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Oh, the fine cover captioning of the wonder-hipped heroine. Well done, y’all.

The winner, by one vote: Bren, for her entry:

She:"Hold on, I’ve got something for you

*farting sound*

OK, now what were you saying?”

Fart humor - it makes a cover even more funner and gooder.

Thanks to Joanna for the heads up: Bitch Magazine is in danger of folding. Oh, HELLS No.

But yes, the folks who run it need massive help. Bitch is a not-for-profit, and their donations are often small ones from a slew of folks. So if you’re interested, head on over to make a donation, and watch their wiener (dog) grow. We, by which I mean the LLC, are donating, and I’m going to give away 10 subscriptions for 10 lucky commenters here in this thread. It doesn’t matter if you donate or not. I’ll pick 10 winners (Wieners!) - but please be prepared for a delay in the winner announcements, since I’ll be subject to intermittent internet access the next few days. Hey, more time for you to leave comments! Bring it on, and save the Bitch. And their wiener.

Thanks to the effortless power of the Random Integer Generator, I have three winners for the three prizes from yesterday’s giveaway.

The winner of the Eccolo Journal (which is luscious. Honestly that’s the best word to describe it): is Vera, commenter #16.

The winner of the DVD of Strictly Ballroom is L, commenter #71.

And the winner of the DVD of Once is Jessica, commenter #156.

Congrats to the winners and thank you for creating a truly memorable thread of comments. Have a great weekend. 

In quiet acknowledgment of today and the massive and painful significance of it, I’m hosting a giveaway. Leave a comment, any comment - silly, happy, thoughtful, or wiseass (we love wiseass! Or, even better, wiseacre!) - and you’ll be entered to win one of the following prizes:

An Eccolo leather journal from my favorite drool-worthy store, Ninth Moon.



A DVD of Oscar winning film Once, whose co-creator Glen Hansard was the source of the “Make Art, Make Art,” quote in the title.

A DVD of Bitchery favorite Strictly Ballroom because dancing is HAWT, yo.

Why the prize fiesta? Because we are alive and creating, and for that I am blissfully thankful.

We have two winners in our Caption That Cover contest, one a come-out-of-nowhere (well, from our inbox) stealth winner that cracked us up so hard, it’s not even measurable.

Eve Savage sent us a sound effect. Seriously. She couldn’t figure out how to spell it, but dude, it was perfection. Candy called it “blergh-tastic” and she’s right. Jane thought it was spiffy as well.

Right click and save to give a listen!

So from the “Ouch I laughed too hard” department, Eve Savage wins for auditory submission of what sound that man’s nipple would make. Eve, congratulations, and enjoy your $20 gift certificate from Amazon and Powells.

And on to the commented entries! The winner of a $20 gift certificate and a copy of Manhandling (or “Man Titty Squishing” as the case may be) is:

Leslie Dicken for “hsssssssssssssssssssssssssss.” The simplicity and hilarity of your very own blow-up Blaze hero was too much to resist. Congrats, Leslie, and email me with your contact info for appropriate prize awarding!