Notes doesn’t do blog awards. It says so somewhere in this sprawling mess, and for the most part I mean it.
However.
R. Rieder nominated me for the UK Blog Awards 2017 in the Lifestyle category, saying, “Brilliant description(s) of living in and around civility. And to think we gave that all up to eat turkey one day a year…”
Well, who could duck a nomination like that? I went ahead and filled out a form to enter the contest, and it’s now open for votes.
Should you vote for me? Oh, what the hell, why not? You can do it by using this link between now and 8 a.m. (that’s probably Greenwich Mean Time) on December 19. I ended up entering in two categories because the form allowed me to. And because I’ve never understood what a lifestyle is. Whether Notes belongs in either is anyone’s guess, but you can vote for Notes in one or both. Or you can not bother. It’s fine with me.
Win, lose, or get tossed out for not taking it seriously, I promise not to think this means much. So I’m not twisting any arms here.
R. Rieder, thanks for one of the funniest nominations I’ve read.
Now that I’ve found a very interesting blog it wouldn’t be right not to vote for you, so I’ve done it. Good luck.
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Thanks for the kind words, Eduardo. The vote’s nice, but the words are better.
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I don’t see any mention of your blog curing disease, repairing the economy or improving relations and vanquishing enemies. Hardly seems like much of a campaign, at least by recent US standards. Still, I’ll give you a vote ;)
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Damn, did I forget to mention that stuff? What was I thinking?
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I think that’s different than the regular old blog awards that are really just popularity contests. This is a real one based on substance. Good for you/him! I’ll head on over.
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Since the award also has judges, I have no idea what weight the popular votes carry. But–well, what the hell. It’ll all be interesting.
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What do you get if you win? A virtual certificate to hang on your Facebook wall? A title?
BestBlog or Blog in Chief or Blog Babe?
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Who knows? Probably nothing. Either that or the worship of the entire blogosphere. Which won’t be easy to deal with, so let’s hope for nothing.
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It snowed today. I watched and gloried in the pleasurable fact that I no longer had to work outdoors in whatever the sky threw down in the form of wet or frozen wet. Instead, I baked Chocolate Crackle cookies. And because it was still snowing when those came out of the oven….I next baked a Chocolate Buttermilk cake with Chocolate Buttercream frosting. There must be a correlation between snow and Chocolate. You think? Put the kettle on…Bringing the Chocolate snowfall windfall to celebrate your entering the parade of all things great and good. I’ve already voted for Notes….sort of had to…if you know what I mean. Cheers! R. Rieder
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Oh, you’re the culprit! I didn’t recognize your name. Thanks both for the nomination and for making me laugh. The kettle’s on.
It’s been spookily warm here the last few days. Not summer, but we don’t really even need jackets.
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Rules are meant to be broken, particularly rules of this nature. There comes a time when the right award is prestigious enough for the right work. I wouldn’t turn down an Emmy, for instance.
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I don’t really know if this is prestigious or just one more bit of silliness. But the nomination was so funny I had to follow through.
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You have my vote because I love that your wit is drier than a dead dingo’s donga. Clearly, I’m Australian.
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Okay, that’s something no one’s ever said to me before. I’m not sure I’ll ever have an excuse to use the phrase myself, but I can at least keep it on hand to amuse myself with when life get slow.
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Congratulations, Ellen! I have voted for you! Fingers crossed.
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Thanks.
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Well, even though I have APEVT (American Post-Election Voting Trauma) you have my vote, pal. You deserve it. Congratulations.
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It’s soothing to know that whatever the outcome of this vote is, it won’t matter a good god damn.
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Voted!
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Thanks. And I love the new photo.
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Just voted- you are so entertaining and droll.
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Thanks for that. I feel very strange about doing this, but also flattered that anyone really is bothering.
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How could I not vote for you? So obviously I did :) but I’m still argggh that I don’t get your posts popping up automatically on my Reader.
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If I can catch up with myself for long enough, I’ll see if I can’t find some sort of answer. Important word there being if.
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I hope “if” works out.
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