First of all, thank you for choosing one of my posts to be Freshly Pressed. That was very nice of you, and I appreciate your not holding my fondness for swearing against me.
I just have one teeny, tiny issue. It’s about that Le Clown guy. You knew this was coming, right?
See, he and I are actually friends. In real life even. So I may be a wee bit biased here.
Sure, I wrote about how you should NEVER, EVER Freshly Press him. But come on, you didn’t think I was serious, did you?
You’ve read his work. You know he can be deranged at times. It’s part of his charm. But he’s written many posts that are FP-friendly.
Like today’s post, for instance. Or one of my personal favorites, the one about the epic struggle between his inner Kirk and his inner Spock. Or the posts where he reflects on the challenges he has faced throughout his life—and by the way, he has overcome enough challenges to put him up there with Mr. Weebles in the Fucking Badass category.
Then there are the posts about his family. The beautiful, loving odes to his wife, The Ringmistress, who is a wonderful blogger herself. The stories about his children. I’d link to some of these but there are JUST TOO MANY.
Also, what blogger has done more for the blogosphere than Le Clown? The contests, the guest posts, the shoutouts to other bloggers? In a very short time, he’s created not just a huge presence, but also a very substantial blogging community. He’s the real deal.
So come on, WordPress peeps, it’s time to Freshly Press this guy. You know you want to.
They just haven’t grasped his awesomeness, yet. They’re slow.
I think it’s that the magnificence was too blinding, kayjai.
Kayjai,
You know clowns can blush too, right? And a blushing clown is an ugly clown. And I don’t like to be ugly…
Le Clown
You can’t possibly be ugly, Le Clown. Blushing will only enhance your delicate features…
They’re obviously holding the fact that he’s Canadian against him.
Ordinarily I would agree with taking points off for him being Canadian, but it’s not his fault he wasn’t born into the awesomeness of America. Also, check out the tags, Jen. I added a Geddy Lee tag on this just to annoy him.
Marry me, PLEASE
What say you and I go to Canada and get married at YYZ??
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clown is probably throwing a fit right now.
Jen and Weebles,
Am I ever late to this party… I just noticed the Geddy Lee tag… You know, the only thing it does to your blog is making it slightly more ugly… Now if you would have tagged Chad Kroeger, it would have made it ugly AND stupid.
Le Clown
I told you in one of my emails that I was putting that in there. I *knew* you didn’t really read my emails!
Just for that, I’m mentioning Geddy and Rush in every single comment on your blog from now on.
Madame Weebles,
I just read on your other post that you were married?
Le Clown
So droll. So very very droll.
I shudder to think of what Celine Dion would have done to it.
Or Bryan Adams.
Weebs,
You made Le Clown cry, and his clown make-up is dripping on his clown shoes… I’ll have to come back to properly thank you… You’re a great friend.
Le Clown
No way Le Clown cried. L’Eric maybe, but not Le Clown.
Meizac,
You know my shtick too well…
Le Clown
Weebs,
Recognition by the likes of you is ALMOST as good as being Freshly Pressed. Thank you again, La Weebles.
Le Clown
Oh, Le Clown. I make everyone cry. Just ask Mr. Weebles.
I CONCUR! I CONCUR! PRESS THIS CLOWN ~ and yes, I’m yelling.
RIGHT ON, RUTABAGA!
Rutabaga,
I can hear your uppercase all the way up here in Canadaland… Even polar bears are running away.
Le Clown
hee hee
I am with you Madame Weebles. His post for today just blew my mind. Very well thought out and written plus he is a really good guy.
He gets freshly pressed in my books…now if only that counts lol. Great post
I agree, Boomie–he’s already been FP’d in the hearts of many!
Boomie,
You’re a sweet one. And a good blogger. Now please, go on.
Le Clown
Just have to repeat: “So come on, WordPress peeps, it’s time to Freshly Press this guy.” Le CLown Is the real deal.
Do not comprehend the selection process
But We love Weebles, too! They rock….and roll ..(and congrats for the again “featured”)
Thank you very much, philosophermouse! And thank RC too just because.
Were it not for Le Clown, you and I may never have ‘met.’
That’s true! And it’s all Dotty Headbanger’s doing that I met Le Clown, so I guess it all stems from Dotty. She should get some sort of prize just for that.
