The post I didn't think I'd write!

As I write this, it's a week after the announcement of the winners of the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. I think it best to not go much past a week in talking about it--so this is my last "I won" post. And I think I'll spend it telling you what I REALLY have been thinking about the whole thing the whole time!

Which is what I thought I wouldn't do. But I didn't think I'd really win, so...

(This is gonna be long, so I'm gonna pepper this post with pics that sum up to me what TDSH is all about. Click on 'em to see 'em bigger-- or just put your face up to the screen.)

The first thing that comes to mind is that it's been a helluva week. Over a hundred people have congratulated me, either in person or online. Mostly online, at forums, Facebook, here, etc.

Hits here went way up; Facebook friend requests up, too. I gained a few more "followers." (Thinking about buying a fortified encampment where we can all live together in harmony-- with me in charge, of course.)

For most of the long voting period, I thought I didn't deserve it. No major research done (except for my article on fan artist Linda Miller, which I am proud of), only a handful of film reviews, very few rants written in anger or disgust. How could TDSH be any good?

Didn't keep me for lobbying for it, though-- but with self-deprecating jokes, and I was always honest about wanting it. ("It'll end years of therapy!") Let self-deluded peeps take an "above-it-all-I-only-blog-for-the-personal-satisfaction-of-writing" stance, sez I. Hey, last year I somehow had come in second to author/critic Tim "My cabinet's full of awards" Lucas, which was like losing to Albert Einstein on Jeopardy! Aw, it was a frickin' fluke, I said to myself then... but second? SECOND?! CAN MIRACLES REALLY HAPPEN?

I was hell-bent to find out. If TDSH was worth something, then coming in 2nd again-- for a second year in a row-- wouldn't happen just because I had friends who'd vote for me. Or just because it was a new category with few nominees, like the previous year. No, no, no-- and it wasn't like I could hold a gun on voters to make'em send in a private e-mail ballot. (Well, not enough of 'em to make a difference, anyway.)

One friend of mine told another they hadn't been around me because I was "too busy lobbying...Poor Max." Yeah-- I was exhausted! (I decided not to cross the line of sending out mass "Vote for my blog" e-mails to strangers or near strangers. I was getting plenty of those for other categories myself.) Most of the Rondos are chosen in a "People's Choice Award"-style poll, I felt it was okay to "campaign." As the historical figure John L. Lewis once said, "He who tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooted."

Of course, all the joking and noodging haha-like with a link to my blog wasn't reinforcing my self-image any. But I began to get e-mails from folks saying why they liked my blog. They all cited some things in common: I entertained them and I didn't take myself too seriously. The lack of a focus on doing one main thing meant they had a reason to check back. (I was dead sure--I'd say "cocksure" but I'm a severed head-- that that meandering aspect of my blog alienated everybody but almost-ADHD-like me.) As Carl Manes of I Like Horror Movies told me,"I love that The Drunken Severed Head offers a much broader look at Horror in all wakes of life, ranging from comics to classic Horror to current community events on and off the blog scene!" (And I love anyone who'll pun on "walks" with a fun-ereal "wakes.") Others said I wasn't as impersonal as other blogs, that TDSH had a "voice." (Most of the other nominees do too, but not every one.)

People I never expected to vote for me, or express congrats later, did. Five bloggers I like went out on a limb (thankfully, NOT severed) and endorsed me. I mean these are all people who've done and know more than me! (I hafta wonder if the world's gone mad-- but if so, I hope it never gets totally sane!) My blog's motto is "Weirdness is where you find it," and those words were never truer.



I think Halloween blogs are under-appreciated by too many horror bloggers (as if by posting much on our favorite holiday is be too childish, sentimental, or irrelevant.) But I'm proud to contribute to the "Blog-A-Day" Halloween blogathon every year, though it wears me out. (I'm old-fashioned enough to have an inner voice that suggested "tuckers me out," but that makes me sound like Grandpa Simpson; I'd prefer Grandpa Munster. Pull my finger, Herman.) I love Halloween blogs and I'm guessing a fair number of my votes may have come from "Halloween-year-round" bloggers and blog readers. Take note, future Rondo nominees!

