On Monday, we wrote about the winners of the 2008 Oklahoma Blog Awards being announced. In the post, here is what I wrote about Decisionally Challenged, the site that won the award for Best Humor Blog:
In the “Best Humor” category we were defeated by some blog called Decisionally Challenged. The blog is so funny that it’s name isn’t even in it’s web address (http://georgienba.blogspot.com). I would suggest you visit it and laugh your ass off. When you do, please promptly send us an email and explain why.
Since that day, Mommy Blogs all over Oklahoma and beyond have been on full alert; attacking, trashing, and bombarding our site with some of the finest wit and elegant prose to be found on the internet (sarcasm). Essentially, they refer to us — and some of our readers — as sore, whiny losers. Here are some examples:
- Decisionally Challenged: She replied back to us by posting a Destiny’s Child video. She also refers to her blog comments as “peeping toms.” Hardy F*cking har.
- Today in Idabel Oklahoma: Apparently this group of (sarcasm) hilarious mommy bloggers are not aware of copyright laws, because the reposted our post (and reader comments) on their site. They also included pictures of crying babies and breastfeeding. Yucky.
- Red Neck Diva: She won the humor category the previous two years in the Okie Blog Awards. She is “absolutely perturbed about the hatin’ I’m reading as a result of the 2008 Okie Blog Awards.”
- But I digress...: This one is kind of sad, because this blogger was apparently a fan of The Lost Ogle, but now doesn’t like us anymore. I guess she liked the snark and sarcasm when it had to do with politics or Dave Morris, but mommy blogs are off limits. I’m not sure if that’s a double standard or not.
- Short Pump Preppy: This blog doesn’t even appear to be from Oklahoma and she got mad.
- Mike McCarville Report: You may not have known it, but Mike McCarville no longer writes about politics. He now writes about mommies. Hot mommies.
Well, I guess it’s finally good to get some recognition from the mommy blogs without having to post lemon cake recipes, write about poopy diapers, or post pictures from Clark Matthews “Creative Memories” party. Plus, the linkage from their sites helps boost our traffic and Technorati Ranking, which is always a good thing.
In response to their criticism, I really don’t feel that my post from Monday was too mean or over the top. Some of the words in the comments section may have been tough, but the post itself was pretty tame when you compare it to other things we’ve written. Hell, I even congratulated all the blogs that won. Other than giving Chad his own Friday column, that’s probably the nicest thing we’ve ever done at this site.
I guess what Georgie at Decisionally Challenged and her army of mommy blogs forgot – or maybe don’t even know – is that The Lost Ogle is an “obscure social blog” that tends to poke snarky fun at most anything and everything. This “anything and everything” includes ourselves, our advertisers, our friends and even midgets. So…when we lose a “Best Humor” award to a blog that’s only humorous to fans of Reba and scrapbookers, it should be expected that we’re going to point that out. And when that blog receives a correlating bump in site traffic and a bit of notoriety, we hope that they can just laugh off or enjoy the criticism coming their way. You know, just like we’ve done with all the hilarious commentary found at the sites we linked to above.
Anyway, I hope this post will help make the mommy blogs less mad at us, and get them back to worshipping the Pioneer Woman. If not, we’ll use our connections to have Gary England create a severe thunderstorm during Oprah and force Rick Mitchell to interrupt programming. That will show them.
I enjoyed this post. And I support your mission in pointing out content that is awarded for being humorous/funny/witty, when it certainly is not. Except, like you said, to scrapbookers.
RDK are humor snobs and we’re OK with that.
I just wanted to take this opportunity to tell all the lurking mothers out there that OklahomaRock.com just posted some new live videos from David Cook.
Cougars 4 Cook, right?
So, does this mean you want me to squash the 12 part series I had planned to detail the ClarkPupp’s potty training regiment?
Dear Lost Ogle,
I am sorry if the comments I posted in response to the original article in any way contributed to you feeling the wrath of The National Army of Mother Bloggers. I would hate to have been the cause of you guys being sewn into an ugly Christmas sweater. It would also have been a shame for you to have woken up glued to a giant scrapbook. Similarly, I can only imagine the terror you must have felt when the Mommy Army forced you to watch 2 straight weeks worth of daytime TV programming Clockwork Orange-style.
To the National Army of Mother Bloggers, I would like to offer my deepest sympathies on the loss of your sense of humor.
-ian_okc
Regiment? You mean there’s a whole army of the little crappers out there?
Sounds like a guilty conscience got the best of you. Were you raised by a midget Jewish woman?
Oh, yeah … I forgot to add the sarcasm tag above.
i hope this makes the top 20 popular list. This one is good.
Now watch out for those SUVs!!
BTW, those comments on that post from Decisionally challenged are f***ing hilarious! I encourage all to read, and giggle.
i’m not going to lie. i’m a little hurt. as a fellow nominee who’s neither funny nor a mother, i feel left out.
I looked at these ‘mommy’ blogs and concur that they do indeed suck balls. And looking at the photos of the bloggers in question, I’d say that they are sucking down cheese balls and possible chocolate balls…lots of them. Good luck. ♥ ♥ ♥ (<–WHF?)
Goodwilldrums, man, you are right. The blogger posted a random video of Destiny Child’s “Say my name” … from like 10 years ago. The readers are saying it’s so hilarious. I just don’t get it.