I agree! Press fresh charges against Le Clown, WordPress! (I did read that right, didn’t I?)
Oh, I’ve got several charges against him, but that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t also be FP’d.
Le Calahan,
If I end up in jail because of you, I’ll know how to fit right in thanks to your gravatar.
Le Clown
Le Clown in prison is a show I would definitely watch.
True story. He’s one of the blogs that are fun for everyone – not just to read but to interact and stuff. Participating in a contest, guest blogging,… ‘Le Clown – more than a blog’ should be his slogan. Or something alike.
(Hey, we could for example all post about him on a certain day! Then WP would be spammed with dedications to Le Clown.)
Exactly, NBI! And I still have to visit your guest post yesterday, I was working yesterday so I didn’t have time. But I will today!
Madame Weebles,
I hear you have unreliable internet in New York, Weebs. Is that so?
Le Clown
My awesomeness short-circuited our router, it seems.
Actually, we just discovered that our router does not like our makeshift wireless printer gadget. That was the problem.
Also, bite me.
Weebs,
I’m from the cold lands of Canada. We eat raw meet to survive. My teeth are sharper than those of a Wolverine.
Le Clown
Yeah, I’m trembling.
NBI,
So what you’re telling me is that it was a good career decision to abandon the circus life for a blogging venture?
Le Clown
Who am I to judge? I don’t know how successfull you were – but I am very happy you made that decision. I hope you stole the circus’ tiger and keep it as a pet now?
Agreed. I will get a job at WordPress just so I can FP the guy.
We should all apply for jobs at WP. Those poor people would be inundated.
Maybe we could all write a post singing Le Clown’s praises entitled and tagged Freshly Pressed?
I expect the real reason you haven’t been FP’d yet Le Clown, is the swear word in your header. Change that or remove the word & replace with symbols & I’m sure you will be in October!
I’m Irish, every second word in our speech is an expletive, but WP don’t want to upset their readership, and some people are very sensitive to swearing
Hello Barbara, and welcome! I forgot about the swear word in his header. You’re right, some people are very sensitive about that sort of thing. I’ve never been one of them, every second word out of my mouth is some sort of expletive too. But you raise a very good point!
Thank you for the welcome
I just noticed because on coming to the UK I had to significantly moderate my language, as what was perfectly acceptable in Ireland most definitely was not here, and the USA is similar in places.
Having lived here 20+ years I have learned not to swear (much!!) but it doesn’t bother me in the slightest.
Emily,
Wouldn’t be fun to work for WordPress? Read this, WP peeps? If you don’t want to FP me, hire me. A Clown for Hire… Oh, I like, it should be a post…
Le Clown
It’s pretty much my dream job.
I have read lots of Freshly Pressed articles with swear words. I think the real problem is that Le Clown doesn’t write Exlax-y posts that will help you take a dump.
And ohmygeez I just said that. My reputation is sullied forever.
You realize you’ll never live this one down, right?
Pretty much.
That Weebles guest post of yours — you know, the one where you’re showin’ off your junk — makes me not so terribly inclined to jump on the Freshly Pressed bandwagon. That said, Clown, I do wish you the very, very best of luck.
HLAWF,
I would probably be myself hesitant if I would see someone’s package on the web… Now, being that I am a clown, and that I shock, do you actually think I would put a real picture of my package on the blogosphere…? Don’t tell anyone it was a fake picture, my friend, people will be disappointed!
Le Clown
I admire your candor. I now support your candidacy.
Oh, you downsized for that photo op?
SNORT — good one, Margarita!!!!
Margarita,
You and I are officially BFF. 4EVS.
Le Clown
M. Le Clown –
Official…do we exchange rings or something? xoxoM
I can see why you would feel that way, Mike. That post was a prime example of over-the-top Le Clown. But believe it or not, he’s not always that insane!
I’m honestly shocked that he hasn’t been Freshly Pressed yet, no entiendo!
I know, right??? But I guess even Picasso was overlooked by some people back in the day.
Leo,
I’m still getting to know you. But the more I get to know you, the happier I am to know you like me better with each passing day.
Le Clown
I agree! Le Clown should be Freshly-Pressed. His post today not only coveys to the blogging community what one should do, but he continues to give kudos to fellow bloggers and he shares his wisdom. Fresh Press Le Clown!! Fresh Press Le Clown!!