The voting occurred over part of Feb., all of March, and the first 3 days April. What a slog! Probably helped the blog category though, as it allowed for plenty of time for the nominated blogs to be looked over. Which is why I was certain someone else would win, most likely my friend Pierre Fournier of the surpassing, scholarly yet fun Frankensteinia. (I was only desperately hoping to come in second, so that last year wouldn't appear to be the total accident I thought it was.) Even though he'd been endorsed by highly respected writer's blogs like Tim Lucas' Video Watchblog, Pierre wasn't so sure. (I thought the amazing endorsements Pierre got would blow him waaay past anyone else.) In fact, we had a bet: if Pierre placed at all (meaning first through fourth or fifth-- "honorable mention" territory) I'd have to do a guest post at his impressive blog. He was convinced he wouldn't even place-- so now he has to do a guest post here. Well, there goes HIS reputation! In spite of that, (wink wink) his Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award is coming, I know. Pierre and many others deserve one.

Although I won "Best Blog," there is NO single "best." Certainly not TDSH. There ARE, however, nominees of different styles and purposes that are among the best.

Having interviews with a variety of people (and not just film folk) probably helped me. I like focusing on other people-- everyone's got a story. I've seen complaints at other blogs about interviews with the non-famous, but properly introduced and illustrated, people DO read them. My hits have shown that.

After my Rondo Award win was announced among the others, I was expecting a LOT of "hits"-- critical hits made by bricks and flaming arrows lobbed by observers of the horror blog scene. I am floating in the air that such a singeing shower never happened. Whew!

If you voted for my blog, or just know me and we're friends, thank you very much for your support. You're someone who has made this honor possible. I'm sorry to be behind in saying so.


(Dammit, I'm always draggin'. Well, that's Life.)

The real reason I won a Rondo

Package liquor and the endorsement of dead horror stars: a combination sure to get out the TDSH vote!

(I gotta find this place-- a spirit store with real spirits? Man, I'm THERE!)

RONDOS TAINTED BY SCANDAL IN BLOG CATEGORY

APe -- 4 hours ago

By JOE KING, APe Entertainment Writer

WASHINGTON, D. C -- The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards found itself mired in controversy after making its announcement of the winner in the "Best Blog" category. The blog The Drunken Severed Head was pronounced the honoree for 2009, and immediately a firestorm of criticism and disbelief surrounded the choice.

Former U. S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stated in a press release, "I have been asked by the site Bloody-Disgusting to look into any irregularities. Eh, why not? I got nothing much else to do these days."

Commentators expressed dismay and bewilderment at the polling result, and called into question both the validity of the vote tallying, and the intelligence of the voters.

"I demand a recount," said one of the losing blog nominees, when contacted by phone. (He refused to allow his name to be used, but he spoke with a decided French accent.) "This is merde! I'd move to Canada, but I already live there!"

Fox News political pundit Glenn Beck simply stated, "This makes me cry for my country."

When asked for a reaction, blogger Max Cheney tipped over into a pan of nutrient-laden alcohol and made bubbles with his lips.

In related news: Just after the announcement of the Rondo Awards blog category winner, people all over North America called news outlets, universities, zoos and police to report seeing this strange sight, often referred to in everyday speech:




Image altered from original byjJack Midknight and found HERE.

The big wick end!

I mean, this is the big week-end! My wife, Jane the Voodoo Queen (who hoodoo-ed me one Halloween) comes back home from family business after NINE 1/2 WEEKS.

Yeah, she'll look like Kim Basinger to me-- and I'll look like Mickey Rourke to her...from The Wrestler!


I'll be glad to see her, but her familiar won't:

She's been queen of the house while Jane's away.

And-- this is the weekend that the Rondo Award voting results get announced! (On Sunday.) IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED, YOU HAVE UNTIL TOMORROW, SATURDAY APRIL 3RD AT MIDNIGHT. And if ya haven't, FOR THE LOVA GAWD WILL YA?

TDSH is nominated for "Best Blog," and I'm also nominated for "Best Magazine Article" (for "The Art of Linda Miller," SCARLET, issue #3.)

You can see an online version of my article-- which I'm very proud of-- HERE.

If you'd like to vote for me in either the blog or article category, here's how to vote.

You may see the ballot and instructions HERE

OR HERE.

You do NOT have to vote the entire ballot. Just the categories you are familiar with or care to vote for. Write up an e-mail. Make sure you include your name for your vote to count.

