Okay, this is for reals....
I entered a scholarship contest for college bloggers and made it to the finals. In order to be a finalist, I had to write an essay, but the final $10,000 award is based on a vote.
Based on a vote!
Now, don't cheat, as this is serious enough where the IP logs will be audited. But vote. Tell your friends to vote. Tell your family to vote. Good sweet hoppin' Odin, I need the votes.
Go here:
My name is Grant Brisbee, and I'm the only one of the finalists WHO'S HAD TO WORK A DAY IN HIS LIFE, WHY, BACK IN MY DAY WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE THE INTERNET IN COLLEGE. So, yeah. Vote for the old guy who's trying to make amends for past academic failures. It's soooooo American.
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You were up to 22 votes (43% of votes cast) just a few minutes ago. Do these other sites know who they are up against? Go Grant!!
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I just liked the name better...
J EFFIN K MAN! I VOTED FOR YOU.
by Mark carry on on Oct 8, 2007 8:00 AM PDT reply actions
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They just won a World Series so we should get the blog competition victory.
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Liz Funk is a blonde with the word "sexuality" in her bio on the masthead.
Shelley Baits is a nerdy-hottie.
Kimberley Klein talks a lot about her breasts.
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Unless Grant starts talking about his breasts. omg Teh Hot.
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 9:46 AM PDT up reply actions
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by AngelintheInfield on Oct 8, 2007 8:13 AM PDT reply actions
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Succumb to the Enchanted t-shirt! Adopted dad of Minor Izzy
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Why did I do such a thing? Because his is the only blog that has remained readable since...2002? 2003? Whenever it was that I started reading it. Waiting for Boof I think it was called.
Or I'm a lemming.
by positiveuphemism on Oct 8, 2007 8:31 AM PDT reply actions
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Except now I'm moving in with you, and you have to clothe me and feed me. I can wash myself most of the time. That's just the price you pay for winning my Savings.
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Seriously though I voted for you because A) you're the only person I have heard of on that list, 2) you're a good writer and stuff so you deserve it, and iii) as a fellow poor working college student who has had to support herself throughout this entire laborious process, I really want you to get a break, because you need it. May this forward me some good karma to get free money for university later, too.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 8, 2007 9:09 AM PDT reply actions
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The story is quite possibly the funniest thing i've ever heard.
by SloIsLonelyForTheOrange on Oct 8, 2007 6:19 PM PDT up reply actions
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Cy Young: Tomorrow's my 75th birthday. Can I have the day off?
Manager: Can't do that, Cy. We've got 50 games tomorrow and you're pitching all of them.
Cy Young: Oh my god. Who's catching?
Manager: Who's what?
what will Grant do with the money?
by nostocksjustbonds on Oct 8, 2007 9:22 AM PDT reply actions
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As hookers go
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions
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Would love to see your essay entry that you submitted.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions
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http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2007/10/vote-for-mccove.html
Go Grant!
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And what did I get out of the deal? I'll tell you what I got....The "privilege" of purchasing a McCovey Chronicles T-Shirt that STILL chafes my nipples every time I even THINK about putting it on. Someone pass the little circular band-aids.
by paleepalou on Oct 8, 2007 10:21 AM PDT reply actions
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Good thing that was the last one that's coming out. I can slowly get away from this affliction now.
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 10:44 AM PDT up reply actions
Pass the lemmingade
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And stop lying about your name

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Sir, you should add the "vote-for-me" banner in your frontpage
by AGiantAmongMarlins on Oct 8, 2007 12:05 PM PDT reply actions
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Grant, I am really pulling for you, and not just because I love the Giants and your writing. I also worked my way back through school after quitting the first time (ok, and the second time), and I know exactly how tough it is.
Good luck man.
by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Oct 8, 2007 12:24 PM PDT reply actions
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Grant: 411
Jess Kim: 354
Time to get cereal.
Re: Okay, this is for reals....
And I assume you meant ceREAL!!!1!11!
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions
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by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Oct 8, 2007 12:40 PM PDT reply actions
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Of course, a certain liberal webmaster hinted that he would throw a little support our way if we were finalists. I hope that's the case.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 8, 2007 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions
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(sigh)...my theory that SO CA and east coast sports fans are morons strenghtens each day.
Not to ass-kiss Grant or anything, but most other blogs I've looked at on this SB Nation are way too homer-ific and don't have half the satire and comedic relief Grant provides.
Anyway, that's my $.02
by UnleashTheGore on Oct 8, 2007 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions
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I bet he's juicing...
