Sharp as a Marble
HomeAboutContactSyndicationLogin
 

Great. Somehow I got conned into hosting this weeks' Bonfire of the Vanities. If you're not familiar with the process, go here. In short, people email in their worst blogging works and expect lots of links and happiness. Well, not this week buster! This week the gloves come off.*

This week I, Robb Allen, President & CEO of SaaM Enterprises will personally deliver my opinion of each and every entry. There will be no couth. Each entry will be met with severe, acerbic descriptions. If there's a way I can be more of a pompous ass, I will.

In short, nothing different than what I'm usually like. Shall we proceed?

First on our list is Mike. Mike, unlike most other people, worked hard on getting his submission in several days early. Normally, diligent work like this is well rewarded, but after reading his awful post about Titan puns, the only reward I can think of is having him being held back for another year of kindergarten.

Basil can't figure out which one of these posts sucks the most. Here's a hint, bub: If your were to put both posts side by side, not even light would be able to escape.

The Zero Boss emails with the tag line Worst. Post. Ever. Disregarding the worst. use. of. punctuation. ever., he might just be right.

Look, I am a Jeep owner myself. Owning a Jeep means you can run over shit most people avoid. It does not mean you have the license to write god awful Haiku.

This post by Beth is about something. I don't know what, and I'm not going to find out because I'm an ass. I think it has something to do with politics or bulk purchasing of incontinence pads.

Give me spirit fingers, dammit! shows not only bad taste in clothing, but blogging as well. I mean, there are just certain images one should not place online, regardless of the point being made.

The American Mind says he has an idea so bad it shouldn't be published. Too bad he didn't take his own advice. If anyone runs with this I'm tracking him down and forcing him to watch unedited reruns of "The Montel Williams Show" until his eyes bleed.

Carpe Bonum (Latin for "Damn this post sucks!") tries to coin a new word. Utter failure ensues.

The Conservative Cat coughs up this hair ball disguised as a blog entry. How lost is this guy? Everyone knows cats are Libertarian in nature.

Sisyphus, whose name alone commands immediate and unrelenting ridicule, posts something about string theory and Douglas Adams. Invoking Adams in a post this bad is grounds for acute head trauma should you ever find yourself lost and wandering around the SaaM compound.

Andrew "My middle name is sooooo damn important" Ian Dodge foregoes discussing a valuable topic, MILF, and instead punishes us with MIWPACCTS (moms I wouldn't pay a cover charge to see).

Right Wingnuthouse says "Looking back, it probably wasn't the best of ideas to tell my readers there are people writing blogs who are smarter than I am." Trust me pal, one minute of reading told us that already.

Mad Anthony carps on and on about crappy wiring in his apartment. Apparently the faulty wiring extended to his keyboard.

Multiple Mentality? Three words of advice for you when creating titles for your posts. Stop. Using. Periods. What is it with these people and their punctuation abuse?

Sortapundit achieves what I can only describe as 'sortablogging'.

Thank God scratch and sniff monitors are only a fantasy or else this post by Baboon Pirates would be lethal.

Conservative Yankee has hints on impressing the ladies this Valentines' Day. That's like taking interior decorating advice from Stevie Wonder.

Brian J. Noggle apparently forgot that the proper design for a tin foil beanie calls for the shiny side out. Either that or he dropped a sack of potatoes on his keyboard. Either way, something ain't right here.

Etherhouse unfortunately made the midnight deadline with this steaming pile. Which is too bad because this is one set of images I did not need to get in my head.

And if you've somehow managed to make it through all that garbage, I've saved the worst for last. A post so bad, I almost considered not posting the link due to the awfulness of it. The author of this should be shot, drawn & quartered, filleted, and served up as hors d'oeuvre at McDonald's. There is no excuse for posts of this low quality.

*This is the part where most people expect some sort of disclaimer. Tough. You ain't getting one. You wanted a roast, you got it.

rolled out on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:04 AM
Comments
# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Nathan

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 8:35 AM

Yeah, I know I didn't send you a submission. I'm still surprised you didn't go ahead and link one of my posts at random just on general principles.

