IRYG Internet Douchebag of the Month - Michael Minelli

* It seems I am not the only one who thinks Michael Minelli is a douchebag. I'm in expertly good company, at least when it comes to douchebags, that is. Turns out that Jay Louis, creator of Hot Chicks With Douchebags, also thinks Michael Minelli is a douchebag, and enough of one to include in a book modeled after his Web site.

If you've ever abused your employer's liberal Internet privileges, you've probably stumbled upon Hot Chicks with Douchebags at some point. I don't remember exactly when I found it, but I do know that I immediately shared it with my work friends. Less than two weeks later, some random Douchebag was the mascot of a PowerPoint happy hour invitation.

Hot Chicks with Douchebags (hereafter referred to as HCWD because I'm sick of typing the whole thing) is clever in its subtlety. Jay Louis doesn't ruminate on the intellectual merit of his subjects (assuming they have it, but of course, that's not the point). He doesn't extrapolate on their lives beyond the photo in which they appear. They are, quite simply, Hot Chicks with Douchebags. And on HCWD, this is all that matters.

(dude, you're such a douche.)

So anyway, Michael Minelli is some douchebag "club promoter" in Vegas who wound up on HCWD. Surprise -- he got pissed. I like to imagine that his roided-up pecs bulged to the point of popping and whatever silly bandana --oh, sorry, it's probably a do-rag -- he tied on slipped right off his gel-slicked head only to irritate him further by snagging on an uber-douchey diamond ear stud. Keep in mind, this is only speculation. Besides, men, even the douchebag kind, don't handle their disputes like men anymore. They don't bump chests, snort, punch one another in the face, and then decide to be buds once the ass kicking is done. No. They do not do that. What do they do?

They hire lawyers.

Michael Minelli sicced a team of lawyers on Jay Louis on the grounds of libel. That is, without Jay Louis and his book o' douche, no one in the world would ever think Michael Minelli was less than an A-ok guy. With, um, lots of bronzer and an "oops, I was walking down the street and just happened to walk into a graffiti artist war!" t-shirt. Plus the aforementioned pecs, do-rag, and studs.

So I nominate Michael Minelli for IRYG's Internet Douchebag of the Week. It wasn't easy beating out Sarah Palin's surreal turkey slaughterhouse fail, but you've done it. Now get that nozzle out of your ass and get down tha club. Tha honeys is waitin'.

*PS: I have no idea if any of the Douchebags pictured here are Michael Minelli, but I highly doubt it's the guys at the top. Michael Minelli is based in Vegas, and those two idiots reek of Jersey.