If this is true, we'll have to brand an asterisk on Grant and send him into space.
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I mean, most men aren't just blessed with this kind of juicy all beef patty. It's why it's so hard to find pants that really fit...
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 1:58 PM PDT up reply actions
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 8, 2007 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 8, 2007 1:48 PM PDT up reply actions
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by UnleashTheGore on Oct 8, 2007 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
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by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions
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by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 1:59 PM PDT up reply actions
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by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Oct 8, 2007 5:24 PM PDT up reply actions
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Where did you hear about this contest, on the back of a book of matches?
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by Grant Brisbee on Oct 8, 2007 1:30 PM PDT up reply actions
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Well, what are we, chopped liver?
by VidaWantsYourCar on Oct 8, 2007 4:05 PM PDT up reply actions
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It's tough to fight in the nerd army war with only half an arsenal.
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 4:08 PM PDT up reply actions
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But somebody else has to do it. I haven't honestly flamed since I was a freshman, and if I hop off the wagon now there's going to be an intervention. And I hate interventions. You could say I'm addicted to not having them.
But seriously, we have to close the online voting gap!
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At least when Grant whines about not having enough money, he does it with style. So he gets my vote.
by Stuttering John Tamargo on Oct 8, 2007 2:24 PM PDT reply actions
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Have these other competitors even tried a Choose Your Own Adventure entry, or gone the Littlefield vs. Sabean route? I doubt it.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 2:51 PM PDT up reply actions
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To improve his chances I suggest Grant announce he will use the $10,000 for a sex change.
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by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Grant Brisbee on Oct 8, 2007 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions
Ok...
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They Way We Were
But this way sure is easier. Score one for the web and online voting.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Oct 8, 2007 4:15 PM PDT reply actions
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Sad/darkly funny postscript: several years later, our ASB president who drove us through the contest went certifiably insane and vanished. I'm sure it was something clinical, and had nothing to do with losing the contest.
by VidaWantsYourCar on Oct 8, 2007 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
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by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Oct 9, 2007 11:18 AM PDT up reply actions
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If this is ingenuous, I certainly don't encourage it because I don't want to take a legitimately consequential vote lightly, but I'm not really well versed in the ethics of a webvote so I don't really know if it would be right or wrong (happy to be schooled, though). It's there, though.
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 8, 2007 4:29 PM PDT reply actions
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by North Side Chicago Expatriate Giants Fan on Oct 8, 2007 4:32 PM PDT up reply actions
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 8, 2007 4:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Flaw
I guess if you voted on all ten and then found nine other people who agree to and then let them know you did it for them already, that's perfectly ethical.
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 4:40 PM PDT up reply actions
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 8, 2007 4:53 PM PDT up reply actions
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I figured it out, though. I'm no Dunderhead.
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 5:00 PM PDT up reply actions
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by AndYourBirdCanSing on Oct 8, 2007 8:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: I did my part
(sorry, Jake, your name came to me first)
by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 10:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Re: HUH?
by howtheyscored on Oct 9, 2007 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions
Re: Half?
by howtheyscored on Oct 9, 2007 10:35 AM PDT up reply actions
Re: Half?
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 9, 2007 3:41 PM PDT up reply actions
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by howtheyscored on Oct 9, 2007 4:11 PM PDT up reply actions
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by Grant Brisbee on Oct 9, 2007 5:23 PM PDT up reply actions
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http://com3.runboard.com/boardsfgiantsfans.f5.t15038
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by howtheyscored on Oct 8, 2007 11:48 PM PDT up reply actions
I vote the union ticket
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For shame, for shame...
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Now I realize it's going to come down to who has the most MySpace contacts, pushiest parents, or school support. I would have preferred the former.
by Grant Brisbee on Oct 9, 2007 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions
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As discussed earlier, I think you need to join all the other SB nation blogs and other Giants blogs. I know the Red Sox guy is a finalist too, but he's way behind.
Looks like the one gal is getting a lot of cross-references from other bloggers. If I had a blog, I'd mention it.
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But I think the SB network is really the best shot you have here. Unless you know a bunch of Star Wars bloggers...
by howtheyscored on Oct 9, 2007 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
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by Grant Brisbee on Oct 9, 2007 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions
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Vote early, vote often
Out hates to spell it out like this, but that's one multi-purpose Tandy he's toting around.
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by ekg on Oct 9, 2007 2:49 PM PDT reply actions

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