I would have called you crazy if you told me I’d miss Amanda. But I do.  I hope she’s back on the tiny screen soon. Meanwhile, if you’re just jonesing for that lip gloss like I am, here she is on the RichardShow.

At the recent BloCon in SF, Lisa Stone mentioned her commitment to entrepreneurialism, which is French for “between or before aneurysms.” What hooked me in her rap was a reminiscence regarding Halley Suitt’s 10 new voices thing last year. I thought about that… the upside was we pumped a moment of diversity into the white male voice-o-sphere. I don’t know if there was a downside. But I thought about Paul Newman as “Cool Hand Luke,” and his boast: “I could eat fifty eggs.”

Me, I could find fifty links… fifty new sites, new voices, new shows. And when I’m done I’m betting at least half of them will be the work of females, and a large percentage will be the work of people who aren’t white… (Q: What did the Minnesota guy say to the Pillsbury Doughboy? A: Nice tan. — Joke by Willie Nelson in the Tao of Willie compliments of Chris Locke who found it at Audible.) I’ll be leavening the mix with white guys too I imagine. No promises there. Just fifty voices new to me, at least half women, and a week to do it… that’s the game.

Ten was easy. Ten was bullshit. Try fifty. Go big or stay home. I’ll have fifty links coming at you over the next week. You can tell me if they’re diverse, perverse, or just plain liverwurst.

BMO can probably do this in under an hour.