It was an honor to be nominated

Well, despite the wonderful and very appreciated effort of all you BABloggers, I did not win a bloggie this year. Oh well. I knew it was a long shot, especially given the category: Best Topical Blog. That’s a bit overbroad. I actually have a half-written ranting blog entry about how no blog awards have a science category. It’s weird, given how some of the best blogs I’ve read are science blogs. ‘course, I may be biased.

So maybe next year, and maybe they’ll have a category for reality. As for this year… at least Cute Overload didn’t win. That’s an ignominy I could not have stood.

March 14th, 2006 8:06 PM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Humor | 9 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

9 Responses to “It was an honor to be nominated”

1. Christian Burnham Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 9:21 pm

Those images on cute overload sure are cute! They’re really cute..really really cute… uh oh.. cute-overload! cute overload!

Danger Will Robinson… Danger
2. Thomas Siefert Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 10:08 pm

That’s it, Cute Overload is now my homepage, bye BA.
3. velid Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 10:11 pm

Your site is definitely one of my favorites, mostly for the astronomy stuff but lately a lot for the rants & info on the politicization of science. Thanks.
4. Christian Burnham Says:
March 14th, 2006 at 11:16 pm

Velid, I’m sorry, but Science (with a capital ‘S’) won’t continue in the same way we’re accustomed to in this country (USA) without people like the BA defending us. It’s not the scientists who politicized science, but now it’s happening, we have to fight back.
5. velid Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 1:32 am

Christian–Believe me, I couldn’t agree more. It is just a shame it has come down to this. Having scientists stand up in public for Science, and for a reality based view of the world for that matter, has never been more critical. BA has definitely been playing a important role in this fight.
6. Foster Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 7:12 am

I like your Blog site.
7. coturnix Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 9:39 am

Well, it is the same thing with Koufaxes. On the very first day I nominated something like two dozen science blogs in various categories (mostly “Best Expert blog” and “Single Issue blog”). I don’t know if any one of them will win, but at least they got a lot of exposure.
8. Anthony Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 10:13 am

Phil:
At least you didn’t lose to CRASH (Creationists Recyling Absurd Scientific Hoaxes). Next time get Heath Ledger as a guest blogger….
9. The Supreme Canuck Says:
March 15th, 2006 at 11:14 pm

Here’s a wacky notion: why not create a BA Blog Award for best astronomy blog? It’s apparently an unfilled niche.

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Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He's written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic and fights the abuse of science, but his true love is praising the wonders of real science.

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