Spitcock!

Not sure you'll make it to Thursday with posts like this.

Ugh, more marin? I hate this

Gong.

Huh?

The setup is too long and tortured

Marlin + Hat = Poop in a Hat

i think you mean UNimpeachable editing and grammar. tard.

...and the punchline is about as funny as smelling Judge Halverson's panties.

just admit you are stealing from Conin...

Marin,

If you're going to rip off a Conan bit, at least quote it correctly -- it's "If They Mated," not "What if [sic] They Mated." Really.

Sucking up to the judges isn't funny. Exposing Althouse for the spoiled brat she is, now THAT would be funny. Way to miss the opportunity.

Huh?

You can't morph the photos together?
This competition is officially retarded.

Kash + Lat = WGWAG

I cannot believe you are making us wait till Thursday for the punchline to a bad Conan joke

FAIL
FAIL
FAIL
FAIL

Marin you are horrible

Bring back Exley! More Exley!!

"[i]mpeachable," indeed. Deplorable, too.

Sucking up to the judges isn't funny. Exposing Althouse for the spoiled brat she is, now THAT would be funny. Way to miss the opportunity.

Epic fail!
Horrible grammar. Lame topic.
Please do not try again.

I am actually shocked how bad this is... Terrible concept.

WOW AMAZING! (or should I say schxmatzmazing?)

You managed to create a post worse than Alex's earlier today! Quite a feat! Give yourself a big pat on the back.

Now, please return to Narnia and we will lock the wardrobe behind you. And then we will destroy the wardrobe. Then burn the pieces.

Terrible. F.

Oh fck. Nice, 24.

I HATE ANN ALTHOUSE

Exley never would have done something like this to us.

Helllllooooo? She is not sucking up to the judges but trashing them. Or did you also believe that Judge Halverstam has porn star looks and Spitzer = blameless virtue?

I didn't love it, but you morons are making me like her more than I did on first read. Of course, I also voted for Hilary.

What a deplorable attempt to fit in with the regular ATL set.

And where are the Marinhead commenters? Allow me...

"This is such a great, funny post! Marin, you are just so great and funny. I wish I was as great and funny as you are. I am a regular ATL reader, so I know great and funny. Just like that time Judge Haleberstram rode into court on her moped! Haha!"

this competition has officially bottomed out.
AWFUL

"Team meetings that resemble The Last Supper"
"Uberlawyers with the efficiency of ten Aeron chairs"
"Halverson - Porn star looks"

Marin = Funny

This site is tetering dangerously close to "jumping the shark."

I mean, come on now. I realize it is a slow news day and all, but still. How come the guys over at Fark.com have managed to link to some entertaining legal stories today, but our "professional" bloggers have to resort to this crap? This whole thing is really stupid.

"the answer to the current economic slump isn't merging firms - it's merging people"

Horrible, horrible, horrible.
I wish I had more hands so I could give you 4 thumbs down.

Oh Marin, Marin, Marin. I was so in your corner until you forced out this drivel. Exley's good-bye post was a thousand times better. Stop trying so hard, write naturally about things YOU think are funny - not stuff you (erroneously) assumed ATL readers would find funny. And that "impeachable" grammar business - if a joke, a bad one, and if a true error, a horribly ironic and memorable one.

What do you expect from a person that blogs about her trip to Aruba to make us "jealous" and in the same post refers to her father as "Daddykins".

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/gone-fishin.html

In addition, questions have been raised about her claim in her ATL bio asserting that she created and wrote the Gawker "Stalker" feature, when she is listed (by her pseudonym ROBESPIERRE) on the Gawker site as a "map intern".) Map intern?

I agree strongly with #24.

Where all the Marin votes are coming from I have no idea.

I cannot wait to read Marin's farewell post from Narnia....(or Aruba)....

Bring back Exley, newly released from her chains.

This post is horrible. I'm sure we can find some precedent of a kicked off reality show guest coming back on, right? There's always a final "twist".

I think this post has potential. But Marin, you'd better finish this post with a bang on Thursday. That's all I have to say.

Definite points for creativity and an attempt to expand beyond the dullness of the avg ATL story.

Not all experiments will be successful, but it takes guts to try something new, rather than just spoon-feed ATL readers the standard garbage.

Terrible. Just terrible. I'm holding out for the final 2 posts.

Let's see...

The last time we had a two-part post by a newbie writer, where the first post was pretty awful...

GASP! Marin = Hope Winters???

Lat, I'm just depressed now. Whoever takes over, I think you're going to have to do a LOT of handholding and interim posting yourself or this site is going RIGHT down the tubes.

This is the person who got the most votes? Come on. The people who voted for Exley need to rally behind second place to prevent this from happening.

