ris-kid who did the best work for the day take the van to visit his baby mammas in various parts of the city.
Little fucker’s overdue to be back. . .
April 15, 2007 at 2:43 am
We are her fans. WE are her readers. We want to go to a party with her, but not as long as we fear for our safety and fear we will be outed by the sexist, homophobic, and violent Roosh & VK. How can we enjoy ourselves while we fear them?
April 15, 2007 at 5:48 am
Sorry I missed you, Big Doc! Are you operating the clinic tomorrow in front of Busboys and Poets?
April 15, 2007 at 6:14 am
No, the current Mrs. Bombay is a born-again and wont let me work on Sundays. And mobile hours in the Free Prostate Exam Van are only Wednesdays and Saturdays.
April 15, 2007 at 6:57 am
Can you recommend a substitute clinic, Dr. B? We found a chigger on Roosh’s scrotum this afternoon after he finished his weekly shit. We ran into the Busboys and Poets bathroom, where he was still on the john, after we heard him screaming. None of us are brave enough to touch it.
April 15, 2007 at 10:24 am
Hello everyone! I’m back from vacay. It looks like you amped up the partying. This latest front in the blog war is really crazy!
Please don’t forget to add Evil Andrew to the Comments Team.
Is anyone out there tonight?
April 15, 2007 at 10:37 am
OK, to get caught up I’ve read the following blogs and comment sections:
BBTY
BHDC
This one
VK
KassyK
Roosh
Peter
Charlene
Is there anything I missed?
Also, Racy was wondering, what exactly are the duties and responsibilities of the Comment Response Team TM? It sounds like a very important job.
April 15, 2007 at 1:25 pm
By the way, wasn’t there some sort of Best DC Blog vote that ended this evening? Just askin’.
April 15, 2007 at 10:39 pm
Anyone around on this rainy Sunday afternoon?
April 15, 2007 at 10:48 pm
Hey, I’m being monitored.
April 15, 2007 at 10:49 pm
I mean “moderated.” Ignore that last comment.
April 15, 2007 at 11:05 pm
I’m here, if anyone is around today.
I’m dying to see what happens next.
April 15, 2007 at 11:16 pm
I’m here too! Cleaning my shanty shack while the maid takes the day off and checking blogs at the same time.
Are you going to put the boycott logo up Hostess? Solidarity.
April 15, 2007 at 11:31 pm
Racy will be putting up the banner shortly. She is not allowed to blog until I finish my homework, which I am procrastinating now. I’ve been out of town and I am very behind.
April 15, 2007 at 11:32 pm
Homework? For your writing course? Why don’t you post the homework questions here, and we can all help you find the answers!
April 15, 2007 at 11:34 pm
I can’t believe everything that went down last week. Can you give me your assessment? I need details.
April 15, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Interestingly enough, I am writing a scene about conflict. A timely topic.
April 15, 2007 at 11:49 pm
The short version is this- BBTY & Smaller Bitch decided to out INPY as a fake. They wrote one of their typical bitchy and funny posts the topic. VK, who’s known INPY for how long, used it as an excuse to reignite his hatred of Smaller Bitch. VK posted smaller bitch’s and BBTY’s real names and phone numbers online and accused Velvet of making Kathryn parody blogs and of being 37. Roosh jumped in too, posting emails that Velvet and BBTY sent him on VK’s site. Some of that has been taken down now.
Rob got involved and whispers started circulating about something pysically violent that Roosh and VK did to Rob. VK and Roosh then suddenly backed off of the bitches.
A group of people got together and decided that enough was enough. They’d had their fill of Roosh and VK’s physical aggression, homophobia, sexism, and racism. They started the boycott of the happy hours.
The boycott is important because it lets people know that the happy hours are not inclusive and that VK and Roosh are not the leaders of the blogosphere. It shows that we don’t support what they did to Velvet and to BBTY, outing their personal details and phone numbers on the internet and making up lies about them.
