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1. photoallan Apr 1st at 5:13 pm

   Simply amazing!!!

   And since, this is the first LOT of WordPress Blogthors (Bloggers + Authors), they’ll surely make Random House’s investment, a profitable one.
2. Julio Fragoso Apr 1st at 5:28 pm

   they deserve it !

   Congrats !!!
3. homeyra Apr 1st at 5:33 pm

   Congrats to the authors, and thx WP 🙂
4. BriarCat Apr 1st at 5:39 pm

   Very cool. Can I has book deal?
5. biellen Apr 1st at 5:41 pm

   Lightbread girls loves bookdeelz
6. ta2ati2d Apr 1st at 5:47 pm

   Way to go! Looks like someone’s buying dinners out for a while now!!!
7. Don Apr 1st at 5:55 pm

   Wow. If that true, then good for them.
8. A Z R A E L Apr 1st at 5:56 pm

   wow! nice! congrats to both blogs!
9. anitz Apr 1st at 5:56 pm

   That is way too cool!

   So I need to start a funky blog???

   I blog in German (ich blogge auf deutsch)
   and want to say:

   The guys at WordPress are the best, only with WordPress can you have a chance at such an awesome book deal!
10. Nita Apr 1st at 6:03 pm

    I read about this. Congrats to them too. And to WordPress!
11. Akonx Apr 1st at 6:16 pm

    wow! Congrats to both of them.

    I wonder when I could have the same chances 😛
12. The Bagel of Everything Apr 1st at 6:17 pm

    You can get the internets in hardcopy?
13. mdking Apr 1st at 6:21 pm

    Very Cool. Both blogs are top notch. Publishers might keep an eye on http://stuffebplike.com/ as well.
14. the forester Apr 1st at 6:31 pm

    Jealous, jealous, very jealous … 😉
15. Keith Shepard Apr 1st at 6:32 pm

    Congrats you two! That’s awesome.

    =^.^=
16. legoless Apr 1st at 6:41 pm

    Cool!
17. mozey Apr 1st at 6:42 pm

    Yet another first, by wordpresS!.
18. scifialiens Apr 1st at 6:49 pm

    Congratulations to both of them! I think every blogger’s secret dream is to ‘be discovered.’
19. Aguair Apr 1st at 7:34 pm

    Holla!

    I knew a blog was always good for fame, but money?

    –
    ~Ag!~
20. dissfunktional Apr 1st at 7:35 pm

    That’s something white people would do.
21. The Passenger Apr 1st at 7:39 pm

    The moral lesson being that if you write enough posts full of cliches and lame humour you get rich. Ah, the wonders of the Internet age!
22. lwayswright Apr 1st at 7:42 pm

    Congrats to them. I enjoy them both very much. I would love it, LOVE IT, if my blog became that popular, however I haven’t even reached the 2000 people veiwed point yet…maybe I should start a marketing campaign for my blog………..
    COME VISIT MY WEB BLOG. IT’S LWAYSWRIGHT!!!!! HEE HEE!

    Sorry, guess I should stick to old fashioned, corney mom stories and poetry! LOL. Congrats anyways!
23. Bob Martin Apr 1st at 7:42 pm

    Wonderful News, good luck to both
24. Troy Apr 1st at 7:53 pm

    Great news for them. Big congrats.
25. Israel Apr 1st at 7:58 pm

    Heaven knows these guys deserve their accolades. And kudos to the WordPress team too for a fantastic platform.

    Me? I have to restrain myself from wailing with laughter at the office when I log on to check my blog stats and go into Cheezburger for a dose of humour.

    Anyway, there is hope for my ‘lowly’ blogs; that is what I will say.
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27. thomasvickers Apr 1st at 8:07 pm

    Cool! I enjoy them both! Congrats guys! TV’s Weblog
28. Steve Rebooted Apr 1st at 8:12 pm

    That’s really cool, and yes they do deserve it! And LOL @ dissfunktional
29. Sean Apr 1st at 8:13 pm

    This is simply amazing and awe inspiring. Has this ever happened before? Congratulations to everyone involved!
30. hansennathaniel Apr 1st at 8:21 pm

    Very cool – congrats…there’s a glimmer of hope for the rest of us!
31. Shirley Apr 1st at 8:32 pm

    Awesome! Congratulations to both of them…and thanks again to WordPress for such a great opportunity.

    Shirley Buxton
    http://www.writenow.wordpress.com
    http://www.shirleybuxton.wordpress.com
32. blueclock Apr 1st at 8:55 pm

    So now we know what this years Christmas bet sellers will be.
33. hoopscoach Apr 1st at 8:58 pm

    Pretty cool. I saw the article in the Times while sipping my morning ‘java’ just like they mentioned in #1…

    Peace!

    P.S.
    Come check out Container Diaries, it’s a Blog dedicated to my old neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.

    http://holyname.wordpress.com/
34. Natalia Apr 1st at 8:59 pm

    That’s so awsome , aww I want the ” I can haz a cheeseburger ? ” one. My blog has no topic whatsoever so it’s impossible for it to become a book.. unless I become super famous.. or dosomething so stupid people will have curiosity for me…

    Well..congrats! 😀
35. blackmist100 Apr 1st at 9:27 pm

    wow that’s awesome. congrats to them. keep up the good work guys.

    *Bmist*
36. trollboy Apr 1st at 9:31 pm

    300k as an advance. nice.
37. Will Rhodes Apr 1st at 9:32 pm

    Congratulations to them – I am truly envious!
38. Ridzwan Apr 1st at 9:46 pm

    That’s great. Congratulations to both of them! But really, though, when are we ever getting new themes? It’s been awhile since the last one now! 😦
39. magician2magici Apr 1st at 9:55 pm

    great , condratulations to them :))
    m2m
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41. msfriendly Apr 2nd at 12:14 am

    That’s GREAT! Congrats to them both! I have both sites listed on my blogroll, so the idea certainly is plausible! I am newly motivated! 🙂
    http://www.msfriendly.wordpress.com
42. hellopayton Apr 2nd at 12:23 am

    Well it’s about time! Those two blogs HAVE to be the two most popular on WordPress, especially the ‘I can haz cheezeburger?” blog. Good job to both!
43. James Apr 2nd at 12:30 am

    Congratulations to both and a thank you to W.
44. lwayswright Apr 2nd at 1:04 am

    I saw that they are being sponsored by target as well. That is truly amazing for them! It is awesome what can happen with the internet and the popularity of blogs. It’s like disneyland….dreams really do come true…..dang where is prince charming anyway????LOL
45. activistnotes Apr 2nd at 1:08 am

    WordPress kicks other blogging sites’ collective e-asses. You were recommended by a friend. I owe that guy a beer. I’m fairly new to blogging but you’ve made facilitating a group blog easy.

    I appreciate Stuff White People Like, though as a Canadian I find I learn more from the comments than the posts, mostly about US-America (not to generalize the commentors to the whole US population, I’m just saying). That isn’t a knock on the bloggers, they’re great.
46. disembedded Apr 2nd at 1:09 am

    So lame…so, so miserably lame. Is it just too much to hope that something with at least a shred of intellectual insight and commentary will make a breakthrough, instead of looney toons crazy katzz and wonder bread??
47. Lisa Damian Apr 2nd at 1:11 am

    I was at a writers’ conference last weekend, and a couple of the agents were talking about this. Congratulations!
48. blogscapes Apr 2nd at 1:22 am

    Hey, great news! One small (well, not quite small) step for bloggers; one giant step for the blogosphere!
49. blogscapes Apr 2nd at 1:23 am

    They should share with us how they got about getting the book deals.
50. secondchancetolive Apr 2nd at 1:28 am

    Excellent. Keep on keepin on. It is the process that counts, not the destination.
51. ShakespearesEdge Apr 2nd at 1:46 am

    Congrats to you guys. Now comes the hard work! Good luck!
52. Brad Apr 2nd at 1:48 am

    I, the ten year old blogger, demand a book deal. NOW! 😀
53. ~m Apr 2nd at 2:10 am

    whatever . . .
54. slimball2007 Apr 2nd at 2:20 am

    Coolio! Nice idea
55. Josh Apr 2nd at 2:24 am

    They can has fame!
56. helenl Apr 2nd at 2:49 am

    Congratulations to them both.
57. nathanharden Apr 2nd at 2:49 am

    I’m working on a book proposal right now. I hope I’m as succesful as these two.
58. nathanharden Apr 2nd at 2:50 am

    Of course if I can’t learn to spell “successful”, then I probably won’t be.
59. Poppy Apr 2nd at 3:06 am

    Haven’t read/seen “…White People…” but “I Can Has Cheezburger” –got attention from a publisher? That thing isn’t funny, sophisticated, witty, amusing, engender any reason whatsoever to go to it –a second time. –I got suckered –the first/only time, when it showed up on my WP Home page. WHAT was it doing there? The thing: can hardly be called “blog” –it’s dumb, vomitus; shows:
    how lonely, desperate some are for stimulation. “Book” house buying that garbage: shows how low publishers will go to make money –knowing those who didn’t bother graduating high school won’t disappoint. None involved merit congratulations. Destruction of trees, not warranted.

    The only surprising thing: How it ‘magically’ got listed on my WP Home page. I used to visit many/most of the blogs listed, but after getting suckered, I don’t even look at what’s listed. Credibility: shot.
60. Rowjie Apr 2nd at 3:20 am

    oh, that is so nice! congratulations to the both of them!
61. procesVII Apr 2nd at 3:32 am

    Congratulations to blogger. Very good. Congrats to WordPress:)
62. Jenny Apr 2nd at 3:33 am

    Awesome! I guess blogging can be lucrative after all!
63. Charles Apr 2nd at 4:49 am

    congratulations… Waiting for the other blogs follow… 😀
64. -30- Apr 2nd at 4:52 am

    Hope they give you WordPress guys a percentage. 🙂
65. angryxtian Apr 2nd at 5:39 am

    Couldn’t have happened to less deserving bloggers.
66. invasiveinfection Apr 2nd at 6:44 am

    These two deserve it. I’m happy for ’em.
67. theautodidact1 Apr 2nd at 7:47 am

    awesome. congrats guys
68. anizyn Apr 2nd at 8:01 am

    great!! congratulation! well, i also lovee to read I Can Has Cheezburger.
69. mallorypaige Apr 2nd at 8:56 am

    way to go hotties!
70. | Balu | Apr 2nd at 9:39 am

    a big w00t.. good going guys!
71. markgorman Apr 2nd at 10:05 am

    Dear god. Does that mean we’ll have tyo suffer I can haz cheezemurder even more now?
72. Trudi Topham Apr 2nd at 10:10 am

    Icanhascheezburger’s been operating as a commercial success for quite some time, so a book deal was inevitable. Stuff is just as entertaining.

    Congratulations to both blogs!
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74. travelrat Apr 2nd at 10:52 am

    Hey, how do you get a deal like this?

    Do you apply for it, or wait for them to come to you?
75. pKay Apr 2nd at 12:45 pm

    Wow, quite interesting…. Is this the first time there has been bloggers asked to write a book? (ones that have not published books before they began blogging..?)

    Good on them!
76. Todd Alperovitz Apr 2nd at 1:08 pm

    Wow that’s wonderful! Those two blogs deserve a book deal [Now if Lonely Planet or another travel guide would like someone to help for their Taiwan edition I hope they look my way ;)]!
77. Sylvaron Apr 2nd at 2:23 pm

    Congratulations to I Can Haz Cheezburger. I’ve been “LOLing” at their images for quite some time.
78. Brad Beaman Apr 2nd at 2:31 pm

    OK, I’m motivated
79. axinia Apr 2nd at 2:36 pm

    Cogratulation to the both 🙂
    That is a wonderful award /reward for the hard work!
    I am sure, more WordPress bloggers will be acknowledged soon, for the Wordpess Community creates a truly great content.
80. Amit Apr 2nd at 2:46 pm

    Thats cool. Congratulations to both the bloggers.
81. oasiss Apr 2nd at 3:18 pm

    Is the buyout (from target) an april fools joke???
    If it is…lol!
    And congrats on the book deals…I’d better up my blogging ante!
82. Johnny Scharonne Apr 2nd at 3:43 pm

    Congrats to them, but the “top blogs”-charts are really stupid. The ones that are topping the charts will always be number 1, since people want to check out what’s COOL. Then they will get even more views and stay on #1. Some top blogs doesn’t even deserve being there – they just have many views because they make people angry. And people just can’t stop watching the things that are making them angry.
    But I really like Lolcats so I think they deserve to be #1.
83. rebecca2007 Apr 2nd at 4:36 pm

    Just how do you get to be on the Blog of the Day Charts. How much does that cost?
84. Janet Wilkins Apr 2nd at 5:34 pm

    First and foremost, my congratulations to both of them!

    Now I have “fodder” when told that I’m wasting my time blogging! 😀
85. Tim Apr 2nd at 6:16 pm

    I guess now we know who’s going to be funding the next round of WordPress.com server upgrades…
86. candaceclayton100 Apr 2nd at 6:25 pm

    Congratulations!
87. makemeadiva Apr 2nd at 6:40 pm

    Excellent stuff
88. julieluongo Apr 2nd at 6:40 pm

    Cool.
    Are cat memes stuff white people like?
    I wish my book deal would make my blog popular.
89. ryanlythall Apr 2nd at 7:45 pm

    Congrats to them both.
90. Cat Apr 2nd at 9:00 pm

    I can haz bookdeal too?
91. Thiago Alexandre Apr 2nd at 10:17 pm

    Congratulations to both blogs! 😉
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93. extraordinarymommy Apr 3rd at 12:33 am

    How exciting for them! Congrats to them both!
94. Daily Prandium Apr 3rd at 2:13 am

    Congrats to both! Keep on writing folks… – – – …
95. lwayswright Apr 3rd at 2:59 am

    I’m thinking that they can buy all us word press people a round of drinks!!!!!! Then they can introduce us all to their agents and put in a good word…hint hint!!!! LOL 🙂
96. drjt Apr 3rd at 7:48 am

    congratulation….

    (^_^)v
97. Kat Apr 3rd at 9:08 am

    I got a book deal as well based on my site, however I did not get 300K. Congrats to them!
98. riveroflifelisajoy Apr 3rd at 11:53 am

    congratulations I CAN HAZ CHEESBURGER! That blog is so cute….it makes me smile when I want to cry.

    CONGRATULATIONS “STUFF WHITE PEOPLE LIKE”—-INTERESTING BLOG….ALTHOUGH MANY OF THE THINGS THEY SAY THAT WHITE PEOPLE LIKE MANY PEOPLE LIKE—!!!

    gOOD LUCK IN ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO!

    KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
99. vaughnd Apr 3rd at 12:41 pm

    Somehow I don’t think that people who love lol cats buy books…
100. urbanpixie Apr 3rd at 1:27 pm

     Congrats to them both! It’s a spectacular sign o’ the times for us all. Blog it & they will come…