Awww, I was looking forward to posts about your dog. Oh well.

Hilarious!

What does ATL stand for? Atlanta?

Hof1L

SOPHIST! SOPHIST! SOPHIST!

First...

This "post" is ample evidence why you were booted. To be honest I'm shocked you made it to Round #2.

Ugh, #7 - humor is lost on someone like you. It's tiresome to even try to explain to you why this is hilarious.

Loveliness we've lost
These empty days without your smile
This torch we'll always carry
For our nation's golden child
And even though we try
The truth brings us to tears
All our words cannot express
The joy you brought us through the years

And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in

#8 you have to be kidding. "plot to take over ATL", "mission aborted. Repeat, Mission aborted" and the worst "Jewish dog." Sounds like a 12 year old talking there. Not that I am trying to offend Marin, and I wish her all the luck in the world. But, she's just not what the readership of this site was looking for.

- Now go ahead, call me TTT

those against marin are just a bunch of anti-semites who cant stand a jewish dog

I like cheese.

10, not to be mean, but you're a retard. Her reference to her "Jewish dog" and the "plot" is poking fun at the numerous commenters who repeatedly commented on the picture of her dog wearing a yarmulke and her alleged "plot" to bring "Marinheads" to "rig" ATL.

8: "Hilarious"? Seriously? Maybe "mildly amusing" at best...

GOOD RIDDANCE.

I almost commented under the voting results that Marin's farewell would be sour grapes and Alex's wouldn't, but then I decided it would be unfair to prejudge. Oh well.

#8, the sarcasm is obvious to everyone who can read. It's just unfunny except to people who were strongly rooting for Marin and bitter that it wasn't happening.

The term "Marinhead" owes as much to a certain group of pro-Marin posters as it does to the trolls who actually coined the term. Nobody else was so conspicuously displaying their bias and launching ad hominem against other people posting comments. If you try a scam, make it an artful scam.

8, 13: yes we all do get that the "dog" and "plot" refer to derogatory comments about her on this blog, but that is quite obvious. It is not clever, much less humorous.

I'm glad she sent in this post, however, because it confirmed that it was good that she was voted out this week. I was a little afraid that she would pull an Exley, and reveal that she actually had a sparkling wit and that we had all made a huge error.

At least this leaves Marin plenty of time to work on her killer stand-up routine. I really hope she incorporates fresh jokes about how men are horny slobs and how women really like shoes into her next act!

Gold!

At least this leaves Marin plenty of time to work on her killer stand-up routine. I really hope she incorporates fresh jokes about how men are horny slobs and how women really like shoes into her next act!

Gold!

At least this leaves Marin plenty of time to work on her killer stand-up routine. I really hope she incorporates fresh jokes about how men are horny slobs and how women really like shoes into her next act!

Gold!

I think this was amusing -
Signed, not a Mainhead

I think this was amusing -
Signed, not a Marinhead

I think this was amusing -
Signed, not a Marinhead

This was the funniest post yet in this competition. 5 stars

This post was shamazing. Focus on the "sham". Pronounced as "shame".

I'm posting from within a laboratory experiment, so every time I clicky, I get a modest dose of cocaine and meperidine.

not sad to see you leave, but this was pretty good.

The contest itself is flawed, as it asks the contestants to be funny when the only humor from this site is in the comments that these posts generate. I completely ignore every one of Lat's posts and just go straight to the comments every time, so I could really care less whether it's Lat or some other shmuck posting half-baked gossip; just give me Frat Stud and I'm content.

I almost forgot how bad Marin was. This post reminded me just how bad Marin really was.

Marin: How can a dog be "Jewish", or for that matter denominational?

Marinheads: Nice last minute rally (17.4% to 20.7%), but no cigar.

Frolic & Detour: Time to get your game on, since this final round win is collateral to eliminating the most annoying candidate; a gift.

Sophist: This contest is yours to lose. Don’t blow it.

Um, poopin in a hat?

30: Your first question is a prime example of how humorless the average ATL reader/commenter is.

Does this burka make my butt look fatwa?

I enjoyed the reference to Clay Aiken.

Guys in my high school used to post unfunny videos all the time and then be booted off loser-ass websites, 'twas no big deal.

-F.R.A.T. S.T.U.D.