Amen, B! No justice, no peace!
Brigitte,
You know what I love? Is no matter where I go, I stumble upon you. I mean, granted, this is Weebles’ blog, and we’ve been having coffee together here for months now… Thanks, Brigitte. Your endorsement means a great deal.
Le Clown
You’re most welcome, Le Clown. And likewise, my friend. We need to have a big ole’ blog party that crosses several blogs…people stopping here and there…there’s a light bulb going on over my head but it’s not bright enough yet….
Brigitte,
I’ve hinted something on Twitter yesterday about a monthly virtual blogging meeting that I am working on… I think you will like…
Le Clown
from your post to their selection process which is a mysterious one indeed but not of course when you and Brigitte are chosen
Brigitte deserves all her FP acclaims, for sure, LouAnn, and thank you for including me in there.
In general their selection process is indeed mysterious, though, isn’t it?
not mysterious that you were chosen for such a heartfelt and well written post about Mr. Weebles
LouAnn,
I concur. Weebs and Brigitte both rock serious arses.
Le Clown
so true
Not to rain on Le Clown, but you were also featured in today’s best of Freshly Pressed, so that’s like being Freshly Pressed twice for the same post, isn’t it??
I didn’t even realize it until I started seeing pingbacks! It’s definitely like a double treat!
Janice,
Rain Rain Rain. But rain about Weebs is rain I like. I’ll just wear my raincoat.
Le Clown
Just watch out for the splashes of mud, Le Clown.
I must have missed the post that got Freshly Pressed the first time round opppsie! Now how can we get Le Clown up on those freshly pressed prestigious boards? If everyone who follows him tells off Word press for missing him out all this time? You never know it might work! Shame on them.
Grassroots campaigns have worked before, scienerf! Maybe “Occupy WordPress for Le Clown” would work!
They’ll get so fed up of seeing his name on here they’ll have to press him freshly! hmmmm I think I know what tomorrows/tonights post will be
Madame Weebles and Mel,
I’m all for the Occupy WordPress for Le Clown movement! I want to be the 99% of WordPress… That’s what you mean, right?
Le Clown
I knew it was a mistake to write that.
Oh dear what have I started?
not quite oh narcissistic one, not quite
Wow … I visit that post, and then mentioned he should be FP for that one … and now you endorse it with a post. Hmmmm …. Frank the Prognosticator. Right on Weebs … and com on WordPress! I want Le Clown out of my club!
You have vision, Frank. Must be that eye. But surely you’ve been FP’d yourself, yes?
No FP for me … thus why I said I want Le Clown out of my club.
Frank,
I’m baffled that you keep on posting constant quality posts, and that this accolade has never gone your way… Now there’s a Hey WordPress Peeps post that should be written just there…
Le Clown
Oh well … maybe some day … but the way I look at it, my style and their preferences don’t match up well.
Frank,
This is something I have been thinking of. Being FPd is perhaps something about fitting into their brand, which at the other end of the spectrum, I myself may not be showing in their cards (my English is just terrible tonight – I should carry my French Canadian arse to bed right now). For what it’s worth, and I’ve only been following you shortly, I like your style. You carry it with panache.
Le Clown
Thanks … good description of fitting into their brand … and your English is fine … plus a MUCH better than my French.
I was JUST thinking this, that Frank should have a WP thing for him!!
Yes, Weebs. I think it’s time Le Clown was FP’d. His posts are entertaining and interesting. And I think he hit a home run with today’s post. And congrats to you for being “The best of the best!”
Thank you very much, Cathy—it’s like a bonus on top of a bonus! And here’s to our Clowny friend getting his FP soon.
Cathy,
Weebs is really the best of the best, indeed. And she’s surrounded by GREAT friends, isn’t she, Ms. Cathy… And don’t get all modest on me…
Le Clown
Freshly pressed needs to get its act together. I second this… an third and fourth it too!
I can only assume they haven’t FP’d him yet because it’s like looking into the sun, becca. Too blinding.
Ah, good point.
Becca,
You’re slowly getting to be one of my favourite people on this blogosphere. Watch out.
Le Clown
Likewise Le Clown
. But, seriously watch out. Where most people would hug to show companionship, I tend to bite. I don’t know how this developed, but I try to give fair warning.
