When I could roust her from a drunken stupor, Megan McCarthy would usually start complaining about our last five posts, my management style, or, for lack of anything else, my hairdo. But in between, she occasionally turned in brilliant work. After the jump, my favorite bits of McCarthyism.

• If I see another guy in a blue shirt, I will seriously gag
• The nerdiest tattoos you will ever see
• Silicon Valley, meet Star editor Julia Allison!
• Tyler Winklevoss, stop rowing your way into my heart
• An open letter to the twins suing Facebook
• The Valley at its pushiest gathers at TechCrunch9
• Jason Calacanis and Kevin Rose make nice for Om Malik

And though it's not a story by McCarthy, I love this story about McCarthy. Hearing once again about her encounter with Kevin Burton's cell phone makes McCarthy cringe, but it shouldn't. Every reporter should be this fearlessly curious.

• A snooper snooped

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