The ears are ordered according to how well they finished in the poll. The parentheticals indicate their order in the initial quiz.
1. Barack Obama - 24% (Ear 4)
2. Katee Sackhoff, aka Starbuck from Battlestar Galactica - 18% (Ear 7)
3. John Edwards - 16% (Ear 8)
4. Chris Dodd - 12% (Ear 5)
5. Dennis Kucinich - 10% (Ear 6)
6. Mike Gravel - 9% (Ear 2)
7. Joe Biden - 8% (Ear 3)
8. Bill Richardson - 4% (Ear 1)
At first glance the results are good news for Obama. He's got a great ear. Youthful and sprightly. (Dennis Kucinich's ear is a pale imitation.)
But Obama wasn't competing with Hillary. (Many of you mistook Katee's ear for Hillary's. Unfortunately the Clinton campaign would not grant clearance on a closeup of her ear.) So is Obama's victory here hollow?
I can't help but think of West Virginia's 4'11" Mary Lou Retton vaulting to gold at the '84 Olympics. I loved Mary Lou Retton and wanted to be inspired by her gold - but the Soviets had boycotted the games. Sure she beat Ecaterina Szabo (Romania's Katee Sackhoff). But did Retton really deserve the cover of Wheaties? It's kind of like Tom Harkin winning the '92 Iowa Caucuses when no one else competed.
Or am I being hyper-critical?
Moving on ... John Edwards persistence is paying off, though you'd think for $400 they could clean up around the ears! Sheesh!
Chris Dodd has a nice meaty lobe. Is that the reason for his surprisingly strong finish? Or is it the publicity behind his moving his whole family, including two small kids, to Iowa? If all else fails, his misadventure might make for a riveting C-SPAN reality series. "In Dodd We Trust"? "Dodd and Country"? Or maybe even a sitcom. Eva Gabor's not around. But maybe Zsa Zsa can play Mrs. Dodd?
Mike Gravel has been a great tonic to the campaign. He's no nuisance, rather the supreme campaign gadfly - keeping the rest of them as honest as possible. His ear is too greasy, though. The shine is distracting. I'd recommend a Clinique astringent or exfoliant. (I would have recommended Kiehl's, but they stopped sending me free stuff.)
Joe Biden would have done better, but his ear is out of focus.
I'm happy to report that Bill Richardson (aka "My Big Fat New Mexico Governor") finished dead last. Sorry, but I'm not a fan. I visited Santa Fe for Thanksgiving three years ago and wrote him a long handwritten note afterward giving my impressions. He never wrote back. This is no small slight, considering I hawked his crapass salsa at the '04 convention, even mentioning it on Larry King Live. (Yes, Richardson slapped his face on jars of salsa.) I won't be returning to Santa Fe anytime soon. It's a beautiful city but the governor who resides there is very impolite. So take your Nambé and shove it in your last place ear!
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Krakovia is coming back to clean tomorrow. I'll be at Dr. Saguaro's when she lets herself in. What cleaning solution should I leave in the bathroom for the floor? Please advise.
Reader Comments ( Page 4 of 5)
46.
YO FINN. We can make plans to caulk some stuff, eat sushi and go to
disneyland, However I do prefer seaworld or the zoo.
I have seen OFFICE SPACE many times. It's a classic .
Anyways, if you can stop caulking for a minute, watch
Heroes tonight. Love Ya,
. FINN/Ralph Cramden/Marsha 08
marsha beckerman at 11:44PM on Oct 29th 2007
47. OMG... I almost forgot! HEROES!!
Thanks Marsha! You're a life saver, a real hero!
What's your secret power, anyway? Stealing people's hearts?
I think you already know mine...
FINN/Beckerman 'my dreams tonight
"Mo's Love Shack, baby that's where it's at!"
FINN at 12:18AM on Oct 30th 2007
48. Great episode!
HRG has certainly sealed his fate by committing murder.
Clair too is now dabbling in the dark side with her new flying friend...
I thought Hiro said one should not use one's powers for personal gain... it's against the Hero code!
Of course, I'd use my power if it meant a chance to meet you, Marsha.
The boy who could fly/Cheerleader '08
"Save Beckerman, save the world!"
FINN at 11:57AM on Oct 30th 2007
49.
