The Comment o’ the Week is chosen through a process that to outsiders may appear to be the cruel workings of a mercurial overlord, but which is in fact a careful examination of the humor and educational value of each and every comment. I’ve entered all the data into our powerful CotW Computer, which then spit out the following response to Stacey’s plea for more information on the identity of the mysterious bearded figure who magically appeared in a Floridian hospital:
pernicat
// Apr 15, 2008 at 2:35 pm
It’s probably just the drummer from Foghat.
Look, I don’t know any Foghat songs, and I have no clue who the drummer is or what he looks like, but I can’t argue with the machine. Well done, pernicat! Your prize is 15 Internet Dollars to spend as you please.
Oh and hello, all you newbies! There are a lot of you, which I totally love. If you’re wondering where all these cool pictures come from next to usernames, head on over to gravatar.com and sign up there (free!) using the same e-mail address you used to sign up here on Skepchick. When you add an avatar to your account there, it’ll automatically show up here. I know, it’s totally rad!
You know, I was wondering that, thanks! While we are at this, how do you put quotes in these reply boxes? I wanted to do that a few times – reply to a specific part of a post – but was unable to figure it out (or am I just dumb?)
You’re not just dumb. I mean, you might be dumb in addition to not knowing this bit of code, but it doesn’t make you dumb. You just type “blockquote” before you quote someone and “/blockquote” after. Instead of ” ” use < >, for HTML.
Oh, Rebecca. You’re so cute and young.
Click this link to rock 1970s style (and get a look at the drummer:
http://www.foghat.com/
Only a Bayesian could say it was “probably” anything BUT Jebus.
Aw, Pernicat. Don’t Foghat the Saviour.
Phooey. I did a new avatar thingie, but it’s too tiny to tell what it is. It’s supposed to be a Skepchick version of the Bridget Jones thing, red lipstick and blonde hair and whatnot, but with The God Delusion instead of a red diary.
Rebecca So which bribe would be more effective at altering the formula in my favor: brownies or a vibrator?