What is going on here? 4 votes. 4 votes?

8,000+ visits this week and only 4 people voted for my entry in the New Weblog Showcase? Come on people! I know it has become a sort of tradition for me to enter the Showcase but the last two entries were allowed only because of technicalities. Unless NZ Bear lets everybody back in again because of Isabel interference or something like that this is my very last shot at the coveted trophy.

Don't make me beg. You wouldn't like me when I beg.

Okay, I'm begging. Please, oh please! Please put a link to my entry on your site.

Still no? Well you should just think about something. I know things, you know. Things that could make things rather unpleasant for you. A wise person would probably put a link to my entry on their weblog.

I didn't mean it! It's the pressure. It's just getting to me.

So what will it take then? Money? How much? Does $5 a link sound fair? Okay, it's a deal. Go forth and link me.

Ah, who am I kidding. You know I'm a cheap bastard and would never pay up. How about this, then. You link my entry and I will personally drink a beer in your honor at the barbeque tomorrow. That's fair, isn't it? You get a real world effect for just making a post on your blog. That's a something for nothing deal there, that is. I'll throw in a bonus, too. If I get lots of links that means I'll be lots of drunk. If I win the contest I'll get G to guestblog any stupid stuff that I do.

And go ahead and vote for any of the other contestants at the Showcase. Just don't vote for anybody with more votes than me.