22-- its supposed to be a feature which means not necessarily topical, its to see if their filler is funny... Marin? FAIL

Am I the only one who thinks that "impeachable" was deliberate? Come on, folks, adjust your wit-meters.

This was remarkably bad. Bring back Exley.

If this contest represents the future of ATL, please kill me now.

Lots of guests. I'll comment with my screen name. YOU S*CK

lamest post ever.

Lots of guests. I'll comment with my screen name. YOU S*CK

absolute garbage. I did like the photo of the fat judge.

Exley wipes the pubes off Marin.

Wow. This is a pretty terrible post.

Agreed that the negative Marin bashing (or burning as the case may be...wtf is wrong w/ 24) has me increasingly siding w/ her.

I don't like the "Mated" idea either...but at least it was a stab at something less conventional.

Everyone is looking for a Lat clone...well we're not going to get it....and one wouldn't even necessarily be welcome. This site needs more experimentation to grow. And Marin seems to be willing to do this. Her execution just needs some improvement.

huh?

I think 54 is Marin!

54-- "less conventional" = rip off of Conan O'Brien

please, how is this "less conventional" or in any way "experimentation"?

It's just lame and trying too hard.

This is pretty funny. And she was clearly slamming (not kissing up to) the judges in the final set of pics.

Is it in a bailiff's duties to put a blanket on a judge so she can take a nap? = Best question ever!!!

Have to agree w/ 54. Conan has obviously done this, so it's nothing new....but ATL posts are so formulaic...this stretches beyond.

not a good writer

56 is Frolic

Horrid. Marin must go.

Seriously, were all the Marinheads at nap time? Nothing and then this barrage of BS.

Marin’s avatar is like the portrait of Dorian Grey….emblematic of the quality and substance of this post and poster…..

Spitzer looks like a chimp.

Terrible. Seriously. I originally favored Alex and Marin, but both have laid giant eggs today.

Give us Kash, please...

The Halverson pic is a classic.

terrible. give up the punchline, i don't have time to wait 48 hours to crack a smile.

Kash is starting Journalism School in the Fall--not clear whether she is leaving ATL too....

I guess it does take some skill to manufacture this level of bs apart from any real news

Not Marin's finest hour. But not as bad as people are making it out to be.
All of her posts last week were solid, so I'll give her some leeway.

Haven't read Marin's other posts but this one has got to go.

72-74--the Marinheads are back...

I want the new exley back. she can take marin's place.

“Ann Althouse + Tom Goldstein Combines sound reasoning and cultural sensitivity with impeachable editing and grammar.”

I guess the rules don’t exactly prohibit blatant pandering to the judges, but, can Marin really believe such blatant sucking up will help?

I'm not a naysayer, but this is pretty bad. Amateur-stuff. Concept would be ok, but execution is terrible. And the writing worse.

ok, first of all, why only 4 pairs and only recent ATL headliners. Most of us know about other legal hall of famers/shamers, many of which would make an interesting half of a legal "ITM." This is clearly pandering by someone who DOESN'T have a wide knowledge of legal figures, and only used those names that have drawn recent punchlines in the comments. And seriously, halverston fat joke? Sigh.

And to answer an earlier call for an Exley second-coming: there are 2 recent reality precedents for returnging to the competition. In Top Chef, that health food nut came back after a contestant left b/c her dad died. Then on Project runway that fat costume designer left after the AIDS contestant had to go see his doctor. In the latter case, he went on to the finals. (I know, 2 Bravo cites, but they are the only reality shows I watch because they are merit based competitions where America doesn't vote so i feel like the results are actually valid).

Isn't it a little juvenile for an adult to have an "avatar"?

80: Especially since she posted two headshots on her personal blog,

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/

Scroll down.

80: Especially since she posted two headshots on her personal blog,

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/

Scroll down.

It's sad that you fools can't see that Marin is being sarcastic. Obviously she took this from Conan, and it's the most creative thing to happen to this site in years. If you want to go on with retarded open threads about the bar exam, OCI and billable hours
then why not just clone Lat? But this site needs some new blood and you can't fault a brother
for trying something different. All of you need to stop jerking off under your desks and get a f***ing life asap.

Sorry, but this flat-out sucks. Not funny.

"The most creative thing to happen to this site in years."

Clearly that statement is impeachable. Or, wait, is it unimpeachable. I forget. Marin, what was it I was supposed to say?

From Marinhead 83: "All of you need to stop jerking off under your desks..."

No worries. I no longer have that desire since visiting your favorite blogger's blog.

The most creative thing to happen to this site is a Conan rip-off? Wow. Just . . . wow.