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 9:19 AM

Sorry, even I have standards.

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Beth

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:05 AM

Hey Robb,
Is it just lack of sleep on my part, or is there a secret handshake or something required to find the trackback URL? |-)
Sorry, I'm not too sharp this morning...

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Nathan

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:05 AM

As in, jazz standards? Like, Misty and Black Orpheus?

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:18 AM

Beth, the TB for the post is the same as the URL which is http://sharpmarbles.stufftoread.com/archive/2005/01/25/2277.aspx

Or at least I think it is. I only write parts of the software, not all of it.

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Confederate Yankee

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:18 AM

"...like taking interior decorating advice from Stevie Wonder."

Dude, that is so going in my testimonials...

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:29 AM

You know you've made it big time when people add your comments to their testimonials!

And Nathan, are you trying to push my "Hmm, lets see how I can edit this comment" button?

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Beth

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:31 AM

It didn't work, but I posted a link to this. Just so you know. ;-)

Nice work on a fine collection of...of...stuff. Or something. After reading all this, I REALLY need some sleep.

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Mike

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:31 AM

You're a horrible contemptible person, and your blog sucks! Oh, wait a minute, you insulted everyone. Nevermind then.

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Hoodlumman

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 12:33 PM

You trackbacked your own damn post? Sucktastic!

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Robb Allen

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 12:40 PM

You trackbacked your own damn post?


What? You expect me to evolve in the Ecosystem by writing actual posts that people will link to? Screw that, buddy! If nature always takes the path of least resistance, why shouldn't I?

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Nathan

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 12:46 PM

Dude, I'm just enjoying pushing random buttons and seeing what happens. You haven't left any comments on my site recently for me to have fun with... :(

# RE: Bonfire of the Vanities - Insult to Injury Edition - Superhawk

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 11:00 PM

Ha! I seem to be the only one who you quoted from directly.

I won! I came up with an insult so self-deprecating that you couldn't do any worse!

HA! Just wait till next week marbleboy. Even if you don't send in a post, I'm gonna fisk ya right smartly.

Superhawk
Right Wingnuthouse

# Weekly Roundup of Weekly Roundups - Watcher of Weasels

Rolled Out On: 1/28/2005 12:44 AM

In the spirit of the Carnival of the Carnivals: The Bestofme SymphonyThe Bonfire of the VanitiesThe Carnival of the CapitalistsThe Carnival of the LiberatedThe Carnival of the RecipesThe Carnival of the VanitiesThe Christian CarnivalThe Watcher's Council...

# Dodgeblogium : Inferno-week link-fest - Pingback/TrackBack

Rolled Out On: 1/25/2005 7:35 AM

Dodgeblogium : Inferno-week link-fest

Comments have been closed on this topic.
 
TipJar
2A Blogger Bash
Wanna Chat?
Click here!
Other bloggers with guns.

News

Recently upgraded to Subtext 2.0.

Article Categories


General

Archives


August, 2008 (58)
July, 2008 (93)
June, 2008 (77)
May, 2008 (79)
April, 2008 (53)
March, 2008 (46)
February, 2008 (46)
January, 2008 (63)
December, 2007 (69)
November, 2007 (63)
October, 2007 (83)
September, 2007 (73)
August, 2007 (84)
July, 2007 (59)
June, 2007 (63)
May, 2007 (35)
April, 2007 (30)
March, 2007 (37)
February, 2007 (32)
January, 2007 (38)
December, 2006 (14)
November, 2006 (28)
October, 2006 (25)
September, 2006 (24)
August, 2006 (28)
July, 2006 (27)
June, 2006 (28)
May, 2006 (14)
April, 2006 (17)
March, 2006 (35)
February, 2006 (33)
January, 2006 (26)
December, 2005 (15)
November, 2005 (22)
October, 2005 (35)
September, 2005 (37)
August, 2005 (50)
July, 2005 (34)
June, 2005 (55)
May, 2005 (53)
April, 2005 (56)
March, 2005 (57)
February, 2005 (77)
January, 2005 (72)
December, 2004 (79)
November, 2004 (76)
October, 2004 (59)
September, 2004 (74)
August, 2004 (69)
July, 2004 (75)
June, 2004 (56)
May, 2004 (28)

