Four activities are taking up the time that I would usually spend writing: sopping up my basement, hauling waterlogged trash to the curb, packing for a family flight to see the in-laws, and trying to imagine the next unspeakable torture Our Lord has planned for me.
In the meantime, I'll make a deal with you. Over the weekend, I was nominated for, among other things, "Hottest Daddy Blogger" over at the Blogger's Choice Awards. I am truly honored by this nomination and pleased that it only took five phone calls before I found someone willing to make it for me.
Here's the deal: I have no pictures of myself on this site. Neither are there any photos of my wife (despite many of you thinking that this might be her). How can I expect votes from my readers if they've never seen the goods? So while I am down in the basement, shoveling buckets of mud back to the backyard from whence it came, I'll send my wife on a quest to find the quintessential picture of the two of us together. When she finds it, I'll post it here.
In the meantime, take my word for my unspeakable hotness and go over and vote. And also petition the contest organizers to begin a new category for Soggiest Daddy Blogger, because I've got that one in the bag.
McDreamy and McSteamy, move over - it's...
McSOGGY!!! Ooh la la!
Posted by: Loren | April 18, 2007 at 01:39 AM
I think GQ is going to do a spread on muck and is seriously considering you for the cover.
Posted by: The Mom | April 18, 2007 at 08:42 AM
Loren, I'm falling off my chair laughing at your McSoggy comment! Brilliant!
The Dad, consider this: Some people pay top dollar to be slathered in mud at spas... you could package your muck and sell it at the shops in Montclair, and no one would be the wiser.
Posted by: Diane | April 18, 2007 at 09:15 AM
What boring damn jobs the rest of us have!
Posted by: Petunia | April 18, 2007 at 09:31 AM
Right, that's it, open a spa in your basement.
Posted by: magpie | April 18, 2007 at 09:45 AM
I voted for you and frankly, I feel a little dirty, maybe even ashamed, having implied that I think you're hot. Handy at twin-wrangling? Sure. Capable of bondage and the application of ball-gags to random women? Absolutely. But hot?
My therapist is going to have a field day with this one.
Posted by: You can call me, 'Sir' | April 18, 2007 at 10:44 AM
I am definitely voting for you....love the title "McSoggy"!
Posted by: Angela | April 18, 2007 at 09:28 PM
Ya know, I echo "sir" and feel kind of dirty voting for you as hottest blogger. Not because you're not the most hilarious blogger (that happens to be a dad) but because, frankly, I've never seen you! And you could conceivably look like Woody Allen for all I know! Or Don Imus!
Good lord...I need more wine.
Posted by: TSM | April 19, 2007 at 02:43 AM