With self-publishing comes great responsibility. Some use their blogs for good, others for evil. I still haven't decided where this falls, but what the hell...
Commenter and blog confidant Peenman has a 3 year-old son. The studio that took his birthday pictures entered the lad in one of those photo contests designed to destroy a child's self-esteem and saddle their parents with feelings of guilt and failure.
Of, if you're Peenman's kid, you make it to the final round.
When informed of this, I volunteered to post the info here, the better to stuff the ballot box for the young man. Obviously whatever actions you take are purely voluntary, and spare me any editorializing about objectifying our youth. We're not talking Anne Geddes here.
Here's what you do:
1. Go to the Photgenics web site (WARNING: Mute your sound first, the embedded audio is supremely annoying)
2. Click "vote" in the left-hand toolbar.
3. Click the "Click" button at the bottom of the main frame.
4. View the gallery, taking note of the handsome young man in the Eagles jersey labeled "Finalist#C16."
5. Click the "Click Here to Vote" link at the bottom of the page.
6. Complete the fields. The City, State, Zip, and E-mail fields are described as mandatory, but it isn't like you have to supply accurate info. Then again, they're looking out for "supspicious looking votes," so use discretion.
7. Click the "Submit" button.
And you're done. I thank you, Peenman thanks you, and the terrorists are beaten back for yet another day.
He's a cutie and got my vote! You're right about the music, though. It gave me a seizure.
Done, but I'm getting soft. I used to hold out for at least a nominal bribe before performing favors like this....
Done. I once called my sister-in-law and played like I was a representative from one of these outifts. I must have strung her along for ten minutes before she smoked me. She was PISSED.
I thank you. My wife thanks you. My son thanks you.
You have done a great service for freedom.
Done. If the internets can't be used to cheat in meaningless online popularity contests, I don't know what it's for.