Be the 1,000th commenter and win an autographed book!
I'm currently up to 993 published comments on my blog. Let's break 1,000 by Christmas! If you're the thousandth commenter on this blog, I will send you an autographed copy of my book, "Mind Over Manners," when it is released in spring 2009.
As always, the usual rules apply: no (serious) profanity and no bigotry. Also, no anti-trivialization fascism on the "Festivus" thread, and no ditto-ing on any of the threads just to get a comment up there.
Talk to me!
UPDATE: We have a winner! Actually, we have two. See, here's the thing: Guy was the 1,000th commenter, and Guy wrote:
We in the middle of a recession and this is all you can come up with?
Now I thought that was pretty funny. But I'd specifically said not to do anti-trivialization fascism. So even though this was a joke, I wasn't sure if it should qualify. It's exactly these kinds of dilemmas that made grading such a bugbear during this time of year, back when I was teaching.
The 1,001st commenter was prof dumbledore, who wrote:
My grievance is when someone pulls up to the light in the left turn only lane only to go straight, cutting you off. I really want to do something nasty to them, but I get them back in my own way, I took a sign language so I can say things to them and they dont know what Im saying
So I shall send books to BOTH Guy and prof dumbledore. Would that all my erstwhile grading dilemmas had been so easy to solve. Of course, if I had been grading them, both Guy and prof dumbledore would have disqualified due to poor grammar, syntax, and/or punctuation.
Congratulations, gentlemen, and Happy Festivus!
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Robin Abrahams writes the weekly "Miss Conduct" column for The Boston Globe Magazine. Robin, who has a PhD in psychology from Boston University, has worked as a theater publicist, organizational-change communications manager, editor, stand-up comedian, and professor of psychology and English. She lives in Cambridge with her husband, Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which are given annually for achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think.
