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Friday, December 16, 2005

Second thoughts

The Wizbang Weblog Awards are now final and certified, and as expected, Sadly, No! ran away with its (and my) category, Blogs Roughly As Big as Rhinoceroses.

Sadly No 26.94 % (2240)
Michael Berube Online 15.85 % (1318)
Austin Bay Blog 12.07 % (1004)
baldilocks 7.68 % (639)
Confederate Yankee 7.40 % (615)
Betsy’s Page 7.38 % (614)
Sister Toldjah 4.45 % (370)
Florida Cracker 3.03 % (252)
Speed of Thought 2.96 % (246)
Yourish 2.75 % (229)
Nickie Goomba 2.56 % (213)
Chase me, ladies 2.38 % (198)
Straight White Guy 2.14 % (178)
The American Mind 1.25 % (104)
Ex-Donkey Blog 1.15 % (96)

Congratulations to Seb, Gavin, and Brad for running a clean and honest, if somewhat postmodern, race.  I think it’s a testimony to the soundness of our blogging philosophies that through all our campaign hijinx and japes, we engaged in none of the organized voting fraud that almost marred the General’s exceptionally heterosexual triumph over Scott Adams of Dilbert fame.  Would that Ohio and Florida had voting certification systems as rigorous as Wizbang’s.

I just want to add two things.  One: as first runner-up and most tearful contestant, I stand ready to serve as Mister Best Blog of the Blogs That Inhabit the Two Hundred and Fifty-First through Five Hundredth Positions of the Large Mammal Section of the Truth Laid Bear Ecosystem should Sadly, No!, for whatever reason, prove unable to carry out its duties.  Like, for example, if someone publishes sexually explicit photographs of their blog or something.

Two: never mind all this. The Koufax nominations are open! Last year, as some of you may recall, I managed to squeak into the top four in Best Writing (losing to Digby), the top four among Best New Blogs (losing to Amanda, back when she was Mouse Words), and the top three in the Most Humorous Post competition (losing to The Editors).  Not that I keep track of these things!  This year we’re hoping, like the Rangers, simply to make the playoffs.  So if you’re so inclined, please stop by Wampum and nominate me for something like Best David Horowitz Smackdown Series or Best Post about Jamie, because I’m told there is no Best No-Longer-New Blog category.

Sadly, No!
Digby.
Amanda Marcotte.
The Editors.

I am proud to be the owner of a blog that loses to the blogosphere’s very best.

Posted by Michael on 12/16 at 05:13 PM
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