{"id":3183,"date":"2008-03-12T20:31:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T01:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2008\/03\/12\/i-approve-this-message\/"},"modified":"2008-03-12T20:31:41","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T01:31:41","slug":"i-approve-this-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/03\/i-approve-this-message\/","title":{"rendered":"I approve this message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"blog\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.catholicblogawards.com\" target=\"_blank\">Voting<br \/>\nin the Catholic Blog Awards for<br \/>\n2008<\/a> has already started a bit ago, but voting is open until<br \/>\nMonday of<br \/>\nHoly Week. I would like to thank those who voted for me in five<br \/>\ndifferent categories and your check is in the mail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog\">I would though like to say something about<br \/>\nthe other blogs in the humor category. &nbsp;Last year my<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/archives\/007727.php\"\ntarget=\"_blank\"> negative campaign ad<\/a> appears to<br \/>\nhave been effective so I will give it another go.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/aliveandyoung.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Alive and Young<\/a> Now I have linked<br \/>\nto Paul Cat throughout the year and he is pretty funny with his<br \/>\n&#8220;Adventures in Catechesis&#8221; and &#8220;Not said by Jesus&#8221; series. But is humor<br \/>\nthe only qualification for this category? &nbsp;Is just being alive<br \/>\nand young enough? &nbsp;And isn&#8217;t this a slur against middle age<br \/>\nmen like myself. &nbsp;Does this imply that I am &#8220;Still alive and<br \/>\nnot so young?&#8221; I think that he is an ageist and surely this should<br \/>\ndisqualify him.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/americanpapist.com\/blog.html\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">American Papist<\/a> Yet another funny<br \/>\nblog with great commentary and brilliant photo captions. &nbsp;But<br \/>\nwhat is up with the &#8220;Not your average Catholic&#8221; tagline? Surely this is<br \/>\nthe sin of pride from another young blogger with a superiority complex.<br \/>\n&nbsp;Plus notice how he puts the word &#8220;American&#8221; before the word<br \/>\n&#8220;Papist&#8221;? &nbsp;This is an obvious clue that he puts his<br \/>\ncitizenship first before the Church. &nbsp; Papist American would<br \/>\nbe much more preferable.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cantuar.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Canterbury Tales<\/a> Another great<br \/>\nblog on things theological and apologetic. &nbsp;But why does this<br \/>\nformer Episcopal priest think that the word Canterbury is appropriate<br \/>\nfor his blog? &nbsp;Is there still some secret allegiance the the<br \/>\nAnglican Archbishop?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/closedcafeteria.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">The Cafeteria is Closed<\/a> I have<br \/>\nlinked to Gerald plenty of times since his blog first opened up.<br \/>\n&nbsp;I enjoy his sometimes acerbic commentary, his whirlwind of<br \/>\nblogging multiple posts, and his great photography. &nbsp;But can<br \/>\nwe truly trust someone who took their blog title from Maureen Dowd?<br \/>\n&nbsp;I think not.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/catholiccartoonblog.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Catholic Cartoon Blog<\/a> Paul Nichols<br \/>\nis quite a talented cartoonist and keeps me laughing throughout the<br \/>\nyear. But it saddens me to have to reveal to you that Paul is secretly<br \/>\na charter member of the Cardinal Mahony Fan Club.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativeminorityreport.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Creative Minority Report<\/a> This is<br \/>\nin my opinion the best new blog of the year. The&nbsp;parody and<br \/>\npunditry of these two brothers is top notch and they are very inventive<br \/>\nand creative. Exactly what claim do they have to being a minority other<br \/>\nthan being faithful Catholics? But how do we know that they are really<br \/>\nbrothers? This could be one brilliant and creative individual with<br \/>\nmultiple personalities. &nbsp;Brothers or a split personality &#8211; you<br \/>\ndecide.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/daniellebean.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Danielle<br \/>\nBean<\/a> This is one funny mom with lots of great insights!<br \/>\n&nbsp;Though with the number of pictures she posts of her kids<br \/>\non&nbsp;her blog you have to wonder about their effect on the<br \/>\nenvironment. &nbsp;The increased bandwidth obviously causes a<br \/>\nhigher use of electricity at the server farm which leads to global<br \/>\nclimate change and the death of your ancestors in the future.<br \/>\n&nbsp;Funny yes, but do you want to vote for someone killing off<br \/>\nyour offspring?