RESULTS AND PHOTO THREE

OK, this blog is on FIRE! John, Judy and Joann continue to duke it out.  This will be a real horse race and we are only two photos in.  AND to make things even better, we now have this high tech, super fancy chart--Done by young Nate McKeon--nice to know that $60k in Notre Dame tuition for this year is really paying off--kudos and extra credit to him.  (fyi--the odd comments on the chart are totally the work of Nate--you get what you pay for…And nice try, Rob, with the 10,000 points…duly noted)

IMPORTANT NOTE--Extra credit is back, and as always, it's super, f'ng arbitrary.  

Learn more about extra credit below.  

As you can see, quantity is beating quality right now.  John's massive 61 entries  (hahaha--when I was typing this I stopped right after the word massive and left to get something to eat.  When I came back, all I saw was "John's massive."  For some reason this totally cracked me up.--sorry it's been a long week) Anyhow, John's massive 61 entries outplayed Judy's incredible 84 votes, because, if you recall quantity points are awarded, one per entry, but the top vote getter only gets 20 total points…so, really, this is all just one big word problem.  And incredible work in getting out the vote, Judy. You, my friend, are the master. Thank God for the extra credit. Don't worry, Judy, we are tweaking quantity points--It is just WAY TOO hard for me to count all these captions--I'm not lying. So, as of today, with the new awesome picture/drawing/oddity I am posting--there is a max of 20 quantity points--We are only on Photo three and I'm already tired. John, Judy and Joann must be exhausted--so, we are pacing ourselves--you can send in more captions, to increase your chances of getting into the all important Top Ten lightening round, but the max quantity points will be 20.  Until 20 captions, though, it continues as a one for one exchange--each caption gets a point, with a max of 20.  Is that clear?

As I said, extra credit is now an important scoring opportunity--and yes, it's totally up to me to award.  Blog Extra credit is the "invisible hand" of the Photo Contest, and I am Adam Smith.  (if you don't know what this is…look it up.  If you don't know what this is, and I pay your tuition bill, you owe me a refund) This week, extra credit was awarded to FOUR worthy competitors:

• Nate--for making this impressive chart, 
• Sue E--for posting all the way from TURKEY in the midst of some civil unrest,
•  Linda--for honestly having the best caption ever: "Lentertainment? Not on my watch!" (hint to others--using the contest name, my quirks or weird references always turns my head) and 
• Jessica because her friend called me cute on the Facebook and when she voted (even bigger hint---sucking up to the judges works real well, too) 

I totally realize that awarding the same amount of extra credit points for posting from an almost war zone and for calling me cute second hand is absolutely messed up and obviously wrong, but hey,….
That's Lentertainment  (really?? you didn't see that one coming?) So, keep posting, and you never know when the invisible hand will strike.

As you can see in this amazing visual aid, though John, Joann and Judy are top dogs, many of you are within striking distance…and it is still early days. Any one can still take this thing, if you really commit to it…and work the extra credit angle. (but don't suck up too much, high quality captions will always trump blatant sycophantic pandering! ---Thanks, Reader's Digest, …It really does pay to increase your word power)

And now, what you've all really been waiting for: TODAY'S PHOTO!! 

I know, I don't know what it is either, but I like it.  Good luck with this one, and Jamarcus, you should clean up here, because your captions are so random any way.  You're welcome.  I just might regret this,  because God knows what we will get, but …say it with me…That's Lentertainment…And, it's after 5pm and I need to get this posted. Remember, only 20 total quantity points, ….so it's like a banker's holiday for John.  

Good luck, God speed--and caption away...