I’m only leaving a comment so you know I read this AND Le Clown’s post before I liked it
haha.
It IS a great post! With you all the way on the campaign trail.
You’re funny, I like you. And I believe you!
My So Called Dutch Life,
Thank you for stopping by. I truly appreciate, and the endorsement, of course. And is that a poppy on your gravatar? That is my daughter’s name…
Le Clown
Sorry I haven’t commented on the actual post, Le Clown. I’m becoming terribly paranoid about liking things and commenting and I ‘know’ Madame Weebles better. Plus, I blow off steam without really thinking about what I’m writing, so I suffer from blog self esteem issues when I know it’s possible people might follow the trail back to my space. There are no self help books available for this yet, so I struggle through as best I can.
I’ll be back, you’ll see the NL flag, and I’ll like things I read until I pluck up the courage to leave a sentence (or 20, if this reply is anything to go by).
It is a poppy – a most superior flower and a wonderful name! Good luck on the FP trail, but I don’t think you need it
How did I miss your getting freshly pressed? Fuck, I gotta start paying more attention. Yeah, le Clown should definitely be freshly pressed but for some reason I get the feeling that the more we push them, the more adamant they will be in NOT singling him out. I could be wrong. I hope I am.
I’ll let it slide just this one time, Wendy.
And I hope that’s not true about them resisting FP’ing him if we push. I suppose time will tell…
I just read the wordpress newsletter and saw your post. Beautiful. Sorry I missed it. I’ll take a thousand lashes with a wet noodle.
You masochist, you! I’m going to call you Mistress Wendy from now on.
That’s more of a name for a sadist but that’s ok. I can wear both hats.
Good point. But hey, if you can switch hit S/M, more power to you.
I actually prefer to be the bottom (always have), but if you are smaller than I am and you’re pissing me off….lol
YEAH, girl. I knew I liked you.
Same here Weebly girl, same here.
Given your readership numbers, your shout-out might get him as many new views as being Freshly Pressed would!
You’re very kind, JM. Although actually the Clown Guy has way more followers than I do, even now! He’s a very popular guy—just not with the WP folks yet…
JMMcDowell,
As long as I have Weebles as a reader, everything will be fine. This SUCK UP moment was brought to you by [insert wit of which I am completely depleted from tonight].
Le Clown
Awwwwww, garsh, Le Clown! Blow me.
Aw, Weebs! Ain’t you just the sweetest gal ever? Even Husband has turned the Le Clown corner. Why can’t WP do the same?
I suspect it’s his dislike of Rush.
Well that is his one true flaw.
Fish and Weebs,
So far down in this thread and there are still mentions of Rush? Geddy Lee owes you, man. He owes you.
Le Clown
Oh he owes me all right. I’ve got a list of things he can do for me.
Weebs,
I almost vomited back the nails I have been chewing from my toe nails…
Le Clown
Then my work here is done.
I didn’t realize one of your posts was FP’d. I hope it was the Fuck you, Republican Wingnuts cuz that one made me pee a little. I’m sorry that I mentioned peeing a little in a comment congratulating you on FP-eedness.
You are so right on about Le Clown needing Le Press, like, Le Now.
I WISH it was that post, speaker7. It was my post about my better half, the Illustrious Mr. Weebles. I’m glad they chose it, but really, my rant on Republican wingnuts is my favorite.
And if you hadn’t mentioned peeing in your comment, I would have been sad.
Speaker7,
Peen.
Le Clown
Theyshouldjusthiretheman.Myspacebarisnotworking,sorry.EXCELLENTandcompletelyaccuratepost.
Wantmetocomeupthereandbitchslapyourspacebar?
Andmaybetheapostrophekeytoo?
OkayI’llseewhatIcando.
TheRingmistress,
WannawatchCloneWarsWithTheWhisperingPetuniaAndI?
LeClown
Sheesh, Weebly-person, he’s got about a million comments on his spock/kirk post, alone. It took so long to scroll down I could’ve caught three buses in that time! (Well, no, I exaggerate. Two.)
I’d love to read his blog more often but it’s a pale font on black and when I come away I get sort of stripey things in front of my eyes. I suppose I could do what I often do in that situation and do a temporary copy and paste into notepad… maybe I’ll do that, then.
