No time for losers

Thanks to all who participated in the First Occasional Word Verification Contest. Turnout was a little sparse, and there were people who came to the site, but didn't put forward an entry (you know who you are and so do I), obviously not reading the rules that participation was not optional. Anyway, you'll have to come up with something really good for the next contest to make up for it.

In spite of being a little disappointed with the spirit out there, it did the trick of keeping a healthy flow of entertaining emails coming my way as people commented, which is really the only reason I did it. Picking winners was difficult, but it has to be done, because, as with everything in life, someone has to officially be better than the others.

For the category of best word, the nominees are:

• Xtian for "givap"
• Scott for "vhooworm"
• Weston for "feyjiz"
• Doug for "doueg"

And the winner is...Weston, because he was the only person who managed to find a dirty-sounding word. Would it have killed the rest of you to refresh a couple more times? And if I may offer a definition for "feyjiz", how about, "a moment of absolute excitement at a Belle and Sebastian show."

For the category of best definition the nominees are:

• Scott for "eguzl: drinking lots of beer in an internet cafe."
• Washington Cube for "ioutxe: What happens when a blogger is out of ideas and runs a contest asking their readers to make up definitions. "I.O.U. Text."
• Weston for "atoptoy: Where parents find naughty children."

And the winner is...Washington Cube, because the truth hurts.

Thanks to all of you who played along, no thanks to you who didn't, and I hope everybody takes at least a few moments today to reflect on the Presidents we've had, the good, the bad, the ones you're amazed got RE-elected, and especially the ones you can barely remember. William Henry Harrison, today's all about you, good buddy.