April 15, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Have you been to a happy hour? Do you actually know any of these people in person? They don’t act like people I would want to know.
Are there parody blogs of Kathryn? Where?
April 16, 2007 at 12:56 am
I’ve been to about five of the happy hours. I went to a couple of them when dcist used to host them and to maybe two of Kathryn’s old happy hours. Yes, she does take attendance. As soon as she writes down your name, she points you in the direction of someone she thinks you need to meet or talk to. I went to one of Roosh’s happy hours and vowed never to go again. If I can’t even talk about my blog, what’s the point of going? I have a lot of friends I can go and drink with and talk about nonblog stuff.
I think all of the Kathryn parody blogs have been yanked. One was called Egomaniac DC. If you Google it, you may find something but I think they’re long gone.
April 16, 2007 at 2:55 am
I agree. I thought at first that it would be fun to go. Kathryn said I should just show up and say I was just a reader, or pretend to be one of her friends. I replied that I would probably get drunk and want to confess to everyone about writing Thong Speed. (I know no one gives a fuck about who I am but I still can’t afford the risk.) I was told that no one talks about their blogs, and it was suggested that I had no social skills if that is what I wanted to talk about at the happy hour.
I’m with you. I have tons of friends and a full social calender. If the happy hours aren’t an opportunity to discuss my blogging and writing hobbies with like-minded people, why would I go?
April 16, 2007 at 3:10 am
That’s what I like about this site. We talk about blogs. We learn about new blogs and new bloggers (Hi Peter!). We shamelessly promote our own sites, and that’s okay. No one cares about the contests- people come here for the comment section. Those losers don’t get it.
April 16, 2007 at 3:13 am
I agree and I agree. BDCB wasn’t the same while you were on vacay. Don’t ever take one again!
I’m taking a nap. All this cleaning makes me sleepy.
April 16, 2007 at 3:26 am
Thanks, that’s so sweet! Maybe Rob will show up tonight and stir things up.
April 16, 2007 at 3:52 am
My first happy hour was the huge one at Mackey’s in early 2006, and silly me I thought they were all that big and fun. I met some good friends there, including the blogger who is now my SO. Mostly I have been to Rob G’s HH/Meetup since then, since he would have them at Pharaoh’s which is about 10 steps from my door, but I went to one or two of Kathryn’s also.
If the scene is high schoolian, Rob G’s were like the drama/math club/etc kids, who may be less cool on the face of it but who have the more eclectic people who think more and so are more interesting to talk to–and, once you get to know them, are by far the more adventurous crowd.
Kathryn and them are what we called at my high school the J. Crew. They had a club, too, the meetings of which were covers for drinking/drug parties. The conversations were about what happened last time they got drunk and what would happen this time and inside jokes and who liked who and who didn’t like who anymore and blah blah blah blah. If you’re on the inside I’m sure it’s tons of fun and if you’re on the outside it’s fun to dis, but whichever side of the line you’re on, which crowd does one get more out of by the end of the day?
I thought this blog was one of the latter type, I hafta say, but it seems like a more complex place than that. Again, no idea how I got on here, but I’m glad to have another interesting place to add to my RSS feed.
April 16, 2007 at 4:31 am
Hi techne! Thank you for the information. We always stress that all are welcome here. We are very inclusive, unless someone is impersonating or threatening us. (It’s happened!) Since very few of us know each other in real life, we aren’t clique-y. I hope you will come back often and join the conversation. Most of what we say is meant to be ironic, but sometimes we digress into plain old silliness. I like the banter because it keeps my sense of humor limber and warms me up for other writing. There is some real wit around here, but some people seem to not get it.
April 16, 2007 at 4:38 am
techne, those were some very good gossips.
April 16, 2007 at 4:46 am
They were?? To specify, my description of the parties above were of those at MY high school. I have absolutely no gossips that you all don’t already have about DC bloggers!
Although I do have my guesses about who authors this blog, I understand it’s a mystery?
