We serve no Molly before its time


I noticed people were getting a little anxious for the latest Molly award, but I usually try to hold off to a weekend. It’s worth waiting a few days, right? Anyway, the Molly for January 2010 goes to Paul W. You’re all expected to follow his example and write treatises in the comments from now on.

Now you have to get to work and leave votes for the February Molly in the comments here.

Comments

  1. Celtic_Evolution says

    Congrats, Paul W! Well deserved.

    Despite my accident, I was able to keep some notes for February… so I cast my vote for AJ Milne.

  2. rowmyboat says

    Cerberus, for spearing Captain Kirk Cameron with her wit and facts! (That gender thread happened in Feb, right?)

  3. Nerd of Redhead, OM says

    Congratulations to Paul W. Well deserved. I’ll wait until I get home and check my lists to see who is overdue…

  4. Feynmaniac says

    My vote goes to a_ray_in_dilbert_space for his constant pwnage of climate change denialists.

  5. Jadehawk, OM says

    told you so…. err, I mean, congratulations Paul W. :-)

    February votes go to Cerberus and a_ray_in_dilbert_space

  6. Sastra says

    Ah, just when I was ready to vote for him again…

    Well deserved! Congrats to Paul W.

    For February, I have notes on

    AJ Milne

    tsg

  7. gillt says

    I can’t vouch for this award but you should at least get something for diligence in the face of inanity over at The Intersection.

  8. Nerd of Redhead, OM says

    Folks, be sure to check the commenters at the top of the page for past winners.

    This month I’ll nominate AJ Milne and A_Ray_in_Dilbert_Space. ARIDS for his shining of sanity and science into the AGW debate, and AJ for general wisdom. And my sincere apologies to those who are still on my lists.

  9. Sili says

  10. Brownian, OM says

    Congrats, Paul W.

    [Chanting] Four more treatises! Four more treatises!

    Again, I vote for the perennial Molly bridesmaid, AJ Milne.

  11. Feynmaniac says

    David, I already got mine back in Sept so cast that second vote for someone else! ;)

    Also, congrats to Paul “the typing energizer bunny” W.

  12. aratina cage of the OM says

    Congratulations Paul W.! It has been my pleasure to watch you fight with valor and stun your opponents in blinding flashes of tl;dr. Well deserved.

    For February, I would like to place votes for:

    • Josh, Official SpokesGay. It’s HARD being an official spokesgay! But Josh OSG makes it look like fun.
    • a_ray_in_dilbert_space. a_ray made one of the most startlingly true observations I know of last month about a particular brand of religion.
    • Hypatia’s Daughter. HD made a thought-provoking historical case for how we can pursue science for the craziest of reasons, such as attempting to find evidence of a god (or Sasquatch), and still do good science.
  13. Kel, OM says

    Congrats Paul (W), well deserved.

    This month, again I’ll vote for a_ray_in_dilbert_space.

  14. Nerd of Redhead, OM says

    [Chanting] Four more treatises! Four more treatises!

    At least one more while you were posting.

    *holds envelope up to turban, I see Tentacle Clusters galore in his future*

  15. Josh, Official SpokesGay says

    Congrats to Paul W. . .so well-deserved!

    My vote’s for AJ Milne, definitely. Good stuff. But there are so many good commenters here, it’s hard to choose. Half the time I go to nominate someone, only to realize they’re already Mollified. Perhaps we need the Mollies Squared, for two, two, Two Times The Fun(TM)!

  16. SC OM says

    About time! Congratulations, Paul!

    For this month:

    AJ Milne

    Josh, Official SpokesGay

    (Coming soon: Pygmy Loris)

    (also Feynmaniac and a_ray, if they don’t get it this month)

    (Ay)

  17. Gyeong Hwa Pak, Tai Dam lum Pun says

    I would like to vote for either AJ Milne insightful comments, Josh OSG‘s great contrubution to lightening the mood of the blog, and Dianne.

    Also I’d like to mention other NCO of the Socialy Awkward Republic of Pharyngula:

    Qwerty, RickR, Ol’Greg, Cerberus, F, Holytape, MrFire, and a bunch of others.

  18. strange gods before me ॐ says

    An excellent choice, and well timed. Cheers, Paul W.

    February:

    AJ Milne
    Anri
    a_ray_in_dilbert_space

  19. Paul says

    (also Feynmaniac and a_ray, if they don’t get it this month)

    Feyn’s already got a Molly. Just mentioning it since a couple people have nominated already.

  20. 'Tis Himself, OM says

    Congratulations, Paul W. I see my electioneering of a couple of days ago was more than successful, it reached back to last month.

    I’m going to recycle my nominations from last month:

    Aquaria should be recognized for her intelligence, good writing, and “come at me, world, I’ll kick your ass” attitude.

    a_ray_in_dilbert_space is one of those people whose posts I always read.

  21. SC OM says

    Feyn’s already got a Molly. Just mentioning it since a couple people have nominated already.

    Maaaaaan! I’m always making fun of people for doing that. Grr. Sorry, Feynmaniac. I would blame David Marjanović, but Feynmaniac mentioned it in this thread. I have no excuse.

    (substitute Celtic_Evolution)

  22. Paul W. says

    Thanks, all!

    Especially Sven, for bestowing the “F.T.” along with the OM.

    My vote for February goes to AJ Milne, for his February awesomeness, his prior awesomeness, and because he wuz robbed for the January Molly. (Not that I’m giving it back, possession being 9/10 of It’s mine! Mine! All mine!)

  23. nigelTheBold says

    Congrats, Paul W.! Your Gomen recipe wins the internetz!

    Another drunken post for AJ Milne!

