This week was frightfully good.
It was creepy and kooky. It was mysterious and spooky. Frankly, it was altogether ooky. The Nerd Mafia Family. (snap, snap)
Ahem. Apologies for that. Sometimes we get a bit too engrossed in the spirit of the holidays.
We had trouble deciding which ghoulishly clever post to make this week. (Are ghouls clever? Let’s just assume so for sake of the theme. And because we’re The Dons.)
Jennifer Juniper wowed us with the best post title we’ve ever seen. And who doesn’t fear a pantsless dementor?
But it was Sonora from Twinfinity who truly made us scream. Her tale of CPB was one so familiar that we couldn’t help but shudder and welcome her into our fold.
Congratulations, Sonora. In the eyes of the Nerd Mafia, you are now a Made Man.
Please contact one of the Dons for your button code.
Good luck to all! And maybe next week, you’ll be “made”, too!
This week, in honor of our 21st Word Up, Yo!, we’re taking a gamble with two ways to get made.
The first, a recruitment challenge. No Mafia can thrive without fresh blood. So, if you recruit one person to join Word Up, Yo! you get a promotion. If you recruit two or more people to participate, you are instantly Made. (Those who are already Made will get a generous bump to Capo.)
To have a post count in the recruitment challenge it must:
1. Use one of this week’s words.
2. Link up to Word Up, Yo!
3. Mention the name and/or blog of the person who recruited them.
The second way to get made: use any of the Vegas themed words below. As always, the best post gets jumped in to our cozy little Mafia Family.
kaching!
jackpot
winner winner, chicken dinner
roulette
double down
gamble
pit boss
Good luck everyone! Hopeful this week will contain lots of big winners!
Throw your pocket protector in the ring this week by following the rules below.
Rules:
* Use the Word(s) of the Week (WOW!) in a post as many times as you legitimately can.
* Use the WOW! correctly in your post, we’ve included a definition to guide you on this journey.
* Include the Word Up, Yo! button somewhere in your post (located in my sidebar).
* Write a post with the WOW! and link it up anytime during the week the linky is open (Sunday-Friday).
* Link up below to your relevant post, not your blog home page please!
That’s it! No mandatory follows, no mandatory comments. Visit as many other linked blogs as you can.
You can also play at my partners-in-crimes’ sites:
KLZ from Taming Insanity
Natalie from Mommy of a Monster (I Mean Toddler) and Infant Twins
I would just like to thank the dons for one of the most clever and fun memes out there. I’m thrilled to be a nerd mafia made man. Now, to find more recruits!!
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Yo pit boss, I wanna hit the jackpot this week! But I gots to know, is a recruit defined as someone who has NEVER participated in Word Up Yo, Yo?
Gots to be legit, right?
(Ok so Vegas & Jersey Shore is my comment theme apparently, hey Jersey Shore there’s an idea…)
Alright. I have been a real big jerk lately with WOW. Another demotion? What status am I now, anyhow?
I will recruit, Dons. You have my promise. *said in a low, deep, manly whisper*
Love those words. I feel like we should be sitting in some swanky rat pack digs w/ dirty martinis and dean martin. : )
Jennifer Juniper’s post was freakishly fantastic. Off to check out Sonoma’s too.
I totally wasn’t going to enter this week… just too crazy. But a Vegas theme? Seriously?? How could I not?
Oh no…I suck. I don;t read…I just wrote a post and the linky is closed…Oh well…it was my first fictional foray…I am posting anyway and see if I still have any readers/followers in the am.
Oh no…I suck. I don’t read…I just wrote a post and the linky is closed…Oh well…it was my first fictional foray…I am posting anyway and see if I still have any readers/followers in the am.