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dprice.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Dyspectic Mutterings<\/a> One of my all<br \/>\ntime favorite blogs and when Dale fisks something it is a thing of<br \/>\nbeauty. &nbsp;In fact I am quite jealous of his writing style.<br \/>\n&nbsp;So if you vote for him you will be leading me to sin and how<br \/>\ncould you live with yourself after that.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fivefeetoffury.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Five Feet of Fury<\/a> Kathy<br \/>\nShaidle&nbsp;was the first Catholic blogger and<br \/>\nher&nbsp;headlines have been declared lethal in all fifty states.<br \/>\n&nbsp;In fact she makes more points in her headlines than most<br \/>\npeople do in long posts. She should get a lifetime achievement awards<br \/>\nfor things like &#8220;More abortion clinics have been bombed on Law in Order<br \/>\nthan in real life.&#8221;&nbsp; But you shouldn&#8217;t waste your time voting<br \/>\nfor her, you should be buying her books so that she can blog full time.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/happycatholic.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Happy Catholic<\/a> One of the most<br \/>\nbalanced Catholic blogs out there with great quotes, jokes, and<br \/>\ninsights. A daily stop for me. &nbsp;I broke the news last year<br \/>\nthat I had it on good authority that she once didn&#8217;t say grace before a<br \/>\nmeal. &nbsp;This year though I found out that she is sometimes<br \/>\ndistracted in prayer! &nbsp;Imagine that and repent of any thinking<br \/>\nof voting for Julie.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/junecleaverafterasix-pack.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">June Cleaver after a six pack<\/a> This<br \/>\nis a new blog to me and surely this is one of the greatest blog titles<br \/>\never. But if you vote for this homeschooling mother and Air Force wife<br \/>\nyou will only encourage her and she will blog more and then her<br \/>\nchildren will suffer from lack of attention and grow up to be<br \/>\nmiscreants.<\/li>\n<li><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.cwnews.com\/offtherecord\/offtherecord.cfm\">Off<br \/>\nthe Record <\/a>&nbsp;Diogenes has long been one of my<br \/>\nfavorite commenters. &nbsp;But what is up with Uncle Di being<br \/>\nanonymous? &nbsp;Just what does he have to hide? &nbsp;Many<br \/>\nthink that he must be a priest and must keep a low profile because of<br \/>\nhis commentary. &nbsp;For all we know he could be an albino monk<br \/>\nassassin.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/orthometer.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Orthometer<\/a> Funny title, funny<br \/>\npriest. I always enjoy when Fr. Richtsteig posts and he lists some<br \/>\nsolid reason <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/orthometer.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/nominate-me-or-else.html\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">for voting for him<\/a>. But what would<br \/>\nhappen to his humility if he were to win this award? So save father&#8217;s<br \/>\nspiritual life and don&#8217;t vote for him.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/somehavehats.typepad.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Some Have Hats<\/a> Another one of my<br \/>\nfavorite blogs and Karen Hall sure can<br \/>\nwrite.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;She also writes at the group blog <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/somehavehats.typepad.com\/some_wear_clerics\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Some Wear Clerics<\/a> where I<br \/>\nsometimes guess post at and is also listed in the humor<br \/>\ncategory.&nbsp;But<br \/>\nis it really fair for a screenwriter with such great credits as<br \/>\nwriting for MASH should be allowed to compete against us amateur?<br \/>\n&nbsp;Isn&#8217;t this like Mario Andretti showing up at a Soapbox Derby?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spiritofvatican2.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Spirit of Vatican II &#8220;Catholic&#8221; Faith<br \/>\nCommunity<\/a> Many think this is a hilarious parody blog that<br \/>\nmocks progressives. Well that is the way it started, but they have<br \/>\nspiraled out of control. &nbsp;Like a spy who has gone into deep<br \/>\ncover for so long that he has forgotten his real personality, the same<br \/>\nthing has happened to the authors there. To save their souls you must<br \/>\nnot vote for this blog!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/gkupsidedown.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Standing on My Head<\/a> One of my<br \/>\nfavorite books is Fr. &nbsp;Dwight Longenecker &#8220;Adventures in<br \/>\nOrthodoxy&#8221; and his blog shows the same humor and uncommon &#8220;common<br \/>\nsense.&#8221; But maybe you are <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/gkupsidedown.