It's days like this that the Carnival of the Vanities should be taken out back and shot.
This weeks host, Expatriots United, really shouldn't have bothered attempting to post a Carnival. The resulting mess is undoubtedly the worst Carnival of the Vanities ever.
Fortunately for COTV readers Laurence Simon stepped in and produced a version befitting a Carnival. The Expatriots United guy should really just delete the crap he has posted and in its place put up a link to Lair's version.
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You know I'm angry when I d... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Laurence Simon | September 29, 2005 5:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You know I'm angry when I don't even post a cat photo.
1. Posted by Laurence Simon | September 29, 2005 5:02 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2005 17:02
2. Posted by Will Franklin | September 29, 2005 5:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Yeah, that's a bad version...
2. Posted by Will Franklin | September 29, 2005 5:16 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2005 17:16
3. Posted by Elisson | September 29, 2005 5:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Abso-fucking-lutely clueless. Thank Gawd Lair knows what to do when it comes to Bad Carnivals: (1) rip the host a new one, and (2) post his own Greatly Improved Version.
Kevin, you have the best idea - just have Geoff post a link to Lair's Avignon version and delete his pathetic mess.
3. Posted by Elisson | September 29, 2005 5:39 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2005 17:39
4. Posted by Rusty Shackleford | September 29, 2005 6:12 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Maybe you should start a "Super-Bonfire of the Vanities" for the worst of the blog carnival linkfests....
4. Posted by Rusty Shackleford | September 29, 2005 6:12 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2005 18:12
5. Posted by Tom | September 29, 2005 8:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Rusty,
Maybe this could be the "'Burning in Hell' Bonfire of the Vanities".
But Laurence deserves some serious style points for the asskicking he gave that guy.
T
5. Posted by Tom | September 29, 2005 8:09 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2005 20:09
6. Posted by Sean Gleeson | September 29, 2005 9:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And now here's a third one, this time with a cat photo.
6. Posted by Sean Gleeson | September 29, 2005 9:02 PM |
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Posted on September 29, 2005 21:02
7. Posted by MH | September 30, 2005 2:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Looking at that original guy's site, all he does is post basically a title in all caps and then cuts and pastes entire essays from other sources, thanking the author and source at the bottom. He does more than phone in a carnival, he phones in his whole blog.
7. Posted by MH | September 30, 2005 2:27 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2005 02:27
8. Posted by -S- | September 30, 2005 3:11 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Laurence Simon: you can take a bit of respite in the fact that the blog in question was so awkwardl laid-out (that means, "designed" in overall arrangement/appearance of items on the page) that I didn't even read anything. Just arrived, tried to scan, found it chaotic, left without reading a thing other than the headline.
Mebbe you'se all should consider an editorial overview with delete function inherent for pending Carnivals in the future, to avoid misunderstanding or, perhaps, inexperienced bloggers from ruining up-and-coming Carnivals.
8. Posted by -S- | September 30, 2005 3:11 AM |
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Posted on September 30, 2005 03:11
9. Posted by Beth | October 1, 2005 5:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I can't help it--this was SO bad I still can't even think about it without laughing my head off!
I even went and snagged the Google cache (the post is deleted without any comment) to save it for days when I need a laugh!
Even worse: the tool just took a weak little crap in Laurence's comments! (I'm practically coughing up blood from laughing so hard!)
9. Posted by Beth | October 1, 2005 5:41 AM |
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Posted on October 1, 2005 05:41
10. Posted by Beth | October 1, 2005 5:43 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
bad link there--
good link
::laughing too much to pay attention::
10. Posted by Beth | October 1, 2005 5:43 AM |
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Posted on October 1, 2005 05:43
11. Posted by Laurence Simon | October 1, 2005 10:20 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Looks like he took down his own version.
I would have preferred that he leave it up so that people can see how NOT to do a blog carnival.
Probably took more effort to delete it than to create it.
11. Posted by Laurence Simon | October 1, 2005 10:20 AM |
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Posted on October 1, 2005 10:20
12. Posted by Greg | October 2, 2005 8:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm with you Beth, I about blew Dr Pepper through my nose when I read the twit's comment over at TBIFOC. That's okay, though. Like MH, I tried looking around his site and had to bail after a few minutes. The 'All Caps' think about made me go cross-eyed, and then trying to read what teh twerp was actually saying (not much) required Google's Translate function. About all I could tell was that he got his ideas about how or whether Chief Justice Roberts was conservative or not was from reading Krugman & Oliphant. Not good choices in source material.
What a maroon!
12. Posted by Greg | October 2, 2005 8:05 PM |
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Posted on October 2, 2005 20:05