Announcements Sep 04 2008 @ 11:34 am
300th Post! Now with more Noir!
We finally hit 300 posts, although I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that a large number of those have come from contributing writers over the past month. You guys (and you know who you are) rock the Casbah.
Using the power of the internets (and a Random Number Generator), one entrant has been randomly selected and…congratulations Ryan Dunlap! You are now the proud owner of a smoke stained boxset of noir classics. We’ll be contacting you momentarily to pass over the goods. For those of you quietly weeping into your keyboards, fret not! We’ll be giving away more free goodies next week, although this time there will be a contest involved. Well, not so much a contest as a battle royale involving badgers and sporks. It’s going to be suh-weet.
Thanks to everyone who entered, especially those who took the time to include comments and suggestions. We’ve already been implementing some of them (Chris Polley, I hope you’ve noticed that some of my reviews have been much shorter – you’re right, I don’t need to write a novel for films like Death Race or Traitor), so rest assured your feedback is valuable to us.
Sadly, Mr. Allauddin Muhamadad of the African Development Bank and Dr. Donald Blankstone of the Federal Ministry Agriculture were not eligible for the giveaway because they failed to include the proper information in the subject line. On a more positive note, I am apparently entitled to over $1.8 trillion dollars in inheritance money and only need to fork over my social security number and bank statement in order to receive it. I am so getting that 60 inch plasma I’ve had my eye on!
on Sep 04 2008 @ 11:50 am 1. Ryan Dunlap said …
Dude!!! Thanks! It’s been forever since I’ve won something in a drawing!
On an entirely separate note, I’m still trying to find my “style” for the neo-noir feature I’m producing… perfect timing!
-Ryan
on Sep 04 2008 @ 11:51 am 2. Luke Harrington said …
Out of curiosity, how many people entered the drawing?
on Sep 04 2008 @ 11:53 am 3. Evan Derrick said …
Well, Out of the Past is one of the best examples of noir, so it should come in handy. And Gun Crazy has some fantastic camera work, which will also be a nice reference.
on Sep 04 2008 @ 12:50 pm 4. Kristena said …
Does this mean I can quit my day-job???
on Sep 04 2008 @ 1:42 pm 5. Daniel said …
Congrats on 300! If they’re up, they count, no matter where they came from.
I motion that the money is distributed among those who have contributed work here. That would put me at a 4 share, which, according to my math, entitles me to $24,000,000 out of the $1.8 trillion. Contact me privately for my offshore account number so we can complete the transaction. Thank you.
on Sep 04 2008 @ 2:39 pm 6. Evan Derrick said …
Mr. Daniel Getahun! We are so happy as to inform you of a special windfall which you and your estate will henceforth be entitled to! I have recently had much sadness as my great uncle has become deceased, but it is with many smiles I write you to say that you have been talked of in his legal notes! He was a wealthy man of many investments, but lived a simple life of much frugality, so his accounts measure at 1.26 billion British pounds! Please write me quickly as this is a time sensitive transaction that will disappear when the Nigerian Agriculture Bank of International Global Interests acquires my great uncles considerable fortunes. Your gracious companion in this financial occurrence, Mr. Ambasti Smiths.
on Sep 05 2008 @ 9:50 am 7. Fox said …
Well done Evan and Luke!
No jokes today, just congrats!
on Sep 05 2008 @ 12:59 pm 8. Daniel said …
It’s sad. I know all of that is your original writing, but I also know that all of us have seen those so many times that so many elements are immediately recognizable.
You know some people actually followed up with these in the early days and actually went to Nigeria? Obviously, they lost all of their money.
Somebody should have made a documentary about it…
on Sep 05 2008 @ 7:16 pm 9. Rick Olson said …
You mean I didn’t win the noir box set? Why not? Oh … I didn’t enter. Never mind.
Congrats on the 300th post, y’all.
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