I wish there was a way to remove all the gorram Ebby Awards ads on the site after you voted once... god, its so unbearably annoying >.<
If the Escapist was a person, it'd be a chronically insecure, paranoid, geeky girl. Cute and smart, but pestering you every five minutes to tell her that she's the prettiest and the cleverest. If you point out that you've already reassured her just five seconds ago, she'll object, "But look how easy it is! Just tell me, that's all it takes!"
Only if the Escapist really were an insecure, cute, geeky girl, it'd all be forgiveable =) As a website, you kinda expect it to have more self-esteem than that though...