If you know anyone who might enjoy my blog or article, let 'em know about the vote! ("Please," he said, with sad doe eyes looking intently at the reader.)

A Rondo talk with CINEBEAT's Kimberly Lindbergs

Above: Kimberly Lindbergs. Below: KL with the Pigumon monster from Ultraman.

Life is so unfair, and that's a fact. Just look at the beautiful woman in the two pics above. That's Kimberly Lindbergs, the writer behind the amazing Cinebeats.

Sheesh! You probably read her blog frequently, and say to yourself, "Self, why does one person get so much in the way of looks, intelligence and writing skill when *I* HAFTA LOOK LIKE A GNOME AND SWEAT TO PRODUCE A MIDDLIN' BLOG LIKE THE DRUNKEN SEVERED HEAD??!!"

Or is just me?

(I must say, I do look like a cuddly gnome, at least.)

Anyway, my first set of "Rondo rondo" questions were sent to her, but I didn't hear back. So I sent the second set. No reply came back-- at least not by the deadline I mentioned. Until today! Seems my messages got sent to her e-mail's trash folder. Talk about an advance in artificial intelligence!

As before with the responses from all the other Rondo Award "Best Blog" nominees, TDSH is lucky to have her here. So without any further delay for fol-de-rol from me, here's Kimberly Lindbergs' answers to BOTH sets of "Rondo rondo" questions!

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Why do you think you were nominated?

I'm not exactly sure to be honest but I suspect it's because I love horror films and I occasionally write about old movies that a lot of other bloggers don't cover.

Let's say you win. What will be the first thing you do?

Be very, very surprised and then quickly thank the voters.

Let's say you DON'T win. What will be the first thing you consume to console yourself?

Drink red, red wine from my skull cup.

Other than B-horror movie actor Rondo Hatton, who do you think the award looks like?

A shrunken head.

What person you've never met has been the biggest influence in your interest in horror?

Without a doubt the deceased horror host of Creature Features, Mr. Bob Wilkins.

What should I wear to the award ceremony?

Nothing. Let it all hang out and show the world the real you!

Which would rather have-- a place in the Guinness Book or a Rondo? If the former, what category would you appear in?

When I was about 9 years old a friend and I tried to win our place in the Guinness book by staying up in a tree for as long as possible. We only lasted about 12 hours until our mothers forced us to come down but for years afterward I was disappointed in myself for failing to make into the Guinness book. At this stage in my life I'd much prefer to win a Rondo award for my writing efforts. Having a bust of Rondo Hatton sitting on my mantel would be an honor.

You got nominated. What do you think your blog avoids doing that annoys people at other blogs?

I have no idea. I tend to write too much and when I do write it can occasionally involve typos, bad grammar and random punctuation mistakes. All these things undoubtedly annoy a lot of people! I can only assume that people come to Cinebeats for the coverage of films, actors and directors that are rarely mentioned anywhere else. I often champion the unknown, the unloved and the forgotten.

What is your super power? How can you use it to improve your chances of winning?

My superpower could be my ability to find something worthwhile to say about films that a lot of people find utterly unwatchable. This is probably what got me nominated in the first place.

Is appearing at TDSH the the lowest point in your virtual life? If not, what was?

Absolutely not. Spending an entire day watching Sims 2 music videos on Youtube was probably the lowest point of my virtual life. And that was mainly due to the fact that a lot of Sims 2 players seem to enjoy listening to Hannah Montana and Lady Gaga.

[There goes all your last minute votes from fans of Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga!]

Name one change that you think would improve the Rondo Awards.

If you asked me last year I might have said that I'd like to see more women nominated for various awards but this year I noticed that there seemed to be a lot more women nominated for Rondos. Go ladies!

Name any one food item-- and how many of that item do you think you could stuff in your mouth?

Pocky. I can probably stuff an entire package of Pocky into my mouth at once. Maybe even two!

Would you do that on-camera if it would get you a Rondo?

No. Nobody wants to see that. Least of all me!

What is something you'd say in your acceptance speech?

In honor of Mr. Rondo Hatton himself: "YOU GIVE ME THE CREEPS!"

How might you improve your blog in the coming year?

How about more horror film coverage? I spend 75% of my time watching horror movies but I only devote about 50% of my blog to writing about them.