Good Morning,
Yea Heroes sure had a lot of excitement last night. I don't know why HRG killed that guy, He could have just wiped out his mind and still got the paintings. When claire's dad finds out about her fly boy toy she is in deep S--T. What is up with hiro? It is time for him to leave. Unless he can't. the last episode didn't make sense to me.
I may have to kill one of my cats. She is driving me crazy. She starts whinning at 7;00 and won"t quit. My cat book tells me to ignore her, but I feel like throwing her out the window, So I end up feeding them and she shuts up. Alot of noises make me crazy and her voice is one of them. My other cat doesn't bother me. I really feel guilty.
The only solution is earplugs. FINN you really make me blush!!!!
It would be really cool to meet you sometime. At least you are not
New York with MO and the guys. Have you been to San Diego?
I love it here. Much Better than Detroit. As long as I can
remember I always wanted to come to California. My entire family
Moved out here in 1980, they are all over the state now. But my
kids live here. Enough about me what's up with you?
You are really sweet, cute and funny. You , JG and Blaze are quite a
team . well see ya later. Love Ya FINN/Hiro 08
marsha beckerman at 1:16PM on Oct 30th 2007
50. So, I went to Spain to try and find out what happened to Miguel and it turns out he came back to the blog! we must havve just missed each other.
Also, I find out I belong to a lazy generation with pants down my ankles--and I don't even wear pants so this makes it harder.
My parents belonged to the greatest generation--that has a better ring to it.
Andrea at 4:00PM on Oct 30th 2007
51. In my best Dr. Evil voice,
"The details of my life are rather inconsequential..."
I came to California by way of Chicago in aught-one.
I enjoy the gentleman's games of golf and poker, however I do not smoke cigars.
I am a business/computer consultant but I have recently been exploring voice-over work and comedy writing. What? You think that's funny??
I work hard (7 days a week), play hard (7 nights a week), and I lay cau...um... on second thought, I better not say that! Save some of that for the sequel, right?
I have driven through San Diego but never spent much time there. When I get some time off from work, I really should come down there and check out Sea World or the SD Zoo.
And Marsha, there is no one I would rather "Sea World" with than you!
As for Hiro, he stayed to help correct history after interfering with it but instead he has just messed up the situation more by falling into a love triangle with Kensei and the swordsmith's daughter. (Kind of like the love triangle between you, me, and Giza - ha, just kidding!) History must correct itself before he may return!
Hiro/Yaeko(swordsmith's daughter - ahem, that's you Marsha) '08
P.S. - Remind me to show you my autographed Heroes Season 1 poster sometime!
FINN at 4:24PM on Oct 30th 2007
52. I know I am late in my comment today, for that I apologize and put full blame on my Blackberry, which I dropped in the sink today at work. :( I guess its time for me to get a new phone, i'm thinking of the dash. Im a Mac snob, but I think those little Windows Mobile smartphones are neat. Anyone have one?
On to commenting...
1. Finn + Marsha = Awwwwwwwww ;)
2. Mo honey, the 'Jacqueline better be done with the bikini' thing BETTER have meant because its getting kinda cold outside here on the east coast!!! :-P
3. BFF Blayze. all because of YOU I am now a rather huge fan of LolCats. I NEED MORE LolCats!!! So get on the making new pictures.
Lastly...
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/10/25/i-found-pills-and-ate-them/
http://icanhascheezburger.com/2007/10/23/cant-talk-now-waitin-for-da-skoo-bus/
Jacqueline at 4:27PM on Oct 30th 2007
53.
HI again>
I don't understand why you would say your life is inconsequential.
life is just a journey and it's great that you know you are on the
way to what you want to do.
I am sure you are well suited for voice-over and comedy writing.
I really enjoy what you write on the blog.
WE have alot on common {not} You work and play hard I am
bonafide slacker. I had to quit my job at the county because my
pushed me over the edge so I quit. I was a Social Worker, my boss
was a
a Lt In the Vietnamese Army. He was a micromanaging Drill Sgt.
