Every night, we who post Top Comments eagerly (sometimes timidly) open the Gmail inbox at TopComments AT gmail DOT com to see who has sent in their favorite comments of the day. Some days are diamonds, and we get lots of comments. The best of days, our submitters also tell us who they are and why they liked the comment they are submitting. We really like that.
Like I always say, we could not do Top Comments without you.
It's another glorious Friday in Tucson. A bit overcast, but a comfortable, doors and window open sort of day. I woke up full of energy and motivation; lots to do today! Got coffee on board (thanks, hon!), a little breakfast, and got ready to wade through archiving my files.
Ring, ring The telephone starts. I check the caller ID, and it's my insurance agent. She has a non-insurance question - would we buy her broken vacuum? And did we recommend a vac for her? Well (heh heh heh), as a matter of fact, we have a REAL purty shiny vacuum raht hyeere. Yawannus to bring it on up forya to look at? Maybe next week? ... okay.
That call completed, I sit down to start the paperwork.
Ring, ring This time, it's my aunt. She's having some demolition done in her kitchen, preparatory to having new cabinets installed. Would I be interested in cleaning her house and all that debris for $100? Um, does a bear ....? Yeah. We'll see you soon.
Sit back down to do more paperwork while Rich makes a couple of runs to the Kirby distributor to replace parts on the vac we're taking out later today. I get five minutes in, and ...
Ring, ring The insurance agent again, who decides that she would really like to see the vacuum this afternoon, so I agree that we can take it up to her. I sit back down and try to remember where I am in my task.
Ring, ring It's my friend. "Grand Central", I answer. She says, "Uh oh. Is this a bad time?" Since it isn't, really, we chat while I continue to sort papers. When Rich gets finished fiddling with the vacuum, it's time to go to my aunt's. Holy drywall dust, Batman! The whole place is coated in it, with lots of chunky bits all over everything by way of a bonus.
Rich took one look, and walked back over to our house for the shop vac. We scraped up what we could, and he vacuumed up the rest while I cleaned the remainder of the house. A final dusting, and we took our sweaty selves (me with bonus rubbery muscles) home for a shower.
A run up to the insurance agent's office, and a quick demo of the Kirby later, we leave the machine with her to try out over the weekend. On our way home, we stopped at the grocery store, and then we got home - aaaaahhhhh, I can finally RELAX!!
Oh, wait. I have Top Comments. :P And here they are:
From Crashing Vor:
Doesn't matter the story or diary
this
is the perfect DKos comment.
From Dragon5616:
I enjoyed this comment from rexymeteorite (who was talking to him/herself in my diary Perception and Reality?!?. The rest of the thread is full of win, too.
From Vacationland:
Here's a funny comment by cama2008 in the Blackwater indictment thread.
From gizmo59:
An interesting conversation between gizmo59 and Jeffersonian Democrat, wherein they discover that it is indeed a very. small. world. Teh weerd, they haz it.
My picks:
Churchill sez it - let's DO it already!
I love a wise old broad, and marina is one.
Our homeless vets deserve remembrance and honors, too. Thanks, jimstaro.
Top Mojo is provided by the always heroic sardonyx, in the sardo-kendrick model.
Top Mojo (cskendrick/sardonyx-style) excluding search-identifiable tip jars, first diary comments, Cheers and Jeers, various pooties, and Mojo Friday:
1) Not heroic - just pissed off that these folks by Deoliver47 — 177
2) Thanks! Great pictures, great commentary. by HylasBrook — 132
3) well done, Mr. President. by bubbanomics — 128
4) Here's What We Need by JekyllnHyde — 122
5) You're probably right, but I wanted the header... by Larry Bailey — 120
6) Great work Deo! One brave soul you are! by babeuf — 108
7) President Obama is doing a great deal to by OIL GUY — 105
8) I was so glad to see this memo. by Elise — 101
9) Good report, Dee. by Land of Enchantment — 95
10) I saw a nice story about this on CNN last night by ShadowSD — 93
11) I'm a gay atheist. Atheist is harder. by TX Unmuzzled — 91
12) There were at least TWO "I have a sign" signs by Eclectablog — 85
13) the best anti-TP sign by grasshopper — 81
14) Special thanks to newcomer tingaling for a huge by tnichlsn — 81
15) Thanks BWD! by Bailey — 78
16) First Pitch by JekyllnHyde — 77
17) There May Be Justice, After All by JekyllnHyde — 76
18) A hijab doesn't scare me. by Georgianna Darcy — 75
19) Should probably have had a "I have a sine" by steve davis — 75
20) Happ Friday Y'all by Robinswing — 73
21) Thank you Medina by Deoliver47 — 73
22) Plastic Bottles by JekyllnHyde — 73
23) Well, being a white guy by Something the Dog Said — 72
24) Thanks for the poignant Diary by Predictor — 70
25) Fortunately... by Medina Mahmoud — 68
26) I have made this comment at Black Kos ... by Meteor Blades — 66
27) I said to my husband, by scenna — 65
28) I agree, the thanks is important. by commanda — 64
29) Thank you Mr. President. by kitebro — 64
30) Dear BKos and Sistahspeak by seeta08 — 63
31) Listening to Tim Wise by joedemocrat — 63
Top Mojo with No Exclusions:
1) Tip Jar by Deoliver47 — 707
2) Tip Jar by Eclectablog — 666
3) Tip Jar by Larry Bailey — 569
4) Tip Jar by blackwaterdog — 501
5) Tips? Flames? by Something the Dog Said — 406
6) Tip Jar by ericlewis0 — 362
7) Tip Jar by Daxton16 — 267
8) Tip Jar by bobswern — 242
9) Tips:It doesn't get much more UnPresidential by Muzikal203 — 228
10) Tip Jar by DailyDrew — 223
11) There is still Styrofoam in NYC by Eddie C — 181
12) Not heroic - just pissed off that these folks by Deoliver47 — 177
13) Tip Jar by Robinswing — 176
14) Tip Jar by MeMeMeMeMe — 158
15) Thanks! Great pictures, great commentary. by HylasBrook — 132
16) well done, Mr. President. by bubbanomics — 128
17) Tip Jar by SisTwo — 124
18) Here's What We Need by JekyllnHyde — 122
19) You're probably right, but I wanted the header... by Larry Bailey — 120
20) Tip Jar by DuppyConqueror — 111
21) Dykes, fags and freaks! Such a pathetic lot!! by GLBT and Friends at Daily Kos — 109
22) Great work Deo! One brave soul you are! by babeuf — 108
23) President Obama is doing a great deal to by OIL GUY — 105
24) Tip Jar by Jesselyn Radack — 104
25) I was so glad to see this memo. by Elise — 101
26) Friday Tip Jar......... by Bill in Portland Maine — 97
27) Mojo Mug by VeloVixen — 96
28) Good report, Dee. by Land of Enchantment — 95
29) I saw a nice story about this on CNN last night by ShadowSD — 93
30) I'm a gay atheist. Atheist is harder. by TX Unmuzzled — 91