I’ve just been notified by Tyson over at Head In A Vice that he has nominated me (or more accurately my blog) for “Blog of the Year 2012″ award. *again, just hear announcer Gary Owens (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In) saying the words quoted.*
Wow.
This has to be my favourite award nomination. Although it has a bittersweet tang to it, because Tyson also nominated Marilyn over at Serendipity and John over at WRITTEN IN BLOOD which are two of the nominees I would have chosen. Cue face palm.
I should quickly explain that the nomination is my favourite not because of the award itself – which is grand, don’t get me wrong here – but because the “penalty” for accepting the award is that you have to pass it on to three more bloggers who deserve it. When I read the rules that Tyson provided I was surprised and pleased. I have explained before that I am basically a lazy person, hence the surprise and elation.
“What?” I asked myself. “No 50 interesting and fascinating facts about moi? No asking 50 interesting and fascinating questions of the 50 nominees you’ve chosen? And most important of all, no contacting 50 bloggers to let them know I’ve nominated them?” I did a little Snoopy happy dance (very little, I did just have a heart attack you know) and then sat and pondered who I could possibly chose.
I then realised that I could also nominate Marilyn and John as Tyson did. I did notice, when I re-read his nominating post, that several folks had nominated him for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award! Brilliant! Of course I would say that as I was one of the folks who nominated Tyson.
That still left the question of who should I nominate for the third and final nominee? As I poured the first cup of coffee down my parched throat, it came to me, Andy! Problem solved.
So in a nutshell, here are my three nominees for Blog of the Year 2012 – in no particular order:
So there you have it. Of course I now have guilt issues about all the great bloggers I did not nominate. As Rex says in Toy Story, “Now I have guilt!” But in the nomination game someone is always left out, it is the nature of the beast. But my fellow bloggers, I will come back for you. Oh yes, sooner or later I’ll get another award and I’ll try to include those of you I’ve had to abandon in the past. Like Arnie in The Terminator or MacArthur in the Philippines, “I’ll be back.”
I am not new to guilt at any rate. I always feel very guilty when I don’t check the blogs I follow as often as I feel I should – daily, if I’m being honest, I write almost daily and should read daily as well – and I therefore don’t ‘like’ or comment enough either. I am pretty crap at admin to be honest and reading falls under admin. Not an excuse, friends and neighbours, just a fact. I am trying to do better.
So I’ll hang my head in shame at my poor admin skill and promise to do better in future.
Back to the award!
So guys, you’ve been nominated (a couple of you at least twice) so it’s your turn to enjoy this non-labour intensive award. Oh and Andy? I know you are on vacation dude so I’ll expect to hear from you a lot later about the award nomination.
In the spirit of the season, I’ll close by humming Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer through my left nostril as I rap out Jingle Bells with my right index finger. Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all.
While performing the above medley, I realised that I had not profusely thanked Tyson for his nomination, I mention it but I don’t actually thank him. So in an effort to rectify this horrendous faux pa I will thank him, “Thank you Tyson, very much,” and link to his site once more. And yes I have re-edited this “on-the-fly,” Mea Culpa!
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See, look what being a crotchety old Quorn eater can get you! Congrats!!
It’s nice to know that crotchety is still valued these days! LOL Thanks mate!!
Youre welcome, and thank you!! I’m not the most reliable with the ‘rules’ since I normally just tell people how great I think I am and ignore the rules side of things. The 3 people was because you 3 all passed me something, and I wanted to pass something back, that you hadnt already passed me, comprende?!
Not sure if you were meant to give people facts about yourself – I just presumed getting chosen by someone was good enough, if that makes sense. Anyway, when you get another you can let me know which rules I missed out
Hey, it’s all good. I did mention I was lazy right? Well I could have double checked if there were, in fact, any rules associated with the award…but decided nah! I’ll just do a soft shoe and segue off what Tyson’s done. LOL Cheers mate!!
Congratulations on your nomination!
And thank you for the pingback under the “Related Articles.” Take care!
Best,
Jhobell Kristyl of BOOK MAVEN’S PICKS
http://bookmavenpicks.wordpress.com/
No worries mate!! Cheers!
Thanks again, Mike!
No worries mate!!
And who am I supposed to nominate? Huh? Think about THAT!
Hahaha! Sorry, but I did jump on Tyson’s train for that one! LOL
Reblogged this on Serendipity and commented:
Another awardee struggles with wondering to whom he can pass the award … You know guys, not everyone is especially sympathetic to the lament that you’ve gotten too many awards!
Bust as it turns out, you can get lots of these and each time, you just add a star. So here’s another star for your walk of fame — http://teepee12.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/blog-of-the-year-2012/ — on this very strange morning.