love thy neighbor
Speaking of elimination, my prediction for tonight's AI session is up. The others are up too, for the most part. I hope I suffienctly offended everyone I wanted to offend. If you ever want to despair over humanity, go read the comments on the AI blog. The bottom half of the universe (excluding the regulars like Ian and Mike) vents their spleen there every week. It's a car wreck.
And this is for everyone who sent me a unholyheathenbabykillernazichristophobescumbucket email today.

Because I love you even though you hate me. I kiss you. See, love makes the world go 'round. I know this, even without Jesus telling me so. I know this even though I evolved from monkeys. Love, love, love. Love lifts you up where you belong. Love is battlefield. Love is all you need.
Comments
You Zardoz forsaken realist you! Send some o dat sugar over here.Love is the answer
Posted by: mbruce | March 30, 2005 02:16 PM
kumbaya ..... or some such ....
Posted by: prairie biker | March 30, 2005 02:19 PM
"Love is like a case of anthrax."? I'm trying to think of other "love is x" lines from rawk history & that's all I could come up with (it's from Gang of Four's song "Anthrax). I figure there have to be some real gems out there from the death/black metal contingent. Deicide I'm looking in your direction...
Posted by: Joel | March 30, 2005 02:23 PM
What's love got to do (got to do) with it?
Posted by: cadrys | March 30, 2005 02:26 PM
You need to pucker your lips and give a dreamy far-away look in your eyes to complete the 'Love-fest'.
Posted by: mdmhvonpa | March 30, 2005 02:44 PM
So you're saying you don't like my picture?
Posted by: michele | March 30, 2005 02:49 PM
I look fat, don't I?
Posted by: michele | March 30, 2005 02:50 PM
It's the shirt. No, it's the camera. The angle, yea. That's it.
Posted by: michele | March 30, 2005 02:51 PM
Funny, I was gonna say I think it's a good picture of you.
Posted by: JFH | March 30, 2005 02:55 PM
Roses #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All of my base
Are belong to you.
Posted by: mikey | March 30, 2005 02:55 PM
(But then I again I'm already listed on the "ASV stalker" website)
Posted by: JFH | March 30, 2005 02:56 PM
Since the kiss wasn't for me, I'll critique and give you a reason to kiss me too. You're supposed to look at the cam, not at the picture on the monitor. You waited for a good hair, day, didn't you?
Love hurts.
Posted by: skillzy | March 30, 2005 03:12 PM
Whatever, michele! You look hot and stuff. Kind of makes me want to give you more carrots.
The loooooooove boat
Posted by: Y | March 30, 2005 03:14 PM
Skillyz (SMFRSF): I was looking at the cam. And I was thinking of YOU the whole time and how I want to smother your Red Sox loving body in wet kisses.
And then I thought of Yvonne and her carrots and I had to turn the cam off.
Love hurts.
Love stinks.
Love is strange.
Posted by: michele | March 30, 2005 03:19 PM
No matter how I tilt the screen, I still can't see any cleavage.
And I don't think you're any sort of a bucket.
Posted by: Chuck Simmins | March 30, 2005 03:20 PM
Michele you look hot. I'd hit on you if I wasn't pretty sure it would creep you out.
Posted by: Shinobi | March 30, 2005 03:25 PM
You don't look fat at all. You look really cute and luscious.
This naked disregard for the potential damage to the amour propre of certain female commentors I find troubling.
Posted by: SarahW | March 30, 2005 03:25 PM
Man, I should sign onto AIM more. Comment sections are no place for sexy talk. Especially when it's forbidden, nasty, inter-squad NY-Boston fan naughtiness.
Posted by: skillzy | March 30, 2005 03:35 PM
Nice pic! I think you're pretty hot! :)
Posted by: Randy | March 30, 2005 03:55 PM
Love to love ya, baybee.
Posted by: Solonor | March 30, 2005 04:02 PM
One of the best movie lines ever was from "Patton" said after the slapping incedent - Next time I'll just kiss the son of a bitch
Posted by: Allium | March 30, 2005 04:17 PM
So ... what you're saying is... not everyone sends you emails with links to penis cakes?
Posted by: Carin | March 30, 2005 04:23 PM
No...that would be only you, Carin.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
penis cake.
Posted by: michele | March 30, 2005 04:24 PM
All the Love You Need
And yes, you look mah-velous.
Posted by: Shawn | March 30, 2005 04:26 PM
Man, I get hungry just looking at it ....
Posted by: Carin | March 30, 2005 04:44 PM
Great directions for that cake pan. "You'll want to grease that Big Boy up before you put the batter in".....mmmmm.
Michele, the question should have been - does this web cam make me look fat?
The answer is a resounding NO. Love your hair, by the way - that's about the way I've been thinking of cutting mine again.
And finally....you get the most interesting email of anyone I know.
Lucky.
Posted by: Trish | March 30, 2005 05:02 PM
"I GET IT!"
"99 luftballoons""?
Right?
RIGHT?
Posted by: TC@LeatherPenguin | March 30, 2005 05:38 PM
A kiss is great...but I was hoping for more cleveage.
