And girls, we love it. And neither of us is a “Month”, so maybe we should be posting on your site. But it made us wonder. Should our Months have to justify themselves? No. But do they want to? We’re not sure!

So, if any of the “Months” want to do a NQHEC-style vindication post, we’ll be happy to post it.

(And if you feel it’s enough to revel in your HBCness, we understand. We’d do the same. There would be a chaise longue involved, and someone feeding us grapes. As we’re sure it is for you.)

Yes, yes there is… reading the Hot Blogger Calendar leaderboard post on the Friday going into a long weekend.

Ladies first:

Chic Shopper Chick
Amy of Permission to Peruse
Trisha of momdot
Moosh in Indy
Jill Notkin (the Daily Grind)
Technology Goddess
TheMia
Miss Britt
Blackbelt Mama
Katja Presnal (Skimbaco)
The SlackMistress of TheSlackDaily
Blessings From Above

And the gents:

The Comics Curmudgeon
shawnp0wers
Avitable
Geri Druckman
Ghost of Keywork
Wil Wheaton
NYC Watchdog
Pete Cashmore
betheboy
Busy Dad
Peter Shankman
Backpacking Dad

Posting quick this morning, so no hotlinks, but here’s where we stand.

Boys…

1. The Comics Curmudgeon
2. Shawnp0wers
3. Geri Druckman
4. Avitable
5. Wil Wheaton
6. Peter Shankman
7. Ghost of Keywork
8. Busy Dad
9. NYC Watchdog
10. Francesco Explains it All
11. Backpacking Dad
12. be the boy

Girls…

1. Chic Shopper Chick
2. Amy (Permission to Peruse)
3. Trisha (MomDot)
4. Moosh in Indy
5. Technology Goddess
6. Jill Notkin (the Daily Grind)
7. TheMia
8. A.V. Flox
9. Blackbelt Mama
10. Miss Britt
11. Deb on the Rocks
12. The SlackMistress

Now that we’ve made that clear, here’s the latest Hot Blogger Calendar pimping that’s been going on ’round the web:

Ghost of Keywork does, indeed, have the largest photo. The Hot Blogger Calendar, however, does not condone or promote smoking. Bad for the lungs. Emphysema = not hot. But then again, shameless whoring is.

Trisha put on lingerie for y’alls. Red lingerie. With bows and strategically placed ruffles. It is clearly game on with MomDot.

Avitable will be removing a piece of clothing for every ten votes he receives. We have a feeling that below those Photoshop layers is a photo that may not be considered G-rated in some circles. But you know those rainbow pants have gots to go.

HockeySkates is pimping himself for a good cause. He’s signed on a few companies that will donate ten cents ($0.10) to Social Media for Social Change for every vote (up to 1,000 votes) he gets.

BlondeBlogger is soliciting votes with the lure of Starbucks and a celebrity endorsement.

Miss Britt has given you 12 reasons to vote for her, and damnit if they aren’t convincing.

And a few creative-type nominees have helped to pimp the contest itself:

dad or bust made the awesome “Am I hotter than the ‘Hoff?”, “Tell me I’m the prettiest” and “Am I hotter than Blanche Devereaux” buttons that you must can grab on the side bar.

Andrew Graham made a special someecards card to give your favorite Hot Blogger Calendar nominee, just to let him or her know you, um, kinda care.

(Don’t forget to email us if you’re pimping yourself out, too.)

And finally, today’s leader board as of 10 a.m. EST on Wednesday.

Ladies:

Amy of Permission to Peruse
Chic Shopper Chick
Moosh in Indy
Trisha of momdot
A.V. Flox
TheMia
Technology Goddess
Sarah Bunting of Tomato Nation
The SlackMistress of TheSlackDaily
Jessica of Jessica Knows
Deb on the Rocks
Sugarrae

Gentlemen:

The Comics Curmudgeon
shawnp0wers
Geri Druckman
Wil Wheaton
Avitable
Peter Shankman
Francesco Explains it All
Busy Dad
Pete Cashmore of Mashable
be the boy
NYC Watchdog
HockeySkates

LinuxJournal’s Shawn Powers and Wil Wheaton have joined the Michelle Malkin/Sara Benincasa hot blogger matchups with a standoff. The staff of the Dallas Women’s Museum apparently did nothing yesterday afternoon but vote. We’re causing nationwide chaos. GDP productivity loss numbers forthcoming.

And we’ve come to a decision. We won’t promote your nomination ourselves (Aside: as much as I want to pull for Jamie Oliver, because he called me darling and makes me week in the knees. But I’m not doing it. Because we’re objective, here, people. End aside.) and it’s getting tired, people cheering for themselves in the comments. So here’s the deal, nominees. Put something on YouTube to get people’s votes. Start a blog war. Get in the paper. Do something creative enough, and we’ll pimp you out. (Um, please note: something legal, and at least close to G-rated. Yeah, we’re ahead of you. We know what you’re like.) Email or Twitter us and tell us about it.

The current top 12 lists, as of 9 a.m. Tuesday, follow – we’ll do this every day this week so you can keep track. If you’re in here, congrats. If you’re not, well, get on that!

Ladies first…

1. Amy of Permission to Peruse
2. Chic Shopper Chick
3. AV Fox (who has a great interview with Jane up!)
4. Moosh in Indy
5. Trisha of momdot
6. Sugarrae
7. McMommy
8. Sarah Bunting of Tomato Nation
9. The SlackMistress of TheSlackDaily
10. Jessica of Jessica Knows
11. TheMia
12. (tie) Beth of I Should Be Folding Laundry
13. (tie) Black Belt Mama

And the gentlemen…

1. The Comics Curmudgeon
2. (the aforementioned) Shawn Powers
3. Geri Druckman
4. Avitable
5. Peter Shankman
6. Wil Wheaton
7. Francesco Explains it All
8. Pete Cashmore of Mashable
9. be the boy
10. Busy Dad
11. NYC Watchdog
12. Jamie Oliver

Vote!