Also, we like Lat. We would clone him. We'd prefer to clone Kash, but we'd take Lat.

And yes, this is an epic fail. Someone already pointed out the "impeachable" error, but it's worth pointing out again. And its a whole lot of wind up and no pitch. Seriously, did you put any work into this at all?

And I don't know if that last one is supposed to be a suck-up play or sarcastic. If the latter, then its not that funny. If the former, then chew on this: we're the one's that vote, and this garbage doesn't make us very happy.

Ugh. Go away.

P4 in 87: well said.

"The most creative thing to happen to this site in years."

Clearly that statement is impeachable. Or, wait, is it unimpeachable. I forget. Marin, what was it I was supposed to say?

I second 86’s sentiment that: “No worries. I no longer have that desire [to jerk off] since visiting your favorite blogger's blog.”

But I would add, visiting the blog and looking at:

1. Marin’s pics;

2. Marin’s posted pics, including:

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/07/view-from-narnia_30.html

3. Marin’s dog pics

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/

(Upper right yappy lap dog photo, with the yamucha on its head.)

Marin: Don't bother me now, I am jerking off under my desk.

Yea, that was an effective argument for Marin. (Not really.)

If the Marin surrogates want to insult my intellect and character, I hereby retract everything complementary to Marin I said in previous comment threads.

PS: Marin, PLEASE do not feel the need to submit a farewell post. Save it for your Narnia blog.

THREAD DOES NOT DELIVER.

OTOH, it appears that Marin has sum delicious cleavage. Please to me allow motorboat nao.

Since Marin linked her blog in her ATL Idol bio and (pointed out by Judge Goldstein) therefore intended to thereby influence the voting, I hereby reprint Marin’s latest blog post (res ipsa loquitur):

"Daddykins: "Isn't it hurricane season in Aruba?"
Me: "Probably."
Daddykins: "Good luck with that."
Me: "FYI I made a will - it's airtight and I've cut you out."
Daddykins: "You have no money."

"For the next few days I'll be on "vacation" in Aruba...Don't worry, I'll be at my computer the ENTIRE time and fun is off the table. While I'll make an effort to post my normal crap, the next week will also feature a photo essay called "Ways in Which You Are Jealous" in which I post pictures of Aruba that will incite extreme envy in you and anger you greatly because while I will be sipping delicious alcohol on the beach and hiding my albino skin under 76 layers of protective covering, you will be sitting at your desk and your jealousy will escalate. Please make every effort to contain your jealousy."

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/gone-fishin.html

Oh, Marin, we are soooo jealous of your ability to travel to Aruba in the off season.....We simply MUST please "Daddykins" and vote you into the top ATL slot--because we are so impressed and jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am stunned, after reading several of the posts on her blog, that Lat thought this woman was anything approaching an appropriate candidate for EIC.

Marin - when you are going to substitute a dollar sign for a letter in a word, you use it to replace the letter 's'. See...it *looks* like an s, so it works. Notice how thi$ works better than th$s.

Maybe it's just me, but when I read "impeachable," I didn't think it was supposed to be unimpeachable. I just thought Marin didn't know how to spell impeccable.

File this under "it could be worse" .... and it probably will when Mongoloid Marin moves from Conin rip-offs to recycling Leno jokes. God save us from Marin and her flunkies. WSJ Law Blog better get ready for a lot more traffic....

OMG! how lame is this???? horrible, just horrible. I just linked to her blog and it sucks, her writing style is TOTALLY LAME!

In fairness to Lat, in her bio she represented herself as the creator and writer of the Gawker "Stalker" feature, but according to Gawker, she is an "intern" (and the sub specie “map intern" at that).

OMG! how lame is this???? horrible, just horrible. I just linked to her blog and it sucks, her writing style is TOTALLY LAME!

Marin is shamazing...how can you lame jerk off ATL readers not TOTALLY see that!

Shamazingly shtupid.

OMG, Marin, like, “shamazed’ me at Nobu, so, like, vote for her dudes!

How can you people possibly MISS Marin’s sarcasm, irony and INNOVATIVE comedic genius? What a bunch of lame assholes. This site generally sucks, so why not aspire to the kind of JAP beneficence (and resulting contentment in your lowly selves) that only schamazing Marin can provide.

You are all a bunch of lame TTT gentile trolls.

Was this written by Hope, or whatever her name was?

104 = Perfect Marinhead or An Awesome Troll

Either way it proves my point as follows:

"How can you people possibly MISS Marin’s sarcasm, irony and INNOVATIVE comedic genius?" I don't miss it. I hate it.

"What a bunch of lame assholes." That may be true, actually, given the poison in our regular comments.