April 16, 2007 at 4:47 am
from Thong Speed Monday, October 03, 2005
More Postmodernism & the Blog Wars
What is bothersome about the “blog wars” between Adam, DCB, Kathryn, and MM is that they aren’t really “blog” wars.
These bloggers know each other. They dine together, call each other, go out together. They date each other and each other’s friends. There are pics of them hanging hard during happier times. It’s all in the archives of the blogs involved. (I happily confess to be a long time blog lurker from the days of KAC and the Washington Socialites.)
In other words, they are not only bloggers, they are what most of us call “friends”. Friends who put all their personal business on the web for the world to read. I don’t know who started it or who fanned the flames, but because the medium, the blog, is intrinsically postmodern, the interpersonal disagreement also enters the postmodern realm.
These are real life squabbles playing out on the internet.
In the past, hurtful words would be hurled in person, penned in a letter, or even typed in an email. But instead of simply using words, these warriors are using the publicity, defamation, and posterity offered by the internet as their weapons of choice, thus taking the fight to a whole new level.
This is a particularly clique-y faction of the DC Blogosphere, which is understandable, because they are all acquainted in real life. But there are those of us outside the circle who are tuned in to the drama like a bad soap opera plot. In fact, it would be a lot less interesting if this were fiction. I’m reminded of Will and Grace listening at the air conditioning vent; what draws our fascination is knowing that these are real people airing their dirty laundry and real relationships that are at stake.
There is a discourse about them in addition to the discourse among them. There is a whole Wiki timeline on the subject that anyone can contribute to. This post is also part of that discourse.
But more interesting, can we take this argument full circle? Did the medium, the blog, make its own contribution to how things played out? You could make a strong case that the anonymity, the psychic distance between the participants, and the attention (and attention-mongering) from the peanut gallery all converged to escalate the “war”.
April 16, 2007 at 4:51 am
Who’s Rob G???? Techne?????
Also, Techne, are you French? You look like a French girl I know.
April 16, 2007 at 4:53 am
It is indeed a “sweet” mystery. No one is sure, but we are impressed, and very grateful for the playground it has become.
April 16, 2007 at 4:56 am
You can be absolutely certain that this blog is not written by me, Pagan, Racy or Evil Andrew. If we were behind it, why wouldn’t we just create a Hostess type character in WordPress?
April 16, 2007 at 5:02 am
Rob G is Rob Goodspeed.
April 16, 2007 at 5:04 am
Rob Goodspeed.
Non, Who?. I know two sentences in French which I learned for a brief trip I took there in the fall of 2002:
-Pardon.
-Oui, je suis Americenne(sp?), mais je deteste George Bush aussi.
April 16, 2007 at 5:05 am
Forgive my ignorance. Is Rob G from the DCist?
April 16, 2007 at 5:10 am
Rob Goodspeed was with dcist. I don’t think he is anymore. He’s moved on to bigger and better things. Robbie C is friends with him, I think.
April 16, 2007 at 5:11 am
I want to add what a welcome addition Teche is to our parties! She is sexy!
April 16, 2007 at 5:17 am
Most sexy indeed. And bright.
April 16, 2007 at 5:19 am
blush, y’all!
April 16, 2007 at 5:24 am
BTW, Techne, we use the term “gossips” loosely around here. Very tongue in cheek.
April 16, 2007 at 5:31 am
Everyone is moving upstairs. Anyone in the mood for some VIRTUAL party favors?
April 16, 2007 at 5:33 am
I’d like 4 or 5 hits of X. They’re not as strong as they used to be. Going upstairs!
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April 16, 2007 at 6:15 pm
The happy hours techne mentioned – Rob G’s at Pharaohs (now at Regional Food & Drink) are the ones I go to, when my schedule allows me some time off. Really mellow, nice people.
Could someone shut off the friggin’ wind, by the way? At this rate, there will be no trees left in my neighborhood by this afternoon.
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