Congratulations! More balloons! Party hats!
This is very exciting: Owl Meat Jerky has just posted the 3,000th comment on Dining@Large:
Screaming Yello Zonkers
Remember the great Quisp versus Quake war of the early 70s? It all turned ugly when they showed graphic photos of Quisp's POW camps.
As you may remember, Hal Laurent was installed in the Commenting Hall of Fame last September for being our 1,000 commentor with the immortal words: ...
I was just mentioning this discussion to my wife, and she said that a place that she really misses is the old Harvey House on Charles St.
He was awarded many exciting prizes, not the least of which was the stainless steel BaltimoreSun.com travel mug and an advance copy of the dining guide, which I forgot to send him.
So this time I'm turning the prize-giving over to BaltimoreSun.com's crack marketing manager, Anne Burger. I will let you know what she's come up with as soon as she tells me. Owl Meat, I'm assuming it's OK with you that I send her your e-mail address so she can get in touch with you. Otherwise she will be flooded with people pretending to be you to get the fabulous prize.
And while I'm at it, I want to thank all of you for your insightful, entertaining and provocative comments -- or even for just letting me know you're out there reading. I'm very proud of the fact that around the newsroom when people mention my blog they often talk about what you've said rather than what I posted. That means a lot to me.
Comments
Congratulations, Owl Meat Jerky!!!
Posted by: Janet | January 5, 2008 6:53 PM
Darned, foiled again. I thought that posting at least ten times each day would assure me this prize, but if I had to lose I am so glad it was to someone whose name has fascinated me! Congratulations, Owl Meat Jerky. Tell us how you came up with that user name.
Posted by: Regina | January 6, 2008 12:11 PM
Crack Marketing Manager Anne here (wow, that sounds bad).
Congratulations Owl Meat Jerky!
For your dining pleasure, I have a $100 gift certificate to Woodberry Kitchen, where I have spent a number of extremely enjoyable evenings lately dining with friends.
I'll email you to get your address, so I can get your gift certificate to you directly.
Posted by: AnneB | January 7, 2008 1:50 PM
How did I come up with that name? Mostly I'm not right in the head. Also Kenneth the NBC page from 30 Rock was talking about his childhood in rural Georgia and eating owl meat. And then jerky is funny. I'll be someone else soon.
Like the Devil I am known by many names:
Ulysses Love-Jones
Johnny Dogsled
Cole Medina
Omar Teddybear-Picnic
Claude Frottage
Alphonse Qwerty
Iceberg Johnson
Bandit Calhoun
Antwon Gravyboat
Count Todd Chocolate
Hegemony Gimcrack
Otto Von Bear-Tiger
Pregnant Runaway Hotline
Conrad Persiflage
Dag Diggity - Waffle King
Notorious B.O.B.
Chino Alvarez - Prisoner of Love
Posted by: Owl Meat Jerky | January 7, 2008 4:21 PM
Way to go Owl Meat! You're the best.
Posted by: Stealth Monkey Kayak | January 7, 2008 4:36 PM
Okay, that may be too much information from Owl Meat Jerky. I'm going to stop complaining about all the Roberts and Robs on this blog!
Posted by: Darlene | January 7, 2008 4:46 PM
ROFL!
Posted by: "Free Range" Panza | January 7, 2008 10:47 PM