Oh, Canada
It's days like this that make me so proud to be a Canadian. Not to mention a marketing professor:
(Incidentally, the question marks in that article are Advertising Age's way of saying, "What's Firefox?")
But most days, I am proud to be Canadian, even though I was born here and can't exactly help it. Not that I wouldn't move to California in a heartbeat, mind you, but that's another story.
Speaking of stories, my story Turned To Stone, a tongue-in-cheek report on what was, believe it or not, a real event, has been nominated for Best Blog Post in the Canadian Blog Awards. The best stuff, you can't make up.
And, um, also, a three-part story I wrote called Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, in which my friend Zee and I spend three days at The Banknote, drinking, was nominated for Best Blog Post Series.
As if that wasn't cool enough (And it so is!), Postmodernes Sprachspielen is also nominated for Best Personal Blog. I guess, 'cause, maybe, there was no category for Best Makes All This Stuff Up Blog.
The voting is on now, and, Gentle Reader, may I point out that you do not have to be Canadian to vote. You can vote once per day, per computer, until Friday, December 9.
I hope you will.
Me, I'll be voting every day, not only for myself (Oh, come on, wouldn't you?) but also for my friend Joey, a.k.a. Accordion Guy, who is nominated for Best Blog, and who mightily deserves to win that title, if for no other reason than because he never tells all the embarassing stuff he knows about me. That, and it's a great blog, with a terrific gimmick (How many people do you know who walk around with an accordion?), well written, and always interesting.
Some of my other favourites, nominated in various categories, are Colby Cosh and Rick Mercer. (How cool is it that Rick Mercer has a blog? And that it's on Blogger, even?) Also Rannie the Photojunkie, who is also the unofficial (or maybe it's official?) head of the GTA Bloggers. I would have voted for Broken Engine but he didn't make it into the finals, so as a consolation prize I'm going to see his band, Nurse, at The Horseshoe Tavern on Tuesday.
I'm also voting every day for Blog T.O. as Best Group Blog, and I'd like to add a special thank you to Lily Dustbin for featuring Postmodernes Sprachspielen in the Blogerati Files this week.
(Did I mention, click here to vote?)
And whether I win or not, I'll be back on Friday with a story called "Fifty-Mission Cap," about two Toronto Maple Leafs hockey players, both named Bill.
* * *
OK, so that isn't exactly what happened. The next story turned out to be about The Banknote and Mridul's problematic cell phone. And then there was the Spaghetti-oke event. So it wasn't until next week Tuesday that Postmodern Sass finally tells you the story about two former Maple Leafs players, both named Bill.
(Incidentally, the question marks in that article are Advertising Age's way of saying, "What's Firefox?")
But most days, I am proud to be Canadian, even though I was born here and can't exactly help it. Not that I wouldn't move to California in a heartbeat, mind you, but that's another story.
Speaking of stories, my story Turned To Stone, a tongue-in-cheek report on what was, believe it or not, a real event, has been nominated for Best Blog Post in the Canadian Blog Awards. The best stuff, you can't make up.
And, um, also, a three-part story I wrote called Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, in which my friend Zee and I spend three days at The Banknote, drinking, was nominated for Best Blog Post Series.
As if that wasn't cool enough (And it so is!), Postmodernes Sprachspielen is also nominated for Best Personal Blog. I guess, 'cause, maybe, there was no category for Best Makes All This Stuff Up Blog.
The voting is on now, and, Gentle Reader, may I point out that you do not have to be Canadian to vote. You can vote once per day, per computer, until Friday, December 9.
I hope you will.
Me, I'll be voting every day, not only for myself (Oh, come on, wouldn't you?) but also for my friend Joey, a.k.a. Accordion Guy, who is nominated for Best Blog, and who mightily deserves to win that title, if for no other reason than because he never tells all the embarassing stuff he knows about me. That, and it's a great blog, with a terrific gimmick (How many people do you know who walk around with an accordion?), well written, and always interesting.
Some of my other favourites, nominated in various categories, are Colby Cosh and Rick Mercer. (How cool is it that Rick Mercer has a blog? And that it's on Blogger, even?) Also Rannie the Photojunkie, who is also the unofficial (or maybe it's official?) head of the GTA Bloggers. I would have voted for Broken Engine but he didn't make it