Posted by: Ryan | March 30, 2005 06:11 PM
Michele, I may not agree with about half of what you post here (Yankees? sweet geez.), but you still rock, lady. You will stay firmly entrenched on the blogroll
Love back, from one of them crazy religious nutjobs.
[/blatant asskissing]
and a lovely pic, by the by.
Posted by: Dave | March 30, 2005 06:28 PM
OK...so how long before you get this email:
SHOW US YOUR BOOBIES!!!
Don't say you weren't warned.... ;o)
Posted by: Jack Cluth | March 30, 2005 07:31 PM
That is the Power of Love.
Digging the pic. ;)
Posted by: Ron C | March 30, 2005 07:36 PM
Huh? I thought you stopped blogging...
And why are you slapping your chin? ...
[Actually no one evolved from monkeys. The theory of evolution teaches us that we evolved from a yet-to-be-found(in the fossil record) monkey-like creature.]
Posted by: Poosh | March 30, 2005 07:57 PM
From your (very) infrequent commenter and frequent reader…
Absolutely lovely picture… You should really post more pics.
Thanks for your Easter Bread recipe.
And finally, to me, you are absolutely perfectly proportioned.
Posted by: John | March 30, 2005 08:19 PM
Mwahhh!
Posted by: Chrees | March 30, 2005 08:25 PM
WOW!!! You really ARE Italian!
Posted by: hairygary | March 30, 2005 08:28 PM
i'm a long time reader of many blogs, including yours. this post is the first time i've ever felt compelled to comment, so forgive the following distasteful flattery. just want to say i appreciate your sense of humor and fearless personal openness. if there was--as there should be--a blog award for smiles-per-visit, you'd be the clear winner in my book. thanks for being a breath of fresh blogosphere air!
btw, the pic is classic. nice
Posted by: ezdoja | March 30, 2005 09:02 PM
In the words of toy train enthusiast Niel Young, "It's a cold bowl of chili when love lets you down". That's not to say you let me down. Just that cold bowls of chili suck.
Posted by: Sean the INFDL | March 30, 2005 09:07 PM
Good thing I didn't force you to come in here and eat my cold chili then, huh?
Posted by: michele | March 30, 2005 09:08 PM
Love, look at the two of us, strangers in many ways
Posted by: Cap'n Nemo | March 30, 2005 09:44 PM
Love the pic - all I can say is you're definitely the hottest unholyheathenbabykillernazichristophobescumbucket blogger I've ever seen...
Posted by: MikeR | March 30, 2005 10:05 PM
Awesome! It's great to finally put a face to a blog.
Posted by: Josie | March 30, 2005 10:14 PM
That is a really fine picture of you, Michele.
Love lyrics:
'Love is blindness
I don’t want to see
Won’t you wrap the night
Around me
Take my heart
Love is blindness'
U2
'When I woke up the rain was pourin down. there were people standin all around.
Something warm flowing through my eyes. but somehow I found my baby that night.
I lifted her head, she looked at me and said. hold me darling, just a little
While. I held her close, I kissed her our last kiss. I found the love that i
Knew I had missed.'
Pearl Jam.
Posted by: Dr_Funk | March 30, 2005 10:21 PM
You have an irrational fear of Christo?
Posted by: Sekimori | March 30, 2005 10:41 PM
We at scaredmonkeys love beautiful Island girls who are decended from us. It makes us less fearful of the future.
Posted by: Tom | March 30, 2005 11:19 PM
Wow.
Posted by: Jeff G | March 31, 2005 01:21 AM
You have an irrational fear of Christo?
It's just not possible to have an irrational fear of Christo. Any fear would be totally rational.
Posted by: Lesley | March 31, 2005 06:50 AM
I was going to say what Lesley said. I do, however, have a fear of orange curtains.
Posted by: michele | March 31, 2005 06:52 AM
Man, they come outta the woodwork when you post a pic. I should dust off the cam and blow a kiss back.
Nah, no way I'm gonna top Yvonne's carrot boobies.
Posted by: skillzy | March 31, 2005 08:37 AM
Love is like oxygen.
Posted by: Bud Norton | March 31, 2005 09:49 AM
The photo, uh...well, I don't think 15.2 ounces is going to be sufficient.
Ahh, that's better. See ya in about twelve hours.
Posted by: Hubris | March 31, 2005 10:16 AM
I've given it some serious thought and I think that I'm going to name my first son Christophobe instead of Christopher. Of course, we'll call him Chris for short, but for those elementary school teachers who insist on using his full name on the first day of class to take role...
Posted by: Shawn | March 31, 2005 10:28 AM
That is one beautiful pucker. Nice! I like it. Possibly the best electronic kiss ever.
Of course, while I am looking at this picture, my mp3 player (set on "shuffle") starts playing "Poison" by Alice Cooper:
"I wanna kiss you but I want it too much; I wanna taste you but your lips are venomous poison..."
What are you trying to tell me, Vince?
Posted by: The Ohligarch | March 31, 2005 06:22 PM