I despise and abjure all awards. How dare they reduce artistic accomplishment to a . . . a popularity contest. It's an insult and a calumny . . . what's this?
Woo-hoo! Matthew Stinson 's nominated me for the Best Crawly Amphibian Blog
(the Crawly Amphibian refers to my [pitiful] Ecosystem ranking) in Wizbang's 2003 Weblog Awards! And my mother said I'd never amount to anything! In yer face, Ma!
Er, this is assuming I make the final cut. The nominations aren't closed yet in that category, and polling won't start until tomorrow.
So I am sure you're going to rush on over to Wizbang and vote for your favorite Crawly Amphibian blog, yes? the blog quebecois, yes?
No? You hold other Crawly Amphibian blogs before me?
Well then maybe you could do me a favor and instead drift on by and vote for Matthew, who's up for a well-deserved shot as Best New Blog of 2003. Matthew is sort of like me except that he seems to be a serious adult with grown-up ideas, boundless energy, and professional webpage smarts.
(Matthew: Sorry, man, it's the best I can do. It's like herding cats, given the legendary stubbornness of my readers.
How stubborn are they?
They are so stubborn that they return day after day to the blog quebecois, expecting something funny -- hell, something -- to happen.
(And as a practical matter, even if I could deliver them en bloc, the best possible impact would be the equivalent of Dennis Kucinich releasing his delegate(s) to the floor.
But hey.)