Ever find yourself wanting to query the “standard” post format within WordPress and not having much luck? It turns out there’s a Trac Ticket for this very subject. But for now, Alex King came up with a way for it to work with WP_Query calls. Go have a look at his code.
I spent hours trying to figure this out yesterday, and here you are in my feed reader with the answer! Thanks
Glad to point you in the right direction!