I hope he gets FPeed. Maybe he will. Maybe I will. No, actually I probably won’t.
Go figure. (Or go arms. Or legs.)
Val,
I’m sorry my WordPress template is harassing your brain and your sight (this is Le Clown doing his best to translate from French right now as I am usually in bed as I am 107 years old)… I thought about changing template, but my brand is pretty much well known all around the globe, and I wouldn’t want to insult anyone by doing a complete 180 on you all. That was the lamest reply in the history of Le Clown’s replies. Go to bed, Le Clown.
Le Clown
PS: Thank you for stopping by. I will answer you tomorrow morning when my kids will wake me up at 4:30am.
PS. Three buses could’ve caught me in the time it’s taking me to stop laughing at your post and your comments and your commenters comments and so on and on…!!
It’s a wild scene here, Val!
very nice M. Weebles..very nice
Audra,
Right?
Le Clown
double right!!! (and yes, my comment was a compliment)
Thanks A! Sorry for tardy reply, these comments are sneaking past me, dammit.
I love Le Clown (& Eric) .. When he least suspects it, it will happen
Lynne,
We’ll see. Whatever happens, happens. Thank you, my good friend.
Le Clown
I gotta remember to come to the party earlier. By the time I’ve read through all the comments, I’ve forgotten if I had a comment in the first place! Okay, I’m back from the top of the post: by all means, press him fresh, press him stale, press him sharp, press him any way you want…oh, and Freshly Press him, too! xoxoM
Margarita,
So you are head of the creative department at the Creative institute of New York, am I correct?
Le Clown
No, no, the Creative INSTITUTION of New York! xoM
I agree–he should get Freshly Pressed even if he writes about a turd. After the community he’s built, Freshly Pressed should be an automatic.
On a side note, I didn’t get an email alert to your post. Not sure what’s up with that, but lucky for me, I found it on my reader. You can’t diss me that easily…
Carrie,
I don’t recall writing about Geddy Lee…?
Le Clown
Suck it, Clown.
I don’t get it. Is Geddy Lee a turd or something? Does this make me stupid?
Carrie,
He’s not a turd. He’s Canadian. He just looks like one.
Le Clown
Well, I guess I’d rather look like a turd than smell like one.
Great, I’ve lost all dignity now.
Pay no attention to him, Carrie. He’s delusional.
Always playing catch up lately….I wholeheartedly agree that Le Clown should be Le Pressed. What’s up with that already? I didn’t know that you guys knew each other personally….that would explain you wanting him to bite you. Ha ha. Le Clown, I know you will have your day. I can feel it.
TBF,
We’ve never met in real life – I still don’t know if real LIFE can take Weebles and Le Clown in the same room, but she’s definitely my kind of peeps, albeit that obsession for that Geddy Lee dude.
Le Clown
The magnificence of both of us in the same room… I actually hadn’t contemplated the cosmic implications of this, had you?
The ever-watchful eye of Freshly Pressed is already trained upon Le Clown, awaiting the fullness of the moment. However, I regret to inform you that you have set his cause back by choosing the execrable Geddy Lee as one of your post tags.
Oh Michelle, you have no idea how you’ve broken my heart with your calling Geddy “execrable.” Although not many people use the word “execrable,” nice one there. Respect.
That being said, if my tagging costs Le Clown, so be it. Of course, he also hates Geddy, so you’ll probably have Le Clown declaring his undying devotion to you now. Be warned…
And thank you for stopping by!! I think.
Michelle.
I hereby make you honoUrary Canadian. You can tell all of your friends.
Le Clown
Must I?
Michelle,
You know you want to. Would you like a bite of white chocolate with that?
Le Clown
I like you. Yes.
Reblogged this on A Clown On Fire and commented:
Everyone who reads Le Clown reads Weebles, so I don’t know the purpose of reblogging this article… Except for pleasing my ego…
Wez don’t read Weebles but Humom use to have some..xx
Doggy’s Pal’z
Mollie and Alfie
Mollie,
You’re friend with that Leo dude, aren’t you? I think he’s only cool by association…
Le Clown
It’s okay, Mollie and Alfie, I’m glad you’re here anyway.
Agreed. LeClown for Freshly Pressed.
You can nominate, can’t you? How does one go about doing that?
Evidently not, Kate. This was my attempt at nominating him.
