Now that polls are closed, we may drop the facade of the bombastic competitors, and reveal our true selves, the gracious sportsmen you see before you.
Gleeson Bloglomerate spent yesterday and today inching, inching towards recovering from the huge blow we were dealt on Saturday morning. Just minutes before the polls were to close, we squeaked past the top blog to end up with the most votes! This is obviously heartening news. But we won’t declare victory, not yet. These votes have to be scrutinized and certified by the contest management before they’re official. We’d look right silly doing our end-zone dance just as the trophy is being handed to “Sharp as a Marble,” wouldn’t we? (Besides which, we don’t do end-zone dances. It’s not the Sportsman’s Way.)
Speaking of Sharp as a Marble, Robb has one fine-looking blog. And his whole “Hehmetrics” meter is inspired genius. We have added Sharp as a Marble to our blogroll.
Another recent addition is Cranky Neocon. Gordon’s sublime wit is well worth the price of admission. His unearthing of the “Moonbat sweatshop scandal” had us in stitches.
Whoever wins, we would like to thank these two gentlemen for being such worthy competitors. The overblown rhetoric, and the barbs and slanders we traded amongst one another, were all in good fun. We will also thank Dan, Preston, and Beth, who joined in the fray to hilarious effect.
Next we would like to thank each and every person who voted in this contest. Especially the ones who voted for us, sure, but not only those. The ones who voted for other blogs made it fun and challenging, just like that crafty Kevin Aylward plotted all along.
Most of all, many thanks go out to Kevin Aylward, Suzy Rice, and the volunteers whose names we don’t know, for putting this contest together. Thank you from the Gleeson family!
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