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I hope everyone had a relaxing Labor Day.  We had some afternoon thunderstorms which made the animals pretty scarce, but it was an okay day. Not a whole lot of voters yesterday, but those who did turn out moved Samantha Bee, Paul Rudd, Alan Rickman and Hugh Jackman ahead.  Let's see who'll join them, shall we? Pair Fifty-Eight Pair Fifty-Nine Pair Sixty Pair Sixty-One

Closing in on closing out the first round!  Winners from yesterday:  TV's Craig Ferguson, Rashida Jones, Jon Stewart and Emma Watson.  (In the spirit of transparency, 2 of those 4 were my nominees.) Contestants for today Pair Thirty-Nine Pair Forty

New week, new contestants: Pair Thirty-Four Pair Thirty-Five Pair Thirty-Six . Pair Thirty-Seven

(ETA: I have no idea whatsoever why these links are popping up in my text.  I've tried to get rid of them, to no avail.  Pay them no mind.) So, I've been running the Knitters' Hunk contest for five years. My children have expressed little to no interest in it ever, usually only bringing it up in conversation when they couldn't think of anything else to say. It was Briton's idea, heartily seconded by Hannah, to include women in the competition.  And, boy, have their attitudes changed.  Briton checks in every day on the results, and always has possible explanations for who did and who didn't win.  As we rode to Atlanta yesterday, Hannah kept coming up with more contest ideas.  She and Briton were talking about how they hate that the tournament is going to be over soon, and that they don't want to wait another year.  So, don't be shocked if I come here with some, um, original ideas for more tilts. It will take us three days for us to get throug...

I've been up since 4 AM today, and would really like to go to bed.  I don't think today's results will change that much;  the leads are pretty substantial.  So I'm calling today for Dorothy Parker, Mike Rowe, Neil Patrick Harris and Rachel McAdams.  Let's see who's next on the "menu": Pair Twenty Pair Twenty-One Pair Twenty Two: And, to try and break a previous tie: (And if this one still ends up in a tie, I'm just going to flip a coin.)

You have until Monday night to nominate folks to compete against the likes of these: Hey, I've been here for 5 years, and people get serious  about this stuff.

The first day of nominations brought quite a number of contenders, both male and female.  A sneak peek at a couple who are in the race: And that is just the first day, my friends! Kathy has been kind enough to mention the contest on her blog, and Camille has been a one-woman drum and bugle corps for this contest from the very beginning.  Thanks so much to them, and, if any of you want to give this silly little exercise a shout-out, I would be profoundly grateful. For now, keep those nominations coming!

Our 2011 Knitters' Hunk, in case you needed reminding: Christine Sams February 19, 2012 Sam Neill.  Photo: Anthony Johnson LIAM NEESON tears up when he hears Eva Cassidy sing  Danny Boy . Toni Collette's No. 1 album is Neil Young's  Harvest , while Neil Finn's favourite tune is Elton John's  Your Song . The actor Sam Neill, who is starring in the US television series Alcatraz , has convinced his famous friends to compile Top 10 lists of their favourite songs before publishing them on his website. The pastime has taken on a life of its own among Neill's celebrity friends, with goofy pictures and passionate compilation lists from stars including Sir Ian McKellen (who lists his No.1 as  When I'm Cleaning Windows  by George Formby) and Stephen Fry (whose eclectic list is topped by Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass's Spanish Flea ) as well as Willem Dafoe and Marianne Faithfull. ''One of the things I do on the website now, when I've got downtim...