Introducing . . . The Blog Wars!

"Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy."
--Henry Kissinger

He checked his notes, loaded some words into the cannon and fired them off, squinting into the horizon as he waited. It wasn’t long before his brief moment of patience was rewarded. He heard her squeal and suddenly, his world was filled with the evidence of her displeasure. Words, hot and sharp with wit, rained down all around him. He hit the ground, wounded and confused as the air filled with smoke. Pink smoke, smelling faintly of perfume. Gasping, he pulled himself along the ground with his arms, anxious to reach the secret arsenal he had been hoarding in anticipation of desperate moments like this one. Even as he cracked it open, and all the books he'd ever read about women and relationships came tumbling out, he still had a rumbling feeling in the bottom of his gut that he was fighting a losing battle. Either that, or maybe he was just hungry . . .

Girl vs. Guy
Ever wish you could step inside the brain of the opposite sex and take a peek around? Ever wonder what you might find inside -- providing there was anything to see? (Heh, heh.) Well, two of my favorite Ohioans, previously referred to on Just a Little Bit Odd as Queen of Shoeba (a.k.a. Shana Blunt) and Jimmy Machine (a.k.a Robert Sites) have recently teamed up to give you the chance to do just that.

Ever since Eve gave Adam an apple and a seductive smile, the battle of the sexes has raged throughout the ages. For the next week or month or however long they feel like it, Robert and Shana will be taking that battle to new heights (depths?) by giving you a male/female perspective on various random issues affecting both genders. I wish I could say that they're doing it in an effort to reduce the misunderstandings that often plague male/female interactions in order to increase love and harmony in our domestic relationships, but I don't really think their motives are so altruistic. Considering the fact that Shana referred to these Blog Wars as "sparring and dueling . . . like circus monkeys," I'm pretty sure they're just in it for the fun of it.

And lucky for us, because fun it promises to be! Theme #1 discusses "Putting Out the Vibe," so check out these sneak peeks, brought to you exclusively by ninetyandnine and A Month in My Life:

Sneak Peeks
From Shana's blog, if only it were fiction: "Every hair that is straightened shall be curled, using tools that could coax a hit list from a terrorist. As your hair wriggles itself free from it's heated captor, an aggressive and menacing shot of hairspray is fired angrily at it, daring it to move."

From Robert's blog, Where the Sidewalk Ends: "The metrosexual is perhaps the one exception to the "guys have it easier" rule. Although a man, this individual will spend hours upon hours in front of a mirror preening, plucking and . . . (deep breath), primping, poking, pulling, lint rolling, ironing, buttoning, unbuttoning, wiping, blotting, waxing, whitening, clipping, adjusting, readjusting, and obsessing in general. If married, this individual will more than likely be much tanner and prettier than his wife."

And Then There's Me, Mediating It All
Shana and Robert have asked yours truly to come up with topics and mediate the discussion, which I was thrilled to do. What an honor to associate myself with two rising stars in the world of A/P Blogdom and make them talk about things I find interesting. I think you'll find them both very witty, insightful and make-you-laugh-all-the-tease-out-of-your-hairdo funny. And who knows? Maybe you'll accidentally learn something to give you the edge on one of the most exciting, most exasperating battles on the planet.

Questions, comments, concerns? Please feel free to E-mail me!