Really, truly, totally optional question. If not you, who in your category do you hope will win?

I'm going to have to say Curt of Groovy Age of Horror or Stacie at Final Girl. Curt's blog helped inspire my own blog and he's been extremely supportive of me ever since I started. As for Final Girl, Stacie was the first female horror movie blogger I ever came across online and one of the the funniest. Both of them have inspired a lot of other people and they deserve some kind of special recognition for their blogging efforts. I would have said Frankenstenia but Pierre's already got my vote in two other categories so I figured I'd share the Rondo love a bit.

Thanks again Max and best of luck to you with your own Rondo nomination!

Same back at ya! And thanks! I'll need it with so many nominees as excellent as yourself in the running!

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And check out my Q & A with other beautiful, smart, talented women like Stacie Ponder of Final Girl, Rhonny Reaper of Dollar Bin Horror, Kerry Kate of Obscure Hollow, and Tenebrous Kate of Love Train For the Tenebrous Empire, who join six smart male bloggers at this post:

A Rondo rondo II: Night of the Nominees


Below is a link to a post with six smart and talented men, so the pics of the nominees may or may not be one of the attractions of the post, depending on what you like. But, as with link above, the answers are interesting and fun:

A Rondo rondo: Nattering With Nominees

First in these interviews, I was and am VERY HONORED to start these Rondo-related interviews with the popular, insightful and talented Joe Moe:

Talking with Dread Central's JOE MOE

Read 'em all, if you haven't already.

Jovanka Vuckovic steps down from RUE MORGUE mag

Jovanka Vuckovic, the editor who built Rue Morgue magazine into a Rondo Award-winning horror journal par excellence, has decided to leave, having a baby on the way and wanting to focus on other artistic endeavors. As she announced on her Facebook page,

"After seven years as Editor of Rue Morgue Magazine, the time has come for me to move on. I worked very hard to make the magazine the best it could possibly be the entire time I was there and I'm proud of my contribution to it and the status I helped elevate it to. But a career in journalism has never been a goal of mine. It was an interesting detour, that's for sure, but I have always been a writer and an artist and have had a strong desire to follow my instinct to create...

"In the meantime, I am currently focusing on my most creative and challenging endeavour to date: the birth of my first child, which is currently growing in my womb...It's an exciting and very happy time for my fiancee and I. We couldn't be more thrilled."

She will be missed! I wish her success in her new projects and my best wishes for a healthy baby and a happy family life.

I had the pleasure of getting to know her a little at this year's Wonderfest convention, and was there win she picked up the Rondo Award for Rue Morgue. Here she is, about to put her "stamp of approval" on my head!

Cheesecake for my voters!

With gratitude for every dude who voted for TDSH for "Best Horror Blog" in the recent 2008 Rondo Awards process, I'm sharing some promised cheesecake! (Not to be inconsiderate to y'all who want to see beefcake instead--but it's harder to find. HOWEVER, if one person who voted for TDSH writes in and says they wanna see beefcake, then I'll find some--including horror-themed beefcake--and post it.)

From the twisted imagination of the talented Richard Olson:







Found on the web without credit:



From the film Carry on Screaming:



A picture of the Drunken Severed Head's former girlfriends, posted at the site Retroraunch:



From the web gallery of artist Isabel Samaras:





Thanks, everyone!

2008 Rondo Awards

Now that the shock has worn off, I have to tell you how amazed I am that I placed as high as as a close SECOND for best blog. GEEZ LOUISE! To get that far is quite a pat on the back--I mean head-- for TDSH. Who do I lose to? Only a guy who has a respected monthly film magazine in the U.S. and Canada, and a number of prestigious books to his credit. This is like losing to Einstein on Jeopardy!

It probably helped that I plastered in cities across America these posters on telephone poles, walls of abandoned buildings, bar restrooms, and any convenient spot I could find:


I think people who saw them felt a sense of hope, and said to themselves, "Can we really game the Rondo Awards with something as crappy as The Drunken Severed Head?" And they said to themselves, "YES WE CAN!" The results speak volumes. My friend Pierre Fournier of the Frankensteinia blogsite told me on the phone that it proved that Barnum was right!

In gratitude to my many friends out there voting for TDSH, there will some heapin' helpings of free cheesecake in the coming days! A real hubba-hubba hellabaloo!

