I was a big fan of He that Photoshops above all. But I can't see how one can be eligible in a year with a two month hole in it. If you recall, I long ago bestowed upon Ace the title, Creator of Worlds when Allah went Nietzsche.

Geez, I can't believe I was beaten to the Nietzsche line...

Seriously, Shouldn't Allah be in the "best blogs that aren't blogging" catagory? Two months in blog-time is like twenty dog-years, which is... um, you get the point.

Go, Ace!

Been there, done that, your turn.

i voted--Ace is kicking arse

Off-topic Story about the Culture Clash:

Tonight, I brought the family over to a TV ministry located in Costa Mesa, Ca. called TBN which puts on a large Christmas light display outside. It turned out not to be open but we did get to drive by their life-size Nativity. There were numerous signs asking not to touch and even orange cones put up around it. This did not stop a Middle-Eastern and obviously muslim family (the mother was wearing the whole cover your face thing and the father was clearly Arabic) from standing inside the cones with a camera while their child climbed inside the Manger and posed next to the swaddled Christ for a snapshot.

This is an Evangelical ministry, mind you. I am Catholic myself, but I respect their beliefs and enjoy the effort they put into their display. But I wonder what the muslims would think if my family held up an image of Mohammed for a quick photo in front of a Mosque in Mecca. Excuse me. I mean what would muslims think about it just before we were shot.

You can thank Allah for a lot of traffic, especially mine. But I think it's pretty safe to say he's given up blogging. He hinted 2 months ago that after the election, he didn't want to do it anymore.

I've exersized my right to vote!! as has my extended family!

I was a great admirer of and frequent donor to Allahpaundit. Sadly, I have been informed he will probably not be posting again. I do not know why.

He was a huge talent and will be greatly missed.

Agreed, Dave.
-If Ace ever gets a life I will be crushed.

Kidding of course

You'll always be tops with me, Ace, even if Allah returns to us. So I've voted for you today and yesterday.

If Allah communicates with you, let him know he's missed.

And just what, precisely, is in it for us? (Other than the whole Eternal Gratitude thing or some Cool Title like you bestow upon donors.)

If it's something of monetary value, I've voted for you twice so far. If it's not...well, I've voted for you twice so far.

Later,
bbeck

OK I voted for you by default since Allah ain't around no more. So what's the story there, again?

Hey Ace, if you're going to be a vote whore, do it right. Put a link at the top of your page like everybody else does.

I'm still trying to figure out how to "enfranchise" a few extra votes for you.

Mike

Not to be a schmuck about it, and thus mess with Mr. Aylward's fine effort, but voting more frequently than daily is quite easy.

I don't want to queer the metrics completely, so I'll leave it at that.

You know, if Allah wins, maybe he'll come back. Oops, did I just say that out loud?

Thanks for all the continued support, guys.

This may be a dumb award, but for some moron reason I'm desperate for it. I've just been stuck at a certain level for so long (and lately losing traffic) that I just think I need some additional exposure to keep me interested in my idiotblog.

I personally think, given the history of this site and those of us who are somewhat aged yet enlightened children of the 80s, the Anthem must come from "Streets of Fire" or at least be written by Jim Steinman who arguably wrote every rock anthem that got stuck in your head in the 70s and 80s.

Hell Meatloaf's Steinman hit "Two out of Three Aint Bad" has some workable lyrics.

You'll never find your gold on a sandy beach...
You'll never drill for oil on a city street...
I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks...
But there ain't no Coup de Ville hiding at the bottom
of a Cracker Jack box.
I can't lie, I can't tell you something I'm not
No matter how I try

I mean really we addressed the empty promises of the liberals about entitlements.

Anwar is no city street.

And John Kerry was no Caddy at the bottom of that DNC's CrackerJack Box.

And Bush certainly never tried to be something he was not.

Just my observation. Plus, Meatloaf was a Rock God.

Ace, if Allah were around, you'd have some serious competition. But he's not. I'll keep him blogrolled out of respect for his eternal greatness, but I think the vote has to go to you.

Incidentally, Allah's the one who got me reading you in the first place, in case you cared.

If Allah were around, I might not have any competetition, because he'd be up for Best Overall Blog.

Good luck Ace!

Ace, it's been said before, but I'll say it again. Lost traffic doesn't count at this point ... because everyone peaked for the election. I voted for you ... I loved Allah, but how do you vote for someone not blogging? Someone should have stopped him during his crazy debates blogging. Killed the joy or something.

Ace, as far as recognition goes, for what it's worth I think you were quoted by the very snoot New Criterion magazine a while back:

http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/23/oct04/notes.htm

They don't credit you or anything, but they talk about bloggers referring to the 'legacy media'. I know that's an old term, but you were the only one I saw using it during Rathergate.

Ace, your appeal falls short because other bloggers have raised the grovelling bar. There's some serious whining, begging, bootlicking, stroller-kicking and downright Monica-ing going on right now and being heard above the din might take giving away free tee shirts, or an intense campaign of planting trackbacks and linked comments on, say, the top 5,000 blogs. You may need to put on your Jacques Chirac hat to pull this one out.

Oh, how quickly they forget.

Got nothing to do with merit. It's time to make like Joe Trippi and just win, baby. Yeah, it'll be ugly, but remember what George Patton said about losers. Later, Ace can say "mistakes were made" and call for us to move on. Best of all, we can look forward to his piece explaining why the blogosphere misunderstands Dan Rather.

I've voted for you every time it said I hadn't already voted for you!

YOu got my vote. IN spades.