Dear 32: The first Q is rhetorical.

Perhaps we don't find "Jewish" dogs funny.

Also see this post, where Marin "Perry's" (pun intended) an evangelical's good natured question about her dog park with the statement (referring to her dog Perry) "he is Jewish", and then goes on to bash his religious activities.

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/07/calm-down-and-stop-converting.html

Finally, here is Marin's "other" farewell ATL post:

"For those of you who are keeping track, I "lost" the "contest" to become the new editor of Above the Law. The commenters thought (flatteringly) that I had armies of readers that came in and "rigged" the election despite the fact that I actually have approximately 5 readers on a good day. But for those of you who voted for me - many, many thanks.

"In any event, click here to check out my moving farewell tribute to myself on ATL."

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/atl-farewell.html

Gents in my preparatory academy frequently analogized themselves to tragically deceased members of the English monarchy, in the form of infelicitous videos, on the occassion of their well-deserved eviction from literary competitions. It was not a conspicuous event.

Harumph harumph harumph.

- Fraternity Lothario, non-Harvard graduate

Who is this FRAT STUD gentleman?

I wouldn't wipe my ass with this video.

The nati-Marin vodeo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sogKUx_q7ig

Please no more FRAT Stud ass wiping comments. Please!?

Boring farewell post. Pathetic attempt at wit.

Like 17, I was afraid that you would pull an Exley and make us regret voting you off. However, this post proved that you are not as good as the other candidates -- although all the finalists suck.

PS. wtf is ATL?

Guys in my high school used to say no more FRAT STUD all the time, 'twas no big deal.

FRAT STUD (scorns on you 41)

42 says "PS. wtf is ATL?"

Please be joking. Is this more Marinesque humor/sarcasm?

In case you missed it, ATL = Above the Law

Is it better to do bet-the-company litigation or sophisticated cross-border transactional work at a V5 firm?

-JT

Hey 41 -- Can you say, "Ass wiping to 190?"

10-

Why would I call you TTT? What's TTT?

Re: Marin’s OTHER farewell:

“The commenters thought (flatteringly) that I had armies of readers that came in and "rigged" the election despite the fact that I ACTUALLY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 5 READERS ON A GOOD DAY.” (Caps added for emphasis.)

As if this claim, if true, is some kind of QUALIFICATION to lead a blawg with 300,000 page views a day?

(See “ALT Farewell”, Marin, posted today, http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/atl-farewell.html .)

Therefore, in case you were feeling bad about strategic voting here, don’t.

PS: #42= a Marinhead who did not even understand what this site is.

"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!"

#30, my dog is Jewish. She helps light candles on Hannukkah.

JT don't wipe nobody's ass but JT's. JT don't roll with the CWT crowd.

JT

Thanks goodness she's dead.

Princess Di, I mean, not Marin.

Dear # 50:

But can she bring in the Bays Grocery & Newstand/ Jewish Post Newspaper in the morning?

47, i was gonna respond to some of the other comments ...but you are just too good to be true.

the trolls on this website are amazing.

Oh and let me just say this to other posters. Not only am I Jewish, but I was raised in Israel too, and yet I find Marin unfunny, pathetic, and boring.

I think Lat should rethink leaving this blog, because really none of the contestants have been on the same level as he is.

-10

Gone--but not forgotten.

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/

If you read her blog, it actually has potential. She starts off with a topic that could be interesting or funny, but than she just leaves it alone. It almost feels like her blog is full of jokes with no punch lines. . .

Marin, you should try and maybe embellish, or end your stories better. For example the pastor in the park story. That one could have been hilarious. You should have either said some funnier shit to him, or just write the blog as though you did.

Lots of haters on here right now. I did not like her posts, but this is actually humorous (not hilarious, just humorous).

The whole, "I am Legion, we are many" theme works on numerous levels, and she clearly read all the comments on the blog (which any qualified EIC must do at ATL).

Am I glad she is gone? Yes.

56:

Getting into a nice person's face at a dog park, by first trying to prove him/her by stating (in response to a good natured query about your dog) that your dog is "Jewish", then (based on your perception that the person is an evangelical Christian) hammering that person on his/her foreign missionary activities, services, music, is NOT hilarious nor potentially hilarious.

