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The Bloggies!

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The Bloggies are coming! This is the Oscar, if you will, of blogs. You can vote for your favorite blogs, with topics like politics, crafts, tech, etc.

But dagnappit, there’s no science category.

There is, however, a “Best Topical Blog” category, and this is where shameless self-promotion comes in. There aren’t many astronomy blogs, and one has to be best, right? Actually, you can nominate up to three, which will dampen my wanton craveness somewhat.

Anyway, if you like the Bad Astronomy Blog, why not mosey on over to the Bloggies site and write it in?

P.S. Barring some catastrophe, which is always a possibility, this should be the last self-referential blog entry for a while. I’ll have a way cool astro-picture to post tonight, so back to astronomy!’

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January 5th, 2006 10:50 AM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Astronomy, Cool stuff, Rant, Science | 23 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

23 Responses to “The Bloggies!”

  1. 1.   Pete Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 11:09 am

    Got my vote.

  2. 2.   Tim G Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 12:47 pm

    Why does Canada get a whole category? Canada blew it! They almost had a country with:

    French culture
    British government
    American know-how

    Instead they ended up with:

    French government
    British know-how
    American culture

    Anyway, this blog also got my vote.

  3. 3.   Laguna2 Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    I hope you don`t mind that I voted in some other categories too. ;-)

  4. 4.   Mike Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 3:13 pm

    BA how do you plan on winning when there are only eight of us that read your blog? (For those who don’t understand, read the 12/25 entry or when ever it was)

  5. 5.   Wolverine Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 3:14 pm

    I voted as well, and assume my check’s in the mail. ;)

  6. 6.   Berkeley Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 3:26 pm

    Great! I’m one out of eight! Usually, I’m just one in a thousand! Or so.

    Who’s sending checks? Can I have one?

  7. 7.   James Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 3:35 pm

    Thanks for this blog. Astronomy classes for nonscientists were my favorite college classes and I took them whenever I could squeeze in the electives. That was a long time ago, but you’ve really reignited my love for astronomy. That’s certainly worth my vote.

  8. 8.   Butcher Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 4:02 pm

    got my vote as well
    why eight? i see more “commentators” than that!

  9. 9.   Matt Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 5:18 pm

    I can’t believe there isn’t a Science category! If it weren’t for Science there would be no Tech, right? Mosey’ing over now … good luck!

  10. 10.   Sriram Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 6:24 pm

    got my vote…

  11. 11.   Varun Says:
    January 6th, 2006 at 12:31 am

    I have also voted for my favourite – BA blog !!

  12. 12.   Linda K Says:
    January 6th, 2006 at 3:21 am

    Just want to note that, in the procedure section, the following note is stated:

    “From now until 10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time (GMT-5) on Tuesday, January 10, 2005, anyone can nominate their favorite weblogs.”

    I think, at least I hope, that they meant to say “2006.” So, get over there and vote, folks!

    Linda

    PS. So, Phil… have you decided how you’re going to spend that prize money? :)

  13. 13.   Explorer Says:
    January 6th, 2006 at 7:26 am

    I have also voted for my favourite – the BA blog !

    Thanks for keeping my comments on moderation.

  14. 14.   Chris Says:
    January 6th, 2006 at 12:22 pm

    You got my vote too!

  15. 15.   SFwriter Says:
    January 6th, 2006 at 8:16 pm

    Okay, Phil, I have you in:

    1. Best American Weblog (though I take issue with the title since “American” could mean anything from Canada, Mexico, Panama, Chilie, Brazil or even the United States. After all, how would all of Europe feel if the French insisted they were the only “Europeans”? …sigh…

    2. Best Topical Weblog

    3. Best-Kept-Secret Weblog

    and

    4. Weblog of the Year

    Oooo! What if you won in multiple categories?

  16. 16.   Kinjal Says:
    January 6th, 2006 at 8:51 pm

    You got it! (Im talking about my vote!) ;)
    Waiting for the cool astro-picture!!! :)

  17. 17.   cen0taph Says:
    January 7th, 2006 at 12:03 am

    ta-da! My vote has been cast

  18. 18.   David Nicodemus Says:
    January 7th, 2006 at 6:10 pm

    Got my vote

  19. 19.   Randy Says:
    January 7th, 2006 at 8:29 pm

    Got my vote! Instead of a check I’ll take more movie reviews.

  20. 20.   Irishman Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 2:26 pm

    Best American, Best Topical, Best Writing, Best New, Weblog of the Year

  21. 21.   TRS Says:
    January 12th, 2006 at 11:39 am

    I voted too. Your Blog is Great! Thanks for sharing all that astronomical info for all of us average dudes.;)

  22. 22.   GlandularFever Says:
    January 23rd, 2006 at 1:45 am

    Wow you are one of the nominees..
    Now you just need votes to win!!

  23. 23.   1800flowers Says:
    July 8th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

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