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ATTACK OF THE STEVE-AND-AMANDAS!

Good heavens. I thought that Amanda & I were one of the few couples silly enough to spring for a vanity doman name like steveandamanda.com, but no -- the practice is apparently so popular that another Steve and Amanda (the Hogles) have snapped up steveandamanda.net. (They even felt comfortable enough to borrow our logo.)

This strikes fear into the heart of yours truly. What if we are no longer the preeminent Steve and Amanda of the internet? What if these opportunists come along and gain even more popularity? So we are asking for your help, dear readers, to vote for which Steve and Amanda you like best.

To be fair, I decided to include Steve-and-Amandas who do not have the money to afford their very own internet moniker, and I did a google search to locate more of our namesakes. I found dozens of such couples (including phone numbers and emails for most ... in case we ever want to contact them and join forces to take over the world), even without searching for variations like Steven and Mandy or Stephen and Mands. But for the purposes of this poll we're limiting the vote to people who have pictures available, and actually go by the names Steve and Amanda.

So, on to the poll: Which couple is your favorite Steve and Amanda? (And remember, we can track your every move on the internet, so if you know what's good for you, you'll choose wisely.)

Yes, we're blurry. Give us the sympathy vote.
Steve and Amanda Hogle: moving up in the world with their steveandamanda.net address -- but not a single bollard picture to be found there.
Steve and Amanda Hayes: They have an adventure journal on their site, whereas we mostly sit around. Tough call.
Steve Dudek and Amanda Holm: They have invented the Smurf Name Generator. That's pretty good -- almost on par with our mutant baby pictures. (I am Golden Flash Smurf and Amanda -- my Amanda -- is Fidel Smurf.) This is stiff competition.
Steve and Amanda Hapgood: They went to Jamaica on their honeymoon. We used my great-aunt's cabin in Maine. We get points for frugality.
Steve and Amanda LeBlanc: Bodybuilder Steve has mostly-naked pictures of himself on the site, whereas I have none. I'll leave it to you to decide which is better.
The prudish Steve and Amanda: Oh, no -- a naked form almost did make it onto this site! Thanks, prudish Steve and Amanda!
Steve and Amanda-Claire: OK, I'm hoping that this pair isn't actually a couple and only a singing duo, because then we can toss them out on a technicality. Otherwise, this British pair stand a good chance of beating us, as their goth music (listen to an mp3 sample) and hand-designed t-shirts are lots of fun.
Steve and Amanda Burke: This couple has two kids, and not just the practice kind.
Steve and Amanda Stott: I realize that most of you are big fans of the Yeovil Town footballers in Britain, and would bite off your own leg to get an autograph from Steve Stott, but really -- what did he ever do for you?
Steve and Amanda Johnson: Sure, they get cute points, but you love us for our minds.
Steve and Amanda Strutski: Their minister wore a sleeveless motorcycle jacket and a do-rag. Ours wore a dress and a hedgehog mask. I say we're dead even.
Steve and Amanda Bedard: His profile says that Steve likes corny jokes. I like corny jokes. Maybe there's more to this joining-forces-and- taking-over-the-world thing than I thought...
Steve and Amanda at the Disney store: Beneath their carefree exteriors beat hearts possibly devious enough to construct their own Steve-and-Amanda poll. Must ... watch ... back ...
Steve Rickert and Amanda: Uh oh -- how are we going to compete with the golden glow of youth?
Steve and Amanda Kyneur: I know, I promised that photos were a qualification. I lied. The Kyneurs deserve a suspension of the rule because they publish a very nice Australian bridal magazine, which is one more Australian bridal magazine than we publish.
Steve and Amanda (anonymous): In this photo essay, a talented documentarian takes us into the world of a teenage mother, Amanda, and her boyfriend (though not the father of the child), Steve.
A Chinese Steve and Amanda: And I'll bet you didn't think Steve and Amanda were traditional Asian names.
A bioengineered Steve and Amanda?: I found these pics on the site of a British bioscientist. Can't you just seen the mutant powers waiting to burst out? Sadly, we have no mutant powers.
Steve and Amanda with lots of friends: Click on the link and I'm afraid you'll find they have more friends than we do. Somehow, we've got to suppress their votes. If only we had mutant powers.
A cartoon Steve and Amanda: These characters get married in the comic strip Sporkman. They aren't real, of course, but I just wanted to say "Sporkman."
A daredevil Steve and Amanda: You may think that they've out-classed us in the cycling department, but our very own Mandy the Mangler has been an honorary member of the Christian Motorcyclists Association from a tender age.
Steve and Amanda on TV: For some reason, the characters of Dr. Amanda Bentley and Lt. Steve Sloan on the TV show "Diagnosis Murder" are the subject of much fan-fiction on the internet. Their imaginary wedding can be accessed here. You can submit your fan fiction about our lives to fanfiction@steveandamanda.com.
A dancing Steve and Amanda: A regular Fred and Ginger ... ooooh ... and I'm afraid that'll disqualify them from this contest.

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