Althouse: "She's the 800-pound hummingbird of the blogosphere."

August 20, 2005

"She's the 800-pound hummingbird of the blogosphere."

Said about me.

14 comments:

Unknown said...: I know it's supposed to be a compliment, and certainly you are worthy of such. But even when I read it in context, it's just hard to see it :) An 800-pound hummingbird? When that bird flits, you get OUT OF THE WAY!; 8/20/05, 9:22 PM
Unknown said...: Hey, check it out, Blogger does that funny word-based verification thingy now. cool.; 8/20/05, 9:22 PM
Meade said...: Okay but let's get the image right: an 800-pound hummingbird, blogging interstate while burning up the miles in her silvery TT and sporting a fetchingly sassy new haircut... a mind-expanding blogging experiment of one: tuned in, turned on, synapses afire.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...; 8/20/05, 9:26 PM
Ann Althouse said...: MCG: Yes, you have to turn it on. Go to settings, then commenting. I'm just fending off the spambots.; 8/20/05, 9:35 PM
Beth said...: Is that like "she's a big woman, but she's light on her feet"?; 8/20/05, 11:16 PM
Ron said...: Wow I hope there is no connection back to the old "Do I look fat" thread!

Yikes!; 8/21/05, 2:10 AM
Troy said...: I'm glad you're an 800 lb. hummingbird -- just stay away from my car windows -- and my hummingbird feeder for that matter. I can't afford the sugar water bill (besides the monthly check to Juicy Juice for my kids).; 8/21/05, 7:19 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Ron: Yeah. This post is making me look fat. I was considering this quote for the masthead, but...; 8/21/05, 7:46 AM
amba said...: LOL. It was just the 800-pound gorilla thing. I was driven to the absurdity of it, wanting to say that Ann was a rather formidable and dominant hummingbird, an agile-minded heavyweight in the blogosphere, and then the gorilla expression came to mind . . . but I agree, it does create a bizarre and distracting and ridiculous visual image.; 8/21/05, 10:42 AM
Ann Althouse said...: Amba: That's the trouble with concrete imagery... people get pictures and start thinking about them.; 8/21/05, 10:53 AM
Ron said...: Ann: I vote for putting the quote on the masthead; who else would have such a thing?

Better than "She's the Glenn or Glenda of Instapundit."; 8/21/05, 10:59 AM
Ron said...: How's about:
"Ann Althouse -- she's like Jessica Alba only waaaay smarter."

Better than an 800 pound hummingbird, I guess!; 8/21/05, 11:59 AM
amba said...: Interesting. We women DO want to be powerful and influential -- but if the metaphor is bigness, we back away. . . . Peculiar to our culture?

In this one's defense, it's so absurd it CAN'T be taken literally. You see the image, then you shake your head and send it away.; 8/21/05, 12:31 PM
amba said...: Come on. Ann got it as the total compliment it was -- in context. Out of context, though . . . it's grotesque. Even scary.; 8/21/05, 8:11 PM