Buckets of recognition: Blogging awards past, present, and future

Friends, my efforts here have garnered attention over the last six months of blogging--some of it good, some of it bad, some of it something in between. The highest of the highlights was the CTV story on me, closely followed by the positive mentions by Antonia Zerbisias (June 1; June 7; June 16). There were low-spots, too, including, um, threats of violence.

And of course, there were the awards:

• on May 28, 2005, I was "Best Named Blog of the Day";
• on June 11, 2005, I was Daveberta's first "Blog of the Week";
• and best of all, on Oct. 22, 2005, I was voted Weirdest Canadian Blog, in the 2005 Small Dead Blog Awards.

I take great pleasure, then, in being nominated in several categories in the Canadian Blog Awards. Specifically, I am being considered for

• Best New Blog,
• Best Blog Post, for "An Infinite Number of Monkeys" and
• Best Blog Post Series, for my FAQ for the Grewal Affair

Obviously, I am thrilled; it is a great honour to have been nominated. Thanks to all involved.