When I used to ride my polar bear to work in Alaska every morning I would tie her up with the other polar bears outside the giant igloo that was my office. Sometimes I would come out for a smoke break and overhear what the bears were talking about. That was how I first heard about Le Clown.
I first heard about him in a similar way, soulwalker—my dogsled team was mushing through some sort of tundra and I heard a bunch of huskies telling a story about Le Clown. Small world, isn’t it?
It really is… it really really is.
Wait, le Dude has never been FPeed? I thought that’s what clowns were for?
I demand justice…
TAE,
I cry each night before going to bed. I’m inconsolable.
Le Clown
Well, at least you had the honor of “abbreviating me”…I was tired of reading “abrasive” everywhere…made me feel like sandpaper.
No Justice, No Peace, TAE!
No Cowns, no cry? Wait…
I see what you’re going for, we can work with this.
Thanks for seeing despite the lack of an LLLLLL…I’m indulging in a “Double Pilsener”…I’ll take the freedom to blame it on the alcohol.
Works for me! Enjoy!
FU WP for not FPing LeClown!
C-a-L,
I think we should involve Banksy.
Le CLown
U R AOK, C-a-L!
I’m with Lynne 100%. It will happen when you least expect it. Of course you deserve to be Freshly Pressed, that goes without saying.
I sense that the people of FP have something called DEMAND RESISTANCE. The more a person expects it or demands it, the more they resist. (My son has this – that’s why I’m familiar with it.) Weebs, in her love for you and excitement to get you F-pressed, may have inadvertently pushed the FP people further away. It’s like the Chinese finger puzzle. You put your two fingers in, but then when you go to pull them out it tightens, the more you pull, the tighter it gets.
Just keep writing, Eric. Write for yourself, for Sara, your kids, and all of your friends here, that love what you do. : )
As long as you have self-approval, you have everything.
Grippy
xo
Grippy,
If Weebs post did a reverse psychology number on the WP peeps, which I highly doubt (right, Michelle?), then so be it… I’ll continue to write and have fun with it… as you so eloquently pointed out, dear friend. I do know, and I’m saying this with modesty, that some of my posts were FP material… Happy you are enjoying them, Lisa.
Le Clown
You embody the wordpress user that I would assume they look for. You’re smart, funny, enthusiastic and you have a serious side, too. They would be HARD PRESSED to find a better candidate than you. Just sayin’.
Insinuating that we have DEMAND RESISTANCE gives us far too much credit.
Now that’s funny. I didn’t really think you guys worked like that anyway.
If that’s really how the folks at WP/FP work, with that demand resistance mentality, then it’s a childish mindset that will be soon discovered for what it is by all who follow Le Clown.
Exactly. It just doesn’t make sense that he hasn’t gotten freshly pressed. He’s like the poster boy for WordPress. You’d be surprised how many passive controlling type people are around. It’s like, “Oh, he wants it that badly, we’ll have to string him along a little longer.” It makes them mighty powerful. Something just feels amiss to me. If it was a matter of asking or pleading, he would have had one a long time ago.
Then there’s also the possibility that I’m a crazy loon… Haha!
Wait, why did I think I was on Le Clown’s post? Sorry, Weebs. I agree with you whole heartedly. He deserves to be F-pressed. You’ve really given it the old college try and then some. You’re a good friend : )
Grippy,
She’s magnificent. A true friend.
Le Clown
Thanks, Grippy. I figured I’d give it a shot.
This just might be the influence that The Magnificent One needs
Time will tell, Sandee. Time will tell…
I’ll go duck under a rock.
If WP sees me here this might never happen.
I disagree, Sig. You lend good street cred.
Firstly – congratulations to you. So well deserved! Secondly, I couldn’t agree more, Le Clown should be freshly pressed!
Thank you so much, LLCD! Hopefully our Clowny friend will get his FP soon as well…
Le Clown is a creature of rare & sublime genius. It will happen.
You speak true, Smak.
YES, freshly press the clown! If the clown can get pressed, then maybe Alice has a shot. Not that this is her, um, motivation at all. No sirreee. It’s all about the clown.
Seriously, he does deserve it because he gives awesome unicorn badges and has contests and brings bloggers together and saves kittens and everything. WordPress, get with it!
EXACTLY, Alice! Sing it!