I wanted to wait til he retired but I would have ended up in the
real Looney bin. My sister always asks me when I will do something
productive. To her this means a job. However last year I had
breast cancer. I spent the year in treatments . I finished everthing
in june. So I am just living and blogging, going to movies, eating
sushi anad hanging out. So your life is not inconsequential. Also
as you can see I know very little about computers. Until the blog
entered my life I had not typed since college. I just discovered the
shift key recently. Sad huh. I have had fun writing you and I think
you would like San Diego.
Love Ya House is on tonight. I am a tv addict in the
evening. I guess you have better things to do. So like I said we are
opposites. I do love comedy and follow many comedians.
marsha beckerman at 5:02PM on Oct 30th 2007
54. I'd just like to share that tonight (right now) is Trick-or-Treat in my town. Im sitting on he porch right now watching parents walk their little Paris Hilton dressed kids around my town. (Yes, i've seen a 6 year old as Paris Hilton...and it was HI-larious!!!)
My 6 year old godson was Elvis. Complete with ducktail hairstyle and cape!
Tomorrow night (actual Halloween) is our Halloween parade, while tonight (the day BEFORE Halloween) is Trick-or-Treat. Since when is the day before Trick-or-Treat and Halloween night the parade??? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
Southwest Pennsylvania really has its head up its ass...
Got to go, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are here with Jason Voorhees :)
Jacqueline at 6:24PM on Oct 30th 2007
55. Update:
My cousin Gino is 5 years old. He was Tootsie :)
Jacqueline at 6:38PM on Oct 30th 2007
56. Is anyone else twitching with anticipation regarding Mo's bathroom floor and what Krakovia may or may not have done to it?
mo-NEEK-a at 7:00PM on Oct 30th 2007
57. This is how I figure it Monica. We hvent had a Mo Post all day. This could only mean one of 3 things.
A. He's headed to Pittsburgh to help me give out candy and to see the Paris Hilton costume and my cousin thats Tootsie
2. He's still in Dr. Saguaros telling him about these crackheads that comment on his blog all day while at work.
C. He's typing in a fury to get us a huge long essay on what Krakovia did to his poor apartment today.
I'm hoping its C!
Jacqueline at 7:06PM on Oct 30th 2007
58. Well actually, B... But C runs a close 2nd... :)
Jacqueline at 7:08PM on Oct 30th 2007
59. Marsha,Marsha,Marsha
I really don't think that about my life, I just like saying that Dr. Evil quote when someone asks me about it.
However, I guess Dr. E could have said "The details of my life are actually kind of interesting... Would you like to hear about it? No? Riiiiight... " as he spoke into his pinky-mircophone and then did a Macarena dance.
Growing up in a single parent household, I spent a lot of time with my favorite babysitter, Television. I was a sitcom junkie by age 9 (One Day at a Time... na,na,na,na! Had my first crush ever on Valerie Bertonelli!), performed my own SNL schetches by age 11 ("who could it be?" "wouldn't be prudent at this juncture"), and fell head over heels for reality television when The Real World finally met game shows during the 1st season of Survivor.
So, we have TV in common, except I tend to lean more towards reality shows like Kid Nation or The Biggest Loser (exploitave but inspirational) then doctor-shows like House or ER (which I still watch when I'm sleepy).
And motivation has also been an issue for me in the past. I was a glorified slacker all through high school and college... 2 words: The Simpsons! I had some great ideas but I wasn't "following through". So, a few less joints and a few golf lessons later, and I am now swinging with the best of them!
Lately, I have been thinking more about my goals for the future. I would love to be able to travel and "Sea World" and buy myself a home someday, perhaps get married and have puppies.
This is why I have been working so hard lately on developing my ideas and my dreams into reality, so that I can slack off again later.
I mean if it can work for Mary Lou Retton, then anything is possible! I mean, she nails one vault for a "gimme" 10.0 during the year when the Russians boycotted the Olympics, and she's set for life!?! She gets her box of Wheaties, dozens of interviews & TV appearances, more endorsements, announcing jobs, and tons of cash... all from that one leap of faith and that infectious smile!
Anyway, LYF Marsha! Go for the gold!!
FINN/Beckerman/The World '08
"Taking on the world one Brady kid at a time!"
FINN at 7:10PM on Oct 30th 2007
60. OK, I lied. I'd actually rather have A :)
Jacqueline at 7:14PM on Oct 30th 2007