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1. As of my last vote count, the Catholic Blogs claimed the first four places in this order, even though it is subject to change:
   1st. WDTPRS
   2nd. Standing On my Head
   3rd. Happy Catholic
   4th. Conversion Dairy

   Comment by cuaguy — 13 January 2009 @ 6:46 pm

2. cuaguy: Thanks for keeping an eye on the count for us when we were in the Z-chat room!

   Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 13 January 2009 @ 6:51 pm

3. Would the Conversion Dairy be where they change the milk to ice cream?

   Comment by Dwight Longenecker — 13 January 2009 @ 7:31 pm

4. Congrats Father Z! I’ll cancel my iCal alerts to vote. :-) See Fr Longenecker. . . having a base of mindless drones works ;-)

   Comment by Suzanne Sadler — 13 January 2009 @ 8:31 pm

5. Mindless drones eh? I wonder what else I can get done… hmmmm

   Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 13 January 2009 @ 10:51 pm

6. @Fr.: I volunteer to be the mindless drone who looks after your library….pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!

   Comment by puella — 14 January 2009 @ 5:02 am

7. I never thought I’d take ‘mindless drone’ as a compliment. Deo Gratias!

   Comment by joy — 14 January 2009 @ 6:16 am

8. Fr. Z, if you win, does it guarantee me a spot in your administration? Please?

   Comment by cuaguy — 14 January 2009 @ 7:22 am

9. cuaguy: I will try to find something for you!

   Comment by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf — 14 January 2009 @ 9:21 am

10. I’m sorry, I missed why it was important to keep “our Catholic blogs” in 1st place?

    Comment by Jodi — 19 January 2009 @ 11:36 am

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