<<(And, okay, I can understand the
Nixon/Ellroy/hardboiled
connection--but don't I get brownie points for mentioning a
Bogart film
originally? :) )>>
Instead of brownie points, we give hardboiled eggs here. You
are awarded
three and a half of those for the Bogie mention. At the end
of the year,
the top-scoring rara-avian receives The Hardboiled Egg, our
most
prestigious award (a Lifetime Achievement Egg is in the
works). One
peculiarity is that eggs can be lost as well as earned.
Examples:
Mention of the pulps: + 50 eggs
Mention of a dead author that nobody else knows about: +100
eggs
Mention of Charles Willeford = + 25 eggs
Mention of Dorothy Sayers = -37.5 eggs
Mention of P*tr*c** C*rnw*ll = - 150 eggs
Praise for P*tr*c** C*rnw*ll = - 250 eggs
Question about when "Z is for Zud" will appear: - 375
eggs
Expression of fondness for Spenser's Susan: - 500 eggs
etc.
Regards,
mt
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