Post Categories


Humor (rss)
Views (rss)
Catblogging (rss)
News (rss)
Politics (rss)
Geekdom (rss)
Recipes (rss)
Blogging (rss)
Wingnuts and Moonbats (rss)
War on Terror (rss)
Photography (rss)
Brewsky (rss)
Guns. Lots of Guns. (rss)
Daughter Blogging (rss)
TMI (rss)
Anxiety & Panic Attacks (rss)
Gun Myths (rss)
Reloading (rss)
Range Time (rss)
Anti-Rights Idiocy (rss)
Firearm Safety (rss)
A Cancer Story (rss)
Second Amendment Blog Bash (rss)
Gun Rights (rss)
Gun-Free Zones (rss)
Self Defense (rss)
The Line Is Here (rss)
Getting old sucks (rss)
NRA (rss)
2A Blog Bash (rss)
Out of sight, out of mind (rss)
Video Podcasts (rss)
Para Blackwater Training (rss)

Image Galleries


Beyond the Pale brewing session

::Other Digs


The Line Is Here

::Sharpest Marbles


Eject! Eject! Eject!
Instapundit
Iraq the Model
Protein Wisdom
QandO
Sharp as a Marble
Vodka Pundit
WILLisms
Witting Shire
Wizbang

:Second Amendment


A Keyboard and a .45
Alphecca
Anthroblogogy
Armed and Safe
Call Me Ahab
Carnaby Fudge
Days of our Trailers
Double Tapper
Dustin's Gun Blog
Fighting for Liberty
Great Blue Whale
Gun Owners Against Violence
Gun Pundit
Guntards
Justin Buist
Mike-istan
Musings of the Geek with a 45
Oleg Volk
Papa Delta Bravo
Pro-Gun Progressive
Random Nuclear Strikes
Ride Fast and Shoot Straight
Roberta X
Say Uncle
Sear and Hammer
Snowflakes in Hell
The Anarchangel
The Bitch Girls
The Breda Fallacy
The Countertop Chronicles
The Law Dog Files
The Liberty Sphere
The Mad Rocket Scientist
The Madman Raves
The Other Side of Kim
The Sentinel
The Smallest Minority
The View From North Central Idaho
The War on Guns
View from the porch
West, By God
Xavier thoughts

Blogroll


Guide to Midwestern Culture
Basil's Blog
Captain's Quarters
Coalition of the Swilling
Cold Fury
Cranky Neocon
Daily Pundit
dorkafork
File It Under
Florida Cracker
Garfield Ridge
INDC Journal
Is Full Of Crap
Medium at Large
Notes from the trenches
One Ping Only
Sean Gleeson
Sekimori
Sissy Willis
Six Meat Buffet
Speed of thought
Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease
The Belmont Club
The Munchkin Wrangler
The Spoons Experience
The Unforgiving Minute
Tim Worstall
UNSpace
Vern's Blog

Extended Blogroll


21st Century Paladin
Bill Peschel
Cowboy Blob
Craziness
Flight Pundit
Hubs and Spokes
In the Right
PEER Review
TechnoChitlins
The Tygrrrr Express

Funny, as in Ha-ha


Ace of Spades HQ
Cox & Forkum
IMAO
ScrappleFace
The Superficial
Topic Drift
Wuzzadem

Good Reads


Drink This
Evil White Guy
Leaning to the Right
Ramble Strip
Save the Soldiers
SondraK
The Resplendent Mango
Triticale
You Big Mouth You

Tampa Area Blogs


Tampa Film Fan

My Technorati Conversations

Hang in there Mom

Cool Post-it Note Icon