From The Mouth Of Mantasm

We've got one more entrant and our good buddy Mantasm's here to tell you about it:

If the list of heavyweights didn't read like a boxing magazine earlier today - then throw in the name Kip Larsen and watch the bottom fall out.

Mantastic 2008 - It's this year's Titanic.

Love,
Mantasm

There Once Was A Man With A Wooden Leg Named...

...Brian Smith.

Well, he doesn't have a wooden leg, nor does he have wooden testicles. He's got the real deal. A former Mantastic participant, Brian was saddled with the Selleck the first time around (similar to the Taft, but less Presidential, more beefcake). He went through sleepless nights wondering if he was going to get the Neckbeard at Check-In and claims that the ordeal made him stronger. He pushed heavily for the Neckbeard to be included again this time around. "Wait, I thought this was a contest for men!," he shouted in vain. Well, there was no Neckbeard, so he pushed for the 50/50 or the Half 'n Half. Half beard, half clean, or, "two beards, one face," if you will. In his mind, this would truly separate the men from the boys. To his chagrin, there would be no 50/50, either.

In either the boldest move in bearded history or a psychotic grab for attention (or both!), Brian has shaved off half his beard. Holy smokes. Not only has he shaved it off, but he went out in public with the results. Hot dang!

Kudos to former Mantastic Daisy Shelley Campbell for having the iron stomach to sit behind the camera for this one.



Click here to see this thing in action!

The 50/50 lives!!

(Note: The guy I knew with the wooden leg was Prime Minister Pete Nice. FYI.)

Buck-buck...bu-cawwk!!

Don't forget to bring your fives tomorrow. Chicken Fees, baby! The Electoral College does not carry cash!  At least for the first few folks we won't have any.  I suspect that after two or three contestants do their picking, we'll have about $45 in hand. Yeah!

So, yeah, don't forget your Cash Pants.

The Last Word

It's official: All disputes will be reviewed by the Electoral College.  All decisions by the Electoral College will be final.  

Most of you we're not worried about, but I've got a mental list of troublemakers I'll be watching.

In related news: my neighbor just got his car started and it sounds like the rending of sheet metal.  Not sure it's supposed to sound like that...

Tonight's Most Frequently Asked Question

Q: Honey, are you sure I'm allowed to do this?

Please, people, you know it's true.  Don't shoot the messenger.  I'm just telling you what you already know.

If the answer to the above question is "Yes," then the follow up is: 

Q: Which styles can you absolutely not live with on my face?

After that, the question is:

Q: How much am I allowed to spend in Chicken Fees to not get those styles?

For some of you, this is definitely a team effort.  

Tomorrow's Check-In Legend

You know how, at the bottom of maps, they have the legend that tells you how long a mile is and what color the railroads are? Well, this is the road map to your sorrow tomorrow at the Check-In. 

Roll the die, take your chances.

One: William H. Taft



Two: The Colonel



Three: Chester A. Arthur



Four: Van Fucking Buren



Five: Freestyle Presidential Manscaping



Six: Cheadle For President!



It's on the internet, therefore it must be true! No room for debate now. It's etched in stone! Although I have two bucks that says that Kirk tries to weasel something regardless.

Not Mantastic

My neighbor's been trying to start his car outside for about twenty minutes, flooding the hell out of the engine and burning out his starter motor. God bless his persistence, but that vehicle is not Mantastic. It's chanky.

By All The Gods!

Another entrant! It's Howard Campbell, aka HoCo! That brings our total up to roughly two quillion, give or take.

This is going to be one interesting looking place of business for the next month. Just saying.

Who Are These People?

For those of you who don't know these folks intimately, you may be wondering just who the heck they all are. It's a legitimate question to have in your mind. We are the employees of a Major Visual Effects Company located in the Golden State of California. Now, that may not narrow things down in your mind very much, but look at it this way: you can stop looking through the phone books of Kansas to try to figure things out. And forget about Brazil, too. We ain't down there, neither!

Forty-nine states, a few territories, and a vast majority of the world wiped from possibility. See how easy I'm making this for you? I'm just trying to tip it in your favor...

This Is Getting Out Of Hand...No, Really

I'm not sure how we can pull off a Day One Check-In during the alloted time, because we just got three new entrants!!

Joe Engelke
Matt Jacobs
Sanjay Das

Just to put things into perspective as regards to how high up the food chain this goes, Sanjay Das is our CTO. Anyone with three initials for a job title is in rarified air. That is a bold management style, folks. That's some ballsy admin!

Welcome aboard to all the new kids. This thing is going to be a hoot!