Comments for Comment of the year

Comment of the year

2008-10-15T23:10:15Z

Awesomeness:

I'm white.
And I was brought up Catholic.
And I'm gay.
And I read this blog. At work, sometimes.
Do you think I might qualify for a prize?

Yes. Yes it does. It's called "comment of the year." The "at work, sometimes" part put you over the top.

Comment from TH on 2008-10-15

2008-10-15T23:35:22Z

Do we all get to post our qualifications for potential prizes?

Comment from colleeniem on 2008-10-15

2008-10-15T23:36:42Z

Damnit, TNC, I was going to comment in the other thread that I read your blog merely because I like feeling guilty.
But I was at work, and I couldn't...I would have felt guilty.

Comment from jeet on 2008-10-15

2008-10-16T00:04:40Z

Jeezus Christ.

Is Andrew Sullivan so lazy he can't walk over and tell you this to your face?

Comment from DR on 2008-10-15

2008-10-16T00:22:20Z

LOL I think jeet should get the prize instead.

Comment from JonF on 2008-10-15

2008-10-16T00:31:57Z

Re: I'm white.
And I was brought up Catholic.
And I'm gay.
And I read this blog. At work, sometimes.
Do you think I might qualify for a prize?

Hmpph.

Every one of those things applies to me too, plus I live in our host's hometown, just a couple miles from his old neighborhood.
Don't I get a bigger prize?

Comment from liz on 2008-10-15

2008-10-16T00:50:50Z

i second DR's suggestion ... jeet wins

Comment from Sporcupine on 2008-10-15

2008-10-16T03:21:06Z

I'm a white married woman who goes to church every week. Presbyterian church. In a small town. In Kentucky. So hah!

Comment from sv on 2008-10-15

2008-10-16T03:29:36Z

sounds as though...

file ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com under stuff white people like

Comment from hurls on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T05:04:46Z

what happened to "enter foo below"?

I was gonna third the "jeet wins" but then I read sv's comment... and I got so damn guilty that i changed my vote to him/her

Comment from Thomas R on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T08:01:47Z

I'm white.
I'm Catholic.
I'm celibate.
I'm under four-foot tall
I can touch my nose with my toes

Comment from Daphne on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T09:14:45Z

I'm a 47 year old woman.
I'm a foreigner.
I'm a Dutch Jew.
I live in Amsterdam.
I'm 1.65, 70 kilo. (Go do the math yourselves. I wouldn't know.)

At least a silver, right?

Comment from Roger Tompkins on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T17:43:27Z

I'm white.
I'm 61 years old.
I grew up on a farm in Central Oregon with my stepfather from Arkansas.
The churches I attended were Assembly of God and Church of God.
I knew the names of all three African Americans in Central Oregon because they worked for my dad.
I'm a Marine Corps Viet Nam vet.

On the other side: I don't really like your music because I'm to much a blues and jazz fan, however I do see the same roots in your music I see in those, just a different artistic expression.
In 1957 we watched TV as the Little Rock Nine walked through screaming crowds of racists guarded by National Guard. After only a couple of minutes my stepfather stood up and pointed at some women chanting racist slogans and said "That makes me ashamed to admit I even come from Arkansas" and walked outside to cool off.

Comment from Hanan Kolko on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T18:38:08Z

I'm white.
I'm straight.
I'm a Jew whp married a Methodist.
I read your blog.
At work.
At home.
And my name is odder than your - Hanan Kolko.

I want a big damm prize.

Comment from John D. Moore on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T18:59:43Z

I'm white.
I was raised Mormon.
I live in Utah.
I'm an atheist.
I'm a college dropout.
I'm a born-again video gamer.
I adore this blog.
I have the blandest, whitest, most boringest name ever.

Hmmm, yeah. The other guy deserves the prize.

Comment from OGWiseman on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T20:28:31Z

I'm white.
Only 25. (Although man does that feel old)
I'm straight - But haven't gotten laid in a while.
I'm left-handed.
I was raised by Athiests, converted to Catholicism at 14, left the church at 20. Then I was Agnostic, now I'm Apathetic.
My parents live in Morocco. Their neighbor and best friend is named Muhammed. It is likely my phone is being monitored by Homeland Security.
I think Braeburns are the only good kind of apples.

Prize?

Comment from ticocat on 2008-10-16

2008-10-16T20:44:25Z

I'm white.
And female.
And pretty old.
And I was brought up Catholic.
In West Virginia.
Really.
And I read this blog
From Costa RIca, where I now live.
And many of my mostly pretty old, mostly very white, friends in West Virginia also love this blog.
Really.
I also think jeet should win.
Really.