Rather, that is mean spirited, bigoted, and is the stuff of the JDL, and NOT ATL.

With Marin safely back in Narnia, can we all please move on with life. Or get one?

59: Yep.

Kind of a disappointing batch of comments. I guess we need Hope Winters to return soon to really get the high comment thread going again.

When is the next Hope Winters post? Hope cleverly disguised herself as a guest commenter and promised more serial short stories in the future. So, where are they?

what does d.b.a. mean?

doing business as

58,

1950 called, it needs its sense of humor back. See now thats funny because I used a 1950's joke to make fun of the fact that your sense of humor is stuck in the 50's.

It is COMPLETELY funny to confront someone who thinks they are pure, even though they are hypocrites for the way their group conducts its self.

Umm, so you are comparing your departure from ATL to Princess Diana's departure from planet earth? Classy. Very, very classy.

Wow. Sure, her posts got less funny as the contest went on, but the feirceness of her detractors has always struck me as odd. It's a pity for Sophist that he has these numbnuts for a fanbase.

Is Judiasm a denomination or a religion? Is "denominational" even a word? And what the hell is up with the JDL reference? I guess pick up enough anonymous numbnuts and a couple will also turn out to be ignorant anti-semites as well.

Looks like Alex wasn't man enough to post a farewell. The dude is without class.

Dear 66:

The "JDL reference" is about Marin's in-your-face anti-Christian post, wherein she recounts sitting in a dog park listening to an evangelical Christian minister make a phone call. The minister then asks a good natured question about Marin's dog. Marin then tries to bait the guy, by exclaiming that her do is "Jewish", and when that does not work, proceeds to rip the guy's (assumed) missionary activities (e.g. feeding the poor contingent on their religious conversion).

Taking exception to this kind of religious intolerance is hardly anti-Semitic. Nor is the “JDL” reference anti-Semitic.

Dear 66:

The "JDL reference" is about Marin's in-your-face anti-Christian post, wherein she recounts sitting in a dog park listening to an evangelical Christian minister make a phone call. The minister then asks a good natured question about Marin's dog. Marin then tries to bait the guy, by exclaiming that her do is "Jewish", and when that does not work, proceeds to rip the guy's (assumed) missionary activities (e.g. feeding the poor contingent on their religious conversion).

Taking exception to this kind of religious intolerance is hardly anti-Semitic. Nor is the “JDL” reference anti-Semitic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Defense_League

Comments on Marin's blog:

Jennifer said...
Ah, tear. Those ATL readers are serious douchebags.

August 11, 2008 2:29 PM

Maria said...
I expect numerous comments on ATL that you are a lover of Celine Dion and AC Slater and probably have posters of both of them in your bedroom in the basement of "Daddykins'" house.

August 11, 2008 2:34 PM

adrew67 said...
worth nothing, but i voted for you (twice). best of luck in narnia.

p.s. what kind of name is marin for a jewish girl?

August 11, 2008 3:17 PM

rachsky said...
I'd say that you were clearly robbed, however I really think it's ATL's loss. They were serious douche fuckers anyway.

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/atl-farewell.html

Where's Alex's farewell? Show some class.

Guys at my high school used to get voted off blog editing contests all the time, but at least they had the sack to post a farewell. It was no big deal.

-Frat Stud

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7_VME45R1Ak/SKC4Li623yI/AAAAAAAABvo/GeMjTvD_I-o/s1600-h/Narnia+blogger+loses+above+the+law+Idol+contest.jpg

Re: The correct choice

“Well, yesterday as I was sitting in the dog park watching Perry kicking ass and taking names, this …sits down on the bench next to me.

“…He was talking on the phone and I gleaned that he was a pastor at some evangelical church…When the pastor hung up, he sat on the bench watching his Christian Yorkie run around for a minute and then he turned to me and said "Hi, I'm Paul, nice to meet you."

Perry then ran up to me and then Paul said, "cute dog" and then I said, "thanks, he's Jewish" and then Paul said "ok" and then I explained that I wasn't necessarily listening in on his conversation but I had overheard that he was a pastor and that it was actually really ridiculous and offensive that missionaries waltz into poor communities and give starving people food and just as they're about to eat it, they take it away and say, "um, convert first and then you can have this delicious food."