- “ROFL! Hilarious. And, this is why you won the Humor award!
I’m proud of you.”
Way to buck up, girlfriend.
- “Sounds like those young’uns don’t know how powerful women can be. Knocked those boys right on their asses. We could do it in real life, too!”
- “TOO TOO funny. They are losers in more than just popularity. They will never be invited to hang with us when we rock the casbah. Asswipes.”
- “Georgie all you do is kick ass and take names later. And then you give the names to me and Deb. WE’LL take care of em for ya. LOL”
- “Never EVER under estimate the power of a ♥ lovin, walkin typo Housewife!”
On second though, that blog should have won the humor award. That’s straight comedy right there.
BTW, I’m the one who posted the Anonymous post on their blog. I had to choose a profile name from a list and Pimp Daddy wasn’t an option.
Actually it’s Cardboard Jim and Jim Roth interviews that keep me coming back, not Dave Morris. And as long as I work where I do, there will always be readings of TLO whether I like it or not.
I could explain the distinction between the acceptability of satirizing politicians and other individuals who have chosen a public persona vs. private individuals. BUT according to your commenters, I’m too fat and stupid to use the big words that would require (a B.A. in Classics/Latin and an M.L.A. in Museum Studies notwithstanding).
And I’m amused at comments about my appearance when, to my own frustration, my computer recently crashed and I lost my Blogger profile pic. So any specualtion as to what I look like or what I eat (which at four-months pregnant is pretty much whatever I can keep down, and that’s not going to well) is nothing more than a guess.
“to”=”too” or “very” or whatever tells you I’m still dog sick miserable, feel free to criticize my typo in whatever manner you deem appropriate, I wasn’t too chicken to leave MY contact info
My point has never been that these blogs aren’t deserving to win. Since the day we were allowed to nominate for the 2008 awards, I’ve maintained that once any blog wins three years in a row in any given category, it should not be allowed to be nominated again for a year. That’s what other blog awards do. I think it’s only fair, and it will keep the popularity contest tendency out of the whole thing.
I’ve met some of the bloggers who won, and they’re nice, good people. But that’s not what the blog awards should be about. They should be about recognizing a good and fair cross section of Oklahoma blogs, not just the same blogs over and over again. That leads nowhere and will eventually keep people from participating, which will in turn turn the whole thing into a mutual admiration society for a small clicque.
I’ve heard from some OK bloggers — all who have won numerous times — who said they didn’t even nominate or vote this time, due to the popularity contest nature the awards have taken on. Unless this issue is addressed, I won’t take part next year either. I hope you read this, Mike, and give it some consideration.
When angry IVILLAGE hausfraus attack! Give them a precious moments, pay their way to the next Affair of The Heart crapshow, and take them out for a nice dinner to Olive Garden and all will be well.
I’m standing with TLO on this one. These ladies have so much vitriol and congratulatory you-go-girlism laced with aged bitterness.
Ladies, please. Everyone gets snarked here on TLO, and you got off very lightly with dismissive snark about how the TLO doesn’t think you are funny. You cannot expect any less from writers with custom South Park avatars. To borrow one of your folksy sayings, “if you can’t take the heat, get outta the kitchen!” And by “kitchen,” I mean “internet.” Or “blogosphere.” Your choice. Both are, in the parlance of our times, “SRS BSNS, U GUYZ.”
Furthermore, as TLO here has recognized, there’s no such thing as bad publicity. Enjoy your hits, and save your indignation for more immediate issues that directly impact your lives, like poor funding for education, our woeful health care system, or the the latest Grey’s Anatomy plot twist.
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Really sorry about this guys. Ever since Mom had her “change of life” she’s been a little grumpy and on edge. And, she must have been hitting the sauce again if she’s posting Destiny’s Child videos. Next time I’m home I’ll have a talk with her. Maybe I can get her doc to put her on some different hormone pills.
Anyway, keep up the good work. Your sarcasm and wit are an inspiration. You also give us transplanted Okies a link back to the insanity that is Oklahoma politics and happenings.
Redneck is one word. Duh. And y’all say you’re from Oklahoma…
I enjoy good snark as much as the next gal and y’all never fail to disappoint in that department. Really, the “hatin’” I spoke of was from the comments section of the post. Your words weren’t as harsh as your readers’ were.
Eff them if they can’t take a joke.
I think I know the problem. *I* voted for the Lost Ogle in the humor category. Read my blog and you will know that I ALWAYS vote for the loser (except 2008 presidential race, which I still can’t really believe). So I probably cursed the vote — indeed, no one I voted for in the blog awards won.
Oh, and there’s nothing worse than sore winners.
If I had found this blog before today, I would have definitely voted for you. You guys are hilarious. And the “national recognition” from Poynter is awesome. When are you going to do a Tulsa version of The Lost Ogle?
jhawker…we are affiliated with the Irritated Tulsan who writes our “Tulsa Tuesday” column. Otherwise we try to pretend Tulsa doesn’t exist.
Good to know. Guess I’ll have to move to OKC. Well, maybe not.
You guys are dicks.
Oh my god, y’all! This is just like the Everybody on the Internet versus Ebaumsworld war.
Well said in both posts Patrick. When the winners were announced it was certainly the WTF heard ’round the blogworld. As a fellow victim of the mommy bloggers at the OBA’s – I’m thinking losing might be winning after all.