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/wot-no-zuchetto.html\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">not aware of the Zuchetto schism<\/a><br \/>\nand how he is willing the leave the Church over a hat. Can you trust a<br \/>\nman willing to disobey the magisterium over head ware? Maybe standing<br \/>\non your head too long does that to you.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thecrescat.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">The Crescat<\/a> Great sense of humor<br \/>\nand quite a funny blog. &nbsp;But just how many people were<br \/>\npermanently blinded when she ran the worst vestment contest?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ironiccatholic.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">The Ironic Catholic<\/a> Another blog I<br \/>\nhave linked to a lot and is one of the few pure humor blogs out there<br \/>\nin St. Blogs. &nbsp;No commentary just laughs. Theological humor<br \/>\nand funny pictures for captions. &nbsp;But often her humor is not<br \/>\nironic! Or is the irony that her humor is not always ironic?<br \/>\n&nbsp;This makes my brain heart so don&#8217;t vote for her or her<br \/>\nhusbands occasional contributions or &nbsp;that Alanis Morissette<br \/>\nsong on irony will become an earworm you can&#8217;t get rid of.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/holywhapping.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">The Shrine of the Holy Whapping<\/a><br \/>\nAnother funny group blog that has stood the test of time. But<br \/>\nopposition research has revealed that they snack on meat on Fridays<br \/>\nduring Lent!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seraphic-singles.blogspot.com\/\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Seraphic Singles<\/a> Now I must admit<br \/>\nat first I thought this was a hook up site for angels &#8211; Kind of a<br \/>\nAngelMatch.com. Imagine my surprise to find it is from the perspective<br \/>\nof the life of a single Catholic woman and her often quite funny<br \/>\nobservations on her life. You can get a good idea on her sense of humor<br \/>\nwith her <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/seraphic-singles.blogspot.com\/2007\/04\/ten-great-things-about-being-single.html\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Ten Great Things About Being<br \/>\nSingle.&nbsp;<\/a>. But if you vote for her and she becomes<br \/>\nmore popular and as a result even gets married, then we will lose this<br \/>\nfunny blog. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wdtprs.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">What<br \/>\ndoes the prayer really say<\/a> &nbsp;Certainly Fr. Z&#8217;s blog<br \/>\nis addictive and has become one of the favorite blogs of a large chunk<br \/>\nof Catholic readers. &nbsp;Who can&#8217;t love a priest who comes up<br \/>\nwith &#8220;Save the liturgy, save he world&#8221;? His fisks and Latin<br \/>\ntranslations make him a must read. &nbsp;But is he really funny?<br \/>\n&nbsp;Just because he goes by the first initial in his last name<br \/>\nand does clever things like put out a Podzcast does that make him<br \/>\nfunny? &nbsp;It just might be that he has some kind of initial<br \/>\nsyndrome. For example what does he call his site but &#8220;W.D.T.P.R.S&#8221;<br \/>\n&nbsp;Does he have some unnatural attachment to initials?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"blog\">There are also many other blogs that I did<br \/>\nnot reference. &nbsp;I<br \/>\njust ran out of money for opposition research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog\">I&#8217;m the Curt Jester and I approve this<br \/>\nmessage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog\"><span style=\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\">Update<\/span>:<br \/>\n<a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.americanpapist.com\/2008\/03\/humor-amp-campaign-responds-to-vicious.html\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">American Papist has responded<\/a> to<br \/>\nmy charges in a populist way saying &#8220;I am not your average Catholic<br \/>\nand neither are you!&#8221; &nbsp;Everybody can not be above average or<br \/>\nthe mathematical law of averages becomes nonsense. &nbsp;Let me ask<br \/>\nyou if you made an important call at 3:00 A.M to the American Papist do<br \/>\nyou think that he could say something funny at a moments notice.<br \/>\n&nbsp;I have the experience to be funny from day one!<\/p>\n<p class=\"blog\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/aliveandyoung.blogspot.com\/2008\/03\/shame-on-you.html\"\ntarget=\"_blank\">Alive and Young has also responded<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;I would respond to his angry post but my blog is all about<br \/>\nhope and change. &nbsp;The Curt Jester &#8211; Humor you can believe in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voting in the Catholic Blog Awards for 2008 has already started a bit ago, but voting is open until Monday of Holy Week. 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