I'd like to say thanks to the folks who nominated and voted for me in this year's UU Blog Awards. My blog only averages 22 visitors a day, so it was very unexpected to be in the top five in six categories. In the end, I received the most votes for Best Commenter and Best Non-UU Themed Blog . I was second for Best Lay Blog, and Best single entry Anecdote or Narrative. I had no idea that Choosing to Love was so well-received - only one person has ever commented on it, and it's not one of my most visited posts. I guess you just never know! I'm most pleased about the Best Commenter final numbers because I do spend far, far more time reading and commenting on others' blogs than I do posting to my own.
On that note, I want to give a shout out to two of my favorite blogs - debitage and it's all one thing.
In debitage, Stentor Danielson offers insightful cultural analysis (not just commentary); Stentor bucks the blogging trend of knee-jerk responses to political problems.
Will Shetterly's it's all one thing is the only blog listed in my Bookmark Toolbar. I frequently use his "search" function to find posts he's written in the past - because there's so much good information in them. It's hard to choose just one of his posts to highlight because the sum of his blog is much greater than its individual parts. If I were to rate blogs based on their measure of influence on my daily life, it's all one thing (along with Rev. Clyde's A People So Bold!), ranks highest.
The other blogs I read the most are Joseph Lyons' Radical Hapa (busy UUA seminarian), Peacebang's Beauty Tips for Ministers (fashion-opinionated minister), Philocrites (the gateway drug to UU blogging), and the new Fat Girl Slim Chronicles, which I think deserves a prize for best name!
Congrats to all of the winners and nominees in the UU Blog Awards. Big thanks are due to the UUpdater (who I still don't know the name of) and more thanks to all the people who took the time to vote. It looks like participation was up this year, and I hopefully the 4th Annuals will be even bigger.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
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3 comments:
Hey, congratulations! I'm a UU, too - I just arrived here from your comment at my Red State Rebels. I'll try and visit more often.
congrats dahlink! now i have to go dig around and read your comments
Thanks, and congratulations!
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