July 21st, 2007

The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.
Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then.

Note from your Shortlister:
After several hours of agonising, re-reading the rules and all suggestions posted at troubled diva last week, I’ve decided (as there were fewer than the maximum 12) to allow all eligible nominations through to the judging stage this week.

The exceptions are Edvard Moonke (who is a guest judge this week, and also won last week) and pandemian which, although I liked it, is an entirely photographic post.

1. The Church of Me: Planet Mail

…the still considerable financial and business resources of Associated Newspapers have managed to cut Prince’s overhead costs to such a stunning degree that Planet Earth is retailing for a record low price of £1.40. “That’s a good 59p less than you’d expect to pay for a near mint copy of Sign ‘O’ The Times in the Putney branch of the Trinity Hospice Charity Shop,” the singer quipped.

2. Dad Gone Mad: Caught in the Act

She left. She got into her minivan and drove away, abandoning me there with Marty McWhineypants and his lovely assistant, Sally Snottybottom.

3. Dad gone Mad: Contrary to Popular Belief, There IS Such a Thing As a Stupid Question

And on the other side of the room was a gathering of some of the dimmest minds this side of The White House, each of whom was searching for some loophole in common sense, some hole in reality that would let them break the laws of traffic and/or physics.

4. Everything Is Electric: Hamster Juice

E: “Oh my God. There is something wrong with the hamster.”

Me: “Oh Christ! You’ve killed your niece’s hamster!”

5. I Hate Your Job: Why do I hate your job?

That’s right, I hate your job. Well, I take that back. There’s just a really good chance that I hate your job. Because if you hate your job, then so do I.

6. JERRYCHICKEN: Five things I dig about Jesus…

I dig his barefoot approach to life, personally I hate shoes and would love to go through life wearing nothing on my feet, not sure about the sandals though they seem like a bit of a fashion faux-pas but at least he didn’t wear socks with them.

7. Modern Life is Rubbish: A Major Issue

U2, remember, preach about our government paying off third world debt - which would be funded by you and me as taxpayers - but contribute zero to UK tax being domiciled in the Netherlands for tax or wherever.

8. problemchildbride.com: Sorry - A Tale. But Not A Sorry Tale

Charlesina looked over at Derek, loathing him openly as her eyes ran over his face, his neck, and its open pores glistening in the floodlights and the hot, hot heat of that June night.

9. Tuna Girl: Men on a Mission

If the guys had continued on, I would have headed in the opposite direction and found a nice lesbian couple to adopt me.