We’ll get to that in a second. First, the requisite lame introduction. The ridiculous poll that no one ever thought would end is finally over. If this poll was done over again (and it won’t. Ever. I pinkie-swear) a few things would be done differently: you’d be able to automagically nominate your own choice for sexiest, every woman would be required to post high-rez sexy pics, polling would last only three days, and I’d charge a dollar per vote. Hey, I’ve got a trip to Vegas to fund here.

Thanks go to a. beam for his help with this post. Anything funny that follows is his.

With no further tangential ado:

10. Anna Pickard – little.red.boat — Why, and do excuse me here, the Fuck does she not think she’s sexy? She’d be sexy even if her name was Amy.

9. Emmanuelle Richard – Emmanuelle.net — We get her, the French get Jerry Lewis! Score!

8. Bitter Girl — One so bitter never tasted so sweet.

7. Virginia Postrel – The Scene — Are you Hot for Teacher? So am I!

6. Dawn Olsen – Up Yours — Hell yea, she’s about three parties waiting for someone to call the cops, but admit it! You want that sometimes!

5. Rebecca St. Amand – sweat flavored gummi — Oh, how I wish that my wooing had any effect on the gummi. Imagine the mashed potatoes we would make.

4. Natalija Radic – Libertarian Samizdata — Just click the link and find the pictures. Hot beyond belief.

3. Jane Galt – Live from the WTC — “She’s been Ayn Randed/Nearly branded/A sexy blogger/’Cause we’re left-handed/That’s the hand we use…/Well, never mind.”

2. Heather Havrilesky – Rabbit Blog — The Rabbit says this woman of Russian extraction and alliterative name is a tarty little tease, and I always believe rodents. Plus, she always has a suggestive URL!

And the number one, the ultimate in feminine blogger desirability, is Raven Wolf of The Randomness of Ravenwolf. Ms. Wolf led nearly from wire to wire, only briefly relinquishing the top spot to Rebecca St. Amand, Jane Galt, and Dawn Olsen, with a final surge at the end to beat Heather Havrilesky, the 3-1 favorite with my local bookie, by a (sexy, I’m sure) nose. The Sexiest Female Blogger is many more things than just that title. She is also the Sexiest Female IRC Denizen, the Sexiest Female Gamer, and the Sexiest Female Sci-Fi Fan. If there are geeks around, and the Raven walks by: lumbago.

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Heather Havrilesky and Raven Wolf are locked in a fierce battle with only thirty minutes to go. They’ve been neck-and-neck all day, with several lead changes and surges in momentum from both camps. Getchyer votes in now, and help decide who is the Sexiest Female Blogger in the world!

Update: Fin. EOP. The lights are off, the doors are locked, the poll is out of business. Results will be posted sometime this evening.

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TBOTCOTW was saddened to learn today that Sasha Castel died on some day in the distant future. Sasha will be missed. She never let an anti-Semitic French wife of a Chinese restauranteur get away with snubbing Israeli students. Alas, the Sexiest Female Blogger will be chosen tomorrow, so it hardly seems worthwhile to remove her. But let me leave you with this tip: if old people and sex is gross… I think you know I’m going with this, and you’re tagging right along behind, aren’t you? What a filthy mind; you should be ashamed of yourself.

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The final nominees are (in alphabetical order):

Amy Langfield – New York Notebook
Andrea Harris – Ye Olde Blogge
Anna Pickard – little.red.boat
Anne Wilson
Asparagirl
Bitter Girl
Dawn Olsen – Up Yours
Diane (NMI, NLN) – Letter from Gotham
Emily Jones – Give War a Chance
Emmanuelle Richard – Emmanuelle.net
Eva Campbell – And Another Thing…
Eve Tushnet
Heather Havrilesky – Rabbit Blog
Jane Galt – Live from the WTC
Joanne Jacobs – readjacobs.com
Kathy Kinsley – On the Third Hand…
Katie Granju – Loco Parentis
Marie Peze – Karlotta Productions
Meg Hourihan – Megnut
Meg Pickard – noomeejahoor
Missy – Listen Missy
Moira Breen – inappropriate response
Natalie Solent
Natalija Radic – Libertarian Samizdata
Raven Wolf – The Randomness of Ravenwolf
Rebecca St. Amand – sweat flavored gummi
Renatinha Malkes – Balagan
Saran Warp
Sasha Castel – La Blogatrice
Sekimori – Blogatelle
Shiloh Bucher – dropscan digest
Susanna Cornett – cut on the bias
Virginia Postrel – The Scene
Wild Soda – wildsoda’s journal

Catherinie Seipp may be quite lovely (and certainly understands blog), but unless she gets a blog by 5:00 PM Mountain Monday, she ain’t eligible.

Someone nominated the Spinsters, but I don’t want to have a group in the running. Groups of women are always very sexy, and it wouldn’t be fair. If the Spinsters would like to be nominated individually, drop me a line.

Due to doubts about the actual sex of Pretty Girl of Girls Are Pretty, she will not be a nominee.

Note to certain bloggers that need to take more drugs: Don’t criticize me for not nominating someone when she is already nominated under a well known pseudonym. Freak.

If any spelling or links are wrong, or if you’d like me to link to a specific post begging for votes, let me know.

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It was another record-breaking day at TBOTCOTW. On a Sunday, fer crissakes. We had 1877 hits and 778 pageviews in 282 visits from 234 unique sites, and it is only 11:20 PM here in Colorado. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And thanks especially for the numerous links and the ideas in viral marketing from Dawn Olsen, the hottest, sexiest blogger, male or female, in the entire blogosphere. I guess you know where my vote is going, eh?

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I’ve decided to move up the deadline for the beginning of polling for the sexiest female blogger. Nominations will close at 10:00 AM Mountain tomorrow, Monday the 3rd. Voting will begin at noon. Polls will still close a week from Friday at noon.

Why the change? We’ve got thirty-one worthy nominees now, and frankly, I’m sick of typing them in. Also, the ultra-foxy Dawn Olsen is sick of waiting and wants to get this victory in the bag.

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Dawn’s poll for the Sexiest Male Blogger is closing on the finish line, so now it’s your turn, ladies! Dawn has kindly given me permission to run the voting for the Sexiest Female Blogger, since it would be kinda creepy for her to run a poll when she is a contestant. So far, I’m planning on listing Dawn, Rebecca St. Amand, and Heather Havrilesky. Please leave other nominees in the comments section of this post. If any of those nominated for SFB are offended and want their name removed, email me and your wish shall be my command.

Please keep in mind that this is not a beauty contest, it is a scholarship competition. The winner shall receive a fabulous no-prize, and a check for zero thousand dollars. Hopefully, I’ll get some poller software running this weekend and the poll will go up Monday.

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