Random images and Rondo voting (two great tastes in one!)

Hello, insomniacs! Just wanted to post the news that Rondo ballots cast through TODAY- SUNDAY MAR. 22nd-- will be counted. From the CHFB; "We'll still accept stray ballots as we finalize the tally today."

So vote if you haven't! And just to keep from being a total noodge and self-serving nag, I'm sharing some random photos I find hiding on my hard drive. We'll start with a classic pic of a smokin' hot Janet Leigh:

Too bad SHE didn't face down Michael Myers! WOW!


Ah, a paperback from when I was a kid! Nice spooky image.


A wonderful Cyclops painting by St. Louis street artist Wayne St. Wayne! (Formerly a pro wrestler who used the name "Buddy Frankenstein"!)



A classic funny severed head gag for a record sleeve! (That's Spike Milligan of the English comedy troupe, The Goons.)

Late horror rocker Screamin' Lord Sutch as he appeared on a Belgian LP!

And last, art by a woman in St. Louis whose name I can't remember!


Now off to catch some sleep. (That is, if I can! I'll be on pins and needles until the Rondos are announced!)

Best of the worst! Part Two

Put off pasting your picks in the Rondo Award process? Ah, a fellow procrastinator of precocious proportions!

Here's the second half of my list of the best entries (first half here) at this here exercise in execrable excess, from 2008 and early 2009 (the eligible term for this year's awards):

The first DRIVE-IN SUPER MONSTERMANIA! (Oops! That's from 2007! Oh hell, I'm leavin' it in.)

Interview with a Robotics Engineer

The monster art of Dwayne Pinkney

A report on SCHLITZIE'S DAY by Verne Langdon

Jim Bertges' report on the Forry Ackerman Tribute

Expired clowns, Verne Langdon, and me (Part One and Part Two)

25th Annual Ohio Sci-Fi Marathon (Part One, Two and Three)

Luau of the Living Dead!

Deep inside horror author Polly Frost!

A encounter with actor David Patrick Kelly

BODIES...The Exhibition (Part One and Part Two)

Was VIDEO WATCHBLOG wrong?

Unnerving art of Ron Mueck

Woodland and cemetary visits, Part One and Two

How Monsters and Golf made my Valentine's Day

The Voodoo Queen Speaks!

Monster Model Rock 'n' Roll!

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More (though older) posts (feh, why not?):

Interview with filmmaker Ted Newsom

Bone appetit!

Incentive

If you vote for The Drunken Severed Head at http://rondoaward.com/ for BEST HORROR BLOG, the black bar on the banner above, and on the photo below, might just fall off!!

For RONDO HALL OF FAME

I'm turning over this post to my friend Ted Newsom, producer/writer/director of the series 100 Years of Horror and films like The Naked Monster and the documentaries Flesh and Blood (a Hammer history) and Look Back in Angora (about Ed Wood.) I have an interview with him here at TDSH, and he did the reporting on forgotten horror star Lazlo Revik (look in the left column and scroll down.) He has an urgent message for all you who haven't voted in the Rondo Awards yet. Take it away, Ted:

Time's running out! There are so many neat things to vote for-- including writing-in your FAVORITE GADFLY FOR THE MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME!

"What's in it for me?" you ask! Just look below ! I promise-- that's a solemn vow, on the grave of Lionel Atwill-- that each and every one of you will get 21 GREAT-LOOKING BABES just for voting for me! (Sure, you can vote for some of that other stuff, but think of yourself first.)

This is no idle political canard. When I am elected, to represent all my pals, friends, enemies, ex-wives, schoolmates and topless nude models in the vaunted Rondo Monster Kid Hall of Fame, I absolutely guarantee YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR BABES!

Remember those great ads in the back of the comics: 200 REVOLUTIONARY WAR SOLDIERS!, 200 ARMY MEN!, Live Sea Monkeys!, and YOUR VERY OWN TANK!?!? You can bet your bottom Amway soap that my offer is JUST AS GENUINE!!!

WRITE IN TED NEWSOM FOR MONSTER KID HALL OF FAME AND
WIN YOUR VERY OWN HAREM!!!

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Thanks, Ted! Ted would be a great choice for the Rondo Hall of Fame!

