Oooh, speaking of sex tips, did anybody else see the Marie Claire parody of Top 10 Sex Tips this month? They even said you'd should never call it a "member."

OK, i know this Saturday is a new moon in Cancer, but 'pineal gland'? please to explain.

Thanks, but I just played Oliver Hardy on that one.

Good week, LolCat. Fuck. GREAT week.

Also, someone with tech savvy find and link that Sexbot comment on the Stand Back Room.

I love that TedSez comment. "Just get that duck's mouth open and fill it full of grain" is the funniest thing I have heard in a LONG time.

However, his genius made me hate myself just a bit more.

And I swear, whenever KUO makes a comment that goes a bit over my head, I know she is getting a Gold Star.

Thanks, Emily! I'll record it, but only if Vince Chase plays me in the movie.

Also, I agree with Karen, LolCait was hilarious this week.

@KarenUhOh: i second that. i've replayed that scene in my head about 100 times.

This was a particularly hilarious week. And Ted, extra thanks.

ps: do I have a pineal gland?

These were all totally deserved. This week was comedy gold (star). Congrats to all the winners.

@ellagood:
Exactly. I read that whole post set to music and couldn't believe how well that lyric fit.

This was LolCait's week. The discount bin remark was my favorite as well, but I imagine it was a bitch to narrow it down to one.

I'm just excited that my name was mentioned in one of the Gold Star winning comments. That's good enough for now.

Also, my archival mind recalls no prior "double" winners in this thing (Ella, did you do that once? Hell, is there anything you haven't done once?).

So, Slinkimalinki, a tip of the snout!

Praise from Caesars! It's been a fun week!

I nominate everyone in the Cosmo Sex Tips comments, and anyone who played along with the "Disney + cheese = fun" game yesterday. I'd have to say Raphaela's "Esmozamelda" really did it for me.

Hope everyone has a good weekend... I, for one, am going to Coney Island. See you on the Cyclone!

@CodePink: NoDowdAboutIt should be pretty excited about that too.

This has toally been Christmas in July for Gawker comments! Kudos to all, and thank you for making my drudgery easier with laughter and decent conversations.

Yay thanks! Codepink, it was your idea. I also laughed out loud at your earlier comment about "snowy clump." If this were reality, and not the internet, I would say "we should get drunk some night and talk about dick scrunchies" but since it is the internet, I am thus become Eric Schaeffer.

@KarenUhOh: yes, i tag teamed with someone once. and, er, i guess that answers your second question too.

@Twizzlers For President: awww, shucks! pon-thong was hiLARIOUS. we totes need to get drunk sometime, even if over thursday afternoon Gawker comments in cyberspace.

harumph. Nary a mention.
I swear, if someone doesn't tell me I'm pretty in the next 30 seconds, I'm totally going to burst into tears and/or flames.

@IBentMyWookie: You're pretty?

Ok now my turn!

@Vitamin B12: you smell amazing.

@IBentMyWookie: And who says we have no manners here!

@IBentMyWookie: Hey, can I buy you some french fries...

@karion: it's been said already, but LolCait's week really was awesome. so it deserves to be praised one more time. christ, if i ever come up with one comment that measures up, i can die happy.

***hyperventilating***

@LolCait:
Give me a second to stuff a scrunchie and some ice cubes into my purse.

This post is my weekly crushing disapointment. It's like when you go the the clinic to get your results, you're hopeful that it is positive, but then they deliver the bad news.....

Figuratively speaking of course.

Congrats on all the good stuff snarked out this week!

Hey, everyone.

Yesterday was my one-year anniversary of being privileged enough to write stuff on this site. I can't overstate how much it means to me. This place catches shit from many places, and frankly, when I first learned of Gawker, I was a shitflinger too (still am, in a different way, of course).

Those who bother to read Gawker at any depth will realize it routinely produces fantastic writing. It's become, from a quality standpoint, one of the best rooms to work in all our culture. In my unhumble opinion.

I don't care if it's sometimes just silly gossip. That isn't why I'm here. You either, I suspect.

Your praise (& gentle criticism: too gentle, if you asked me), does not go unnoticed by KUO. Ever. I love being here, and I love you. You gosh darn assholes.

@KarenUhOh: Karen, you make us all aspire to be better assholes. Happy Anniversary.

@KarenUhOh: damn. my one year is on July 29. i was just going to get plowed. do i need to write a speech? 'cuz i will...

@the-cubicle-dweller: Well, the world needs its Gawker commenter ditch diggers, too.

(There's always the possibility of a lifetime achievement award, I guess. One day!)

@KarenUhOh: Happy Anniversary and thanks so much for the wit and constant reminders that I'm way out of my league in this company, especially yours.

i'm just trying to figure out what the damn hell shit fuck i'm doing on the same list as that slice of genius from tedsez. because that was the only song parody i've ever read on any site that made me feel like music was blaring out from my computer. anyway, anyone want to come help me raid the mini-bar (inside my head, motels have mini-bars)? a toast to karen's anniversary!

Gold Star Mothers, Fathers, and Kids:

Good Week!

[french.about.com]

@KarenUhOh: totally with you on the good writing. i got hooked on gawker (you wouldn't believe how far frome new york i live) purely because i realised this is where the smart kids are: the funny, bitter, good-hearted ones.

"from" not "frome". i got overexcited.

@slinkimalinki: You're being way too modest. You made it in on not 1, but 2 comments! That means you get to ignore check-out time Sunday afternoon, and the minibar is free. The one time I stayed at the GSM (a fluke which I'm convinced will never be repeated), I had to sleep on a cot.

@KarenUhOh: Happy Anniversary! How many of these Gold Star thingies sit on your mantle now? No, don't tell me - I'll just feel more inadequate.