"This site generally sucks,..." Wrong. If it sucked, then why do we keep reading it and why do we care so much who takes over?

"so why not aspire to the kind of JAP beneficence (and resulting contentment in your lowly selves) that only schamazing Marin can provide." Okay most of that is jibberish.

Here's the thing... (do you like the Hope Winters reference?)

ATL readers don't think ATL generally sucks. We don't need to be rescued by someone who is as abhorrent and annoying as Marin happens to be. We don't need enlightenment. We don't need Marin's unique (read: lame-o) humor.

We need, want, desire and crave (1) gossip, (2) salary info, (3) bonus info, (4) lawyers / judges / students / summers making fools of themselves, (5) crazy lawsuits, and (6) smoking gun-type documents.

Marin's delivery is forced and contrived. And I have great fears that it will regress back to the Narnia craparoo that I have seen on her personal blog.

- 24 and regular reader / commenter

This, as it turns out (setting aside Marin’s “schamazing blog), is a sudden death match.

Exley fell on her sword by (ironically) not revealing enough about herself (who among us will soon forget those BEAUTIFUL lips and suppressed female wit), then posting a (too long) disaster about short dress pants for men.

Marin has fallen on her sword by revealing TOO MUCH about herself (see here, http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/ including Marin photos and, “I can smash a bottle over my head and die cuz I met a drummer,” and Clay Akins posts) and through the above horrible post.

The next round is so over.

I went and saw Marin's stand-up routine the other day. Those bits about airplane peanuts, the line at the DMV, how black people and white people do the same things in subtly different ways, and "why don't they call it Roundtine instead" had me in stitches!

You're going places, Marin!

108 LO f-ing L

I didn't think Marin's writing could be worse than what she displays on her personal blog.

Clearly, I was wrong

Stink. Stank. Stunk.

To 94: I'm really sad for you that you could read Marin's post and think it was supposed to be serious and actually inspire jealousy. I don't know Marin but upon reading her blog it's OBVIOUS that she's being sarcastic, snarky, and tongue-in-cheek with her references to Daddykins or Clay Aiken. All the Marin-hating here is becoming an obsession for some of you. Lighten up.

108, love it. Embarrassingly, though, I don't get the Roundtine referrence. Care to enlighten?

We either need instant run-off voting or the ability to vote against someone in particular; the ATL readership vote is getting split among the three non-Marin contestants, though their supporters would vote against Marin (or rank her last) if given the chance, while her groupies pollute the process.

I agree. At this point, though, I guess vote for the Sophist, he's in second and has turned in the best work so far this week. Of course, there are many more posts to come and chum the waters.

Marin has "a garlic aroma that could level Tacoma."

That is not garlic you smell, but rather desperation. Quit the big law job to blog on Narnia and to "do standup”. Almost gets her big break on ALT, then blows it by going to Aruba during the most crucial part of the competition. That and being completely inappropriate on every level for this blawg.

“Daddykins” will be so disappointed.

http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/gone-fishin.html

Also see: http://livinginnarnia.blogspot.com/2008/08/ways-in-which-you-are-jealous_05.html

Oh yea I almost forgot. GONG!

Dear 112: You forgot "schamazing".

Unfortunately, I must agree with those commenters who found Marin's post to be weak, poorly written and most seriously, not funny. As many others have noted, Marin (whether knowingly or not) clearly ripped this off from Conan O'Brien. The problem in doing so, is that this bit had a short shelf life even on Conan. Conan didn't do the celebrity morphs because he thought it was a comic gem. Rather, as suggested by his disdain when doing the bit, Conan did this to essentially fill time during his weaker shows. (Can anyone actually remember a particular "celebrity match"?) That Marin didn't recognize this is a shame. And so her post is both unoriginal and unfunny. I couldn't even feign a forced chuckle. That it's not funny (despite all the obvious effort to be so) is an obvious problem. But its lack of originality is not. Indeed, flawlessly executed unoriginal ideas are frequently revered (e.g., Hoosiers, Rudy). Because Marin clearly has talent as a writer of snark, she should, as another poster suggested, focus her energies on things that truly bother her rather than trying to placate an audience of misanthropes and (apparerntly) mastrubators. When she does, the writing will not feel so forced. And we will laugh with her, rather than at her.

this post is neither informative or entertaining. we are all dumber for having read it. i award marin no points and may god have mercy on her soul.

Marin is a fucking loser--please never allow her to post on this site again and tie her tubes so she can't produce anymore horrible human beings like herself.

"If you want to go on with retarded open threads about the bar exam, OCI and billable hours
then why not just clone Lat? But this site needs some new blood and you can't fault a brother
for trying something different. "

That quote alone is why Lat should track any Marinhead IP and ban it from voting.