  24. Lynna, OM says

    Several lines of conga rats in sequins for Paul W, slayer of the Beast of Ignorance.

    My votes go to:

    a_ray_in_dilbert_space, who can be trusted to kick a false premise where it hurts

    Josh, Official Spokesgay (because he proposed marriage to me, and because his comments are properly prickly)

    AJ Milne (and I’m not even drunk)

  25. Josh, Official SpokesGay says

    @Lynna, #38:

    Josh, Official Spokesgay (because he proposed marriage to me, and because his comments are properly prickly)

    See how she goes and poisons the voting well? She just wants you to vote for me because I gave her some special attention.*

    I’m Deeply Offended. I shall consult with the Toothpaste Twins about how best to deal with this incivility.

    But, oh, yeah, I am quite prickly, huh? :))

    *Well deserved, of course. Now don your bridal breast plate my pretty, bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

  26. Lynna, OM says

    See how she goes and poisons the voting well? She just wants you to vote for me because I gave her some special attention.*
         I’m Deeply Offended. I shall consult with the Toothpaste Twins about how best to deal with this incivility.
         *Well deserved, of course. Now don your bridal breast plate my pretty, bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

    Yes, it’s all about me. Surely you’re not surprised.

    Truthily, though, I thought a tongue-in-cheek proposal to a woman, (on the basis of style, of course), was a telling moment in the drama of Josh, Official Spokesgay: Good Humor Man, (uh-oh, unintended white ice-cream server associations), destroyer of preconceptions — Man Who Plays with Stereotypes, thus rendering them impotent.

    Gotta go, I need more polish for my nipples.

  27. AJ Milne says

    Again, I vote for the perennial Molly bridesmaid…

    Aw, it’s not so bad… Got all these dresses, now. Some of ’em even still fit…

    (I mean, sure, the ones from the 70s look a bit too much like wallpaper now to be practical, and are only likely to come back in fashion as some thoroughly unsettling foreshadowing of the apocalypse. But otherwise, it’s all good…)

    Anyway, thanks all, and pardon while I stress out briefly about who I should be voting for (and if they beat me, after all, again, I’m just gonna get real bitter, you better believe it…)

    Anyway: A Ray in Dilbert Space. ‘Cos he keeps on keepin’ on.

  28. badgersdaughter says

    Josh OSG, and everyone knows why, too.

    AJ Milne, because nobody doubts it this time, dammit.

    a_ray_in_dilbert_space, because I was shocked there wasn’t an OM after that name already. Gee whiz.

  29. F says

    I propose some sort of honorable mention, at least, for Michael Hawkins.

    All the previous votes look so tasty, I cannae decide.

    a_ray_in_dilbert_space

    Josh, (teh awesome) Official SpokesGay

    Bill Dauphin (OM)

  30. Sili says

    Bugger. That was supposed to be

    More troubling, I seem to have forgotten to nominate the magnificent pixelfish(or Mini-Lynna, as I fear I sometimes think of her) back in December. I shall proceed to properly chastise myself.

    (That’ll teach me to try putzing around with relative addresses.)

  31. David Marjanović says

    David, I already got mine back in Sept so cast that second vote for someone else! ;)

    Oops! Aquaria it is, then.

  32. Janine, Mistress Of Foul Mouth Abuse, OM says

    Congratulations to Paul W. for wading through the sheer madness of the Laden explosion.

    As for my votes, the same as I have done the last couple of months, AJ Milne and Aquaria. And I should put a plug in for my fake husband; Josh, OSG. Time to go back for to feeling guilty for all of the other regulars I think I have slighted.

  33. Bill Dauphin, OM says

    Congratulations, Paul W.! My only reservation regarding this award is that it preempts one of my planned votes for February.

    That being the case, I nominate my other choice for Feb…

    Josh, Official Spokesgay

    …and renew my nominations from Jan…

    a_ray_in_dilbert_space

    Celtic_Evolution

    Aside to F (@47): While it’s delightful to get a shout-out (and in a Scottish dialect, no less!), the OM part of my nym is a hint that you’d be wasting that vote. For future reference, you can always review who’s already been Mollified here.

  34. Bill Dauphin, OM says

    Janine (@52):

    And I should put a plug in for my fake husband; Josh, OSG.

    Does this make him a fake polygamist, since he’s also proposed to Lynna? Hmmm… fake married already, yet fake proposed to our resident expert on all things Mormon? Coincidence? It is to laugh!

    PS to Josh: Forgive me for screwing up the medial capital in SpokesGay. I fear it’s my copyeditor’s brain doing the same stupid thing Word’s Autocorrect “feature” does: Unconsciously “correcting” things that never were errors in the first place. <sigh>

    PPS to all: I notice that a few people in the thread have mentioned Cerberus. For whatever it’s worth, that would’ve been my next vote, but I try to limit myself to no more than three nominations per cycle. Cerberus would definitely be a worthy Mollification.

  35. John Morales says

    This comment is a shout-out for any lurkers reading it to consider delurking and voting.

    You can, you know!

  36. Rorschach says

    What month are we voting for ? February ?

    Ah, lets see then…

    AJ Milne obviously.

    Aquaria

    tsg

  37. Paul W. says

    Brownian:

    Four more treatises! Four more treatises!

    Ok, done. (In Episode XXXVI of the Endless Thread, and in the Sins of Omission thread.)

    Can I rest on my recently-acquired laurels now?

  38. Rev. M. says

    I nth the nomination of A.J. Milne. A Molly for A.J. would not be before its time.

  39. Pygmy Loris says

    Crap, my nomination just got held for moderation. Dratted euphemism week.

    Congrats to Paul W.

    My nominations: Celtic Evolution, Josh OSG and a ray in dilbert space.