HOWEVER...if you're a gay man, asexual, a monk, sober, or a severed head, and can't use Ted's offer, consider voting for Joe Moe. Without him, Forry Ackerman couldn't, in his last years, have seen visitors or remain as active in fandom as he did. Joe also organized the great memorial tribute to the Famous Monsters editor that much of Hollywood's horror and sci-fi elite attended and applauded last week.

You could even write in both guys, and see how Rondo handles a tie!

BUT Joe won't give you a harem.

A GREAT Offer!!

Do you have a blog or website? You do? Great! Consider endorsing my blog for the 2008 Rondo Award! It PAYS to do so. (But hurry -- you only have four days to endorse me!) Because, for some lucky smart bloggers, sufficiently sincere endorsements will mean PRIZES! (OR, you can send an affadavit that you voted for TDSH to qualify.) YOU could* receive valuable items such as these:

Your choice of these new homes! ("New" in the astrophysical sense)



A stereo sound system nearly as good as this one here:


An array (okay, only one) of handy kitchen appliances like this:


AND this combination tool bench and Port-a-John:


BUT WAIT! There's MORE!

You'll also get a free pet from Chernobyl, like this cuddly cutie:

Or this one, from Florida:



And for your child --a rare AMERICAN GIRL doll made for expatriates living in Transylvania:


PLUS, (and also ABSOLUTELY FREE for a good plug!) in keeping with the "green consciousness" that is so much a part of today's world, an alternative energy lighting system for your new home:


Yes, endorse THIS BLOG and all you see above can be yours! (And why not? They're only digital images! That's what you see!)

Or just vote for TDSH for BEST HORROR BLOG here and receive the best gift of all -- a clear conscience.

Voting ends March 21.





*Or not.

Vampire energy!

So I'm doing stuff to insulate Casa Cabeza, and trying to lower my energy costs, when I came across a couple of videos about "vampire energy." (This is the energy wasted by the standby modes of appliances like dvd players, microwave ovens, and computers; the energy used when things are off but plugged in.)

I found two videos on the subject, and thought I'd share 'em. The first is shot like a short horror film, with a clever variation of the bite mark made by a vampire. The second one, though less fun, is more informative about "vampire energy."

Vampire Power

GOOD Magazine: Vampire Energy

You can use less energy when writing out your Rondo ballot by typing "TDSH" when you come to the category "Best Horror Blog." TDSH has fewer letters by far than the names of all the other nominated blogs, and the ballot counter will know what you mean!

I could take time to scientifically demonstrate why I'm the best blog to vote for, but that would waste extra energy. So just vote for TDSH because it's "green conscious," okay?

The Rondos get a new "Best Blog" category!

The Rondo Awards, those beautifully ugly statuettes handed out to nominees in various classic horror/fantasy categories, will at last be given to someone in a "Best Horror Blog" category. (Blogs had previously been lumped in with websites and forums.) So, instead of 100 to 1 odds of this blog ever winning a Rondo, the odds (what an appropriate term!) are now maybe 50 to 1!

I mean, just look at the illustrious company of nominees I'm in:

Blogue Macabre
Final Girl
Frankensteinia
The Good, The Bad and Godzilla
The Groovy Age of Horror
The Horrors of It All
The Vault of Horror
Zombos' Closet of Horror

Check them all out before voting. I wish them all good luck! (he said, winking insincerely...Well, not really.) They are all outstanding and I salute the bloggers behind them!

IT HAPPENED!!! My dream came true!! I made "Honorable Mention" in a category with 38 nominations! HOO-HAH! I mean, Hoo-Rah!

Must be because I've been wearing my LUCKY hat. It's the one you see in the previous post, the one that makes me look like a Lubavitcher or a Leprechaun. (Feh and begorrah!) I had been wearing a top hat last month, while practicing my Rondo acceptance speech; I looked rather dashing, even if I say so myself. (I was one fly guy! A phat head!) But I had to switch to my "lucky hat" after one of my overweight cats sat on the top hat (I must stop feeding them Bailey's Irish Cream), reducing it to a mortarboard.

For those of you under the influence of my lucky hat who voted for me, THANK YOU. I respect you less now, but I love you more! And I shall keep my promises. I will buy TDSH voters a beer when next I encounter any of you! And leave a comment for the substance you wish to see slathered on my dome!