3QuarksDaily has announced that they have set up a prize for the best science blog posts of the year. I think that’s a fine idea; science blogs have been underrepresented in annual blog awards.
It would be impolitic (though not entirely out of character) for me to promote my own blog posts thusly, but if anyone happens to nominate one of my posts, I won’t stop them… and of course if you know of a worthy post on another blog I heartily and seriously encourage you to send it in. I already have.
If by some some freak of nature or mistake on the judge’s part I happen to place in the contest, I will donate the won money to a worthy cause: the JREF. That only seems right.
So start digging around my archives and those of other bloggers, and start submitting. But not, of course, from PZ’s. That would be silly.
Tip o’ the pen nib to Observations of a Nerd.
May 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I think a rival blogger is using your ad-server to sabotage your run for the Quark — when I hit this article, right above your picture was an advert for Live Psychics. Talk about out of place…
May 27th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Well, you know, every time this competition between you two comes up I believe your odds are astronomical, but somehow PZ always manages to squeeze the squid in.
Or am I being silly?
May 27th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Can we submit this post?
May 27th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
> Well, you know, every time this competition between you two comes up I believe your odds are astronomical, but somehow PZ always manages to squeeze his squid in.
There is certainly something fishy about it…
May 27th, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Ferengi Rules of Acquisition:
#085 Never let the competition know what you’re thinking.
#169 Competition and fair play are mutually exclusive.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
I’m really in the mood for some calamari tonight.
May 27th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Bad Astronomy FTW!
May 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
@Tobjorn:
Isn’t that the way it always happens. You move in on the prize and some other guy gets his squid in before ya!
May 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Not to worry, Phil. You are way better-looking than PZ. Ha!
May 27th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
IVAN#MAN, that is awesome! D’oh, of course there are listings.
These seems to apply for BA as well:
“# 35: War is good for business.”
“# 76: Every once in a while, declare peace. It confuses the hell out of your enemies.”
“# 117: You can’t free a PZ from water.”
[There seems to be a mistake in the original. It says: "You can't free a fish from water."]
In this competition, it is important to remember:
“# 112: Never have sex with the boss’s sister.”
“# 113: Always have sex with the boss.”
And finally:
“# 65: Win or lose, there’s always Hyperian beetle snuff.”
Now I know roughly where Hyperion is, but I suspect BA will have to figure out which coordinates Hyperian has. Just in case.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Bad Ass-tronomy rules!!
… of course, and so does PZ.
May 27th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
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May 28th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Kind of related…
My six-year-old just told me that our cat, who is all black, looks like the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. He is obsessed with black holes and I now know things to tell him thanks to Phil. Thanks Phil!
June 1st, 2009 at 4:27 am
Prize for best science blog post!! well well its a good sign for bloggers who love to comment on science related topics
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:00 am
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