--Marin 8/09/2008

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/07/calm-down-and-stop-converting.html

63 = 1L

I STILL don't like this new format.

this choice of video is tasteless even by ATL's standards.

Dear 75:

What, like an obscure, squashed-like-a-bug would be ATL editor cannot compare her losing the ALT-Idol contest to the death of Princess Dianna?

Man Marin really sucked, beyond words even.

Blogging well is the bestest revenge:

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-unicorn-horns.html

"I have always been of the opinion that instead of wasting time trying to come up with lame AIDS vaccines, cancer treatments or skin grafting techniques for burn victims, scientists should focus on the shit that people REALLY care about, like x-ray vision and turning lead into gold. Well thankfully someone has finally listened to me, because according to this article scientists are now VERY close to inventing capes that will make people invisible.

"In other news, the lost civilization of Roanoke has been located, walrus teeth are efficacious against smallpox and the hanging gardens of Babylon are now open to the public. At this point I think CNN needs to either just abandon ship on attempting to be a reputable news source or just throw in the towel and start reporting full time on UFOs."

OMG, could we have nad e mistake by voting marin out?

Naw.

Ways in Which You Are Jealous

Marin: 20.7%

Frolic & Detour: 31.0%

Sophist: 33.3%

(Marin gone.)

Lame farewell post.

rophetic comment to Marin’s original solicitation for votes post on her Narnia blog:

“narixx said...
CONGRATS!!!!!

“LET'S HIRE A HUCKSTER ENGINEER TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO RIG UP AN AMERICAN IDOL-STYLE VOTING SCANDAL.

“Just a contingency plan, though... in case ATL readers can't figure out what's what, and accidentally cast their votes for An Unworthy.

“July 28, 2008 8:00 PM”

Link: http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/07/very-glorious-and-miraculous_28.html

Jennifer said...
“Hear, Hear Shamazingness. You obviously have my vote and all the people I know.”

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/07/very-glorious-and-miraculous_28.html

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"If you read her blog, it actually has potential.'

64: you are so right.

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/

66: "Is 'denominational' even a word"

Yes you fricking idiot. What, were you raised in China or something? Never heard of a non-denominational church? How can you even ask such a question while being asked to be taken seriously?

Girls in my high school used to tell off evangelicals trying to by nice to them in dog parks all the time. It was no big deal.

F & D is a former employment attorney from MN who is now a freelance writer living in NYC, i.e. she is a professional writer with at least one book to her credit.

Sophist, do not underestimate her!

The Marin supporters have convinced me. It's absolutely hilarious to make assumptions about an individual's religious beliefs after listening to half of a short telephone conversation, and then bash the beliefs you assume the individual holds in retaliation for said individual saying hello to you. How could I have missed Marin's brilliance before?!

I'm so glad I helped orchestrate the strategic voting that got rid of that bitch (and I'm not talking about the Jewish dog).

88, see Marin's comment on this post from Narnia blog, text pasted below:

To the ATL readers who have a problem with this post (and have been (mis)lead to this blog from the ATL comments):

1. you weren't there, and

2. I expressly did not include the pastor's attempts to get me to go to his church's Bible study group. He also described his church's youth ministry and home building and mission work in Guatemala, hence we got into the discussion about proselytizing and I told him, as I described in the post, that I disagree with it and find it manipulative, especially in poor communities.

Dear Marin:

(I would post this comment on your blog, but you do not enable comments that are not along the lines of "like wow, I totally was going to post the same thing".)

OK, what the most recent PUBLISHED commenter on your site actually said was:

"lol!!! omg I was SOOOO close to blogging about the same thing!!"

https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5257120744573004035&postID=8939285401740817527

Anyhow, all we know about you, and have a problem with, are the things you have written, posted, and said--on Narnia or this blog.

We are not privy to unpublished excerpts from prior conversations, including those snippets that you (apparently) feel justify unloading on a perfectly nice, gentile stranger who had the misfortune to run into you at a dog park while you were having a rough week/year/life (as the case may be).

Good luck with your stand up career or whatever it is you plan to do next.

--AnyoneButMarin

PS:

If you are going to have a snowball’s chance in hell of finding a boyfriend (let alone a fiancé or a husband) you are going to have to be a whole lot more flexible and a whole lot less hostile.

Just saying.