JIB Awards -- initial voting is over

The first round -- for me, the final round -- is over at the JIB Awards. As you can see from the screencap (below) of the unverified results, I finished last in Humor Group A, with 12 votes, but just barely behind the next two, with 13 and 14 votes. I did finish ahead of a couple of blogs in the other groups, for whatever that's worth. And I guess the consolation is that four of the top five humor blogs overall were in Group A, so the butt kicking I was given looked even worse that it was.

Anyway, thank you to anyone who voted for me. Thank you to Soccer Dad for having nominated me in the first place. Thank you to my competition for not spiking the ball in the end zone. And please go over there and vote for the worthy blogs in the next round.

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Attention JIB Award visitors (Bumped)

FINAL BUMP

Rather than keep my "Pillage Idiot cheat sheet" at the top, I'm going to stop bumping it. You can check it by clicking here. It's got links to a bunch of posts that you, as a new visitor, might want to read if you're thinking of voting for me, or even if you just want to get a feel for the blog.

I'm stopping here to keep this a short post, and I'll bump it to the top instead.

Sunday (final voting day) update: Today's the last day for voting in the first round. Since I'm in last place with 12 votes (my profound thanks to the 11 of you who voted for me), this is it for me. In case you haven't voted yet and feel like doing so, you might be able to move me ahead of the next two lowest ranking blogs, who have only 13 and 14 votes, not that I'm asking for your vote.

THURSDAY EVENING UPDATE: Thanks to several readers, I now have nine votes, one ahead of last place, one behind sixth place. Please read what I wrote in the previous update, not that I'm asking for your vote.

I've noticed, by the way, that in the Humor B and C groupings, there are a couple of people worse off than I am. I've also noticed that all the blogs labeled "MATURE" in the original nomination list are at or near the bottom. Maybe, contrary to my original thought on the matter, it was actually the kiss of death to be labeled. (On the other hand, it just could be that we "mature" blogs suck major eggs.)

WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE: I told you I wouldn't ask you to vote for me, and I won't, but as of right now, I'm in last (eighth) place, only two votes behind sixth place, and it wouldn't take much to avoid total humiliation, not that I'm asking for your vote.

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JIB Awards -- Pillage Idiot cheat sheet (with updates)

BUMPED again for updates. (Scroll down for regular programming.)

Click here if you feel like voting for me. For the record, I'm getting my butt kicked pretty badly already.

UPDATE: As of 7:30 p.m. EDT on Monday, April 23, I'm running dead last with three votes. Serves me right.

UPDATE: As of 12:30 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 24, I'm still dead last, only I now have four votes. Technically, it's possible to vote for myself again, but that would be truly demeaning. Thank you to my three voters. Funny, but this seems to prove me right that this is not a humor blog at all. I'm actually relieved.

Now that I'm starting to get referrals from my listing at the JIB Awards site, I probably should give you a little cheat sheet. There may be two or three people who aren't already familiar with Pillage Idiot.

This isn't really a humor blog at all. As I've said, I'm just the guy in the back of your sixth grade class who shouts out an occasional wisecrack, solely to get attention.

But you've obviously come here for humor, so I'll try to oblige. Let me offer you my cheat sheet, which, as you'll see, is a bunch of links to selected posts in certain categories, in reverse chronological order.

And just let me say this again: "I don't deserve the honor, so I won't ask you to vote for me. But if you're so inclined, I promise not to give you a wedgie if you do. I'll be too busy getting my butt kicked."

Photo comics

Bill Clinton grabs some contributions for Hillary

Hillary responds to Kate Michelman

Hillary begins a conversation

When Harry dissed Nancy

Ned Lamont kicks into high gear


General stuff

My conversation with Julie at Amtrak

Top ten signs that Sen. Allen's mother is Jewish

Fish story

What's that smell?

EXCLUSIVE: Pillage Idiot interviews the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

The official "Is Josh Bolten Jewish?" post

President Cleavage, Part 2

The four stages of kitniot


A few serious posts (which is not why you're here)

Looking for bias in all the wrong places

The hidden Jewish vote

Jew in America

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JIB Awards -- Me, a nominee?

I got an email over the weekend.

This email informed me that I could enlarge my, um, brain by three inches. But that's not the one I want to tell you about.

I also got an email informing me that I had been nominated for a JIB award. JIB stands for Jewish and Israeli Blogs. I had been nominated in the category of Best Humor Blog. This puzzled me, because I don't really do humor. I'm just the guy in the back of your sixth grade class who shouts out an occasional wisecrack, solely to get attention. But who am I to turn down a nomination, right? The downside is that now the pressure's on me to be funny, and I don't feel very funny right about now.

The most amusing thing about this situation is that Pillage Idiot is listed at the JIB award site with the warning "MATURE Content" next to it. If you've ever seen my Pillage Idiot Advisory System, you'll know that my content isn't mature -- it's immature. But I figure the MATURE Content warning may actually work to my advantage. If you're looking for humor blogs, and one of them says MATURE Content, which is the first one you're going to check out? Hmmm?

The voting opens on Sunday, April 22, and I'll probably have an update then, or just bump this post. I don't deserve the honor, so I won't ask you to vote for me. But if you're so inclined, I promise not to give you a wedgie if you do.

I'll be too busy getting my butt kicked.

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