Normal Craziness Returns to Pestiside

As you hopefully noted, last week was guest-editor week at Pestiside, meaning that most of what you saw was actually the work of people who don't normally slave away on the site. We hope you had as much fun as us, and got to enjoy all the great stuff these intrepid writers churned out. So we'd like to again thank our temporary edit-bots, whose great work and sordid personal lives you can read all about, after the jump...

First we had Sean Jordan (left), who got the ball rolling on Monday with his stunning ode to spring in Budapest and the stiff competition that the Serbian capital is offering our beloved city in the fun-and-sin department. Then came David Hill, who wowed everyone with his jackhammer-like performance on Tuesday; Nelson Kwambe, who filled in on Wednesday from an undisclosed location in the Kenyan ulu; and Robin Hunt, whose star power shone on Pestiside all Thursday.

Finally, there were the four mystery writers who filed pieces "blind" on Friday in a competition to see who could come closest to the "Pestiside style." While the competition was close, we can now report exclusively that the winner was Jeff Taylor (above right), who will take home Ft 10,000 worth of sushi from I Love Sushi for his achievement. Finishing right on Jeff's heels were Esther Holbrook and Victoria Northrop, who were both so good they'll probably have to get some raw fish as well. Meanwhile, we were helped on Friday by the courageous and able Adrián Courage.

Thanks again and congratulations to everyone, including you readers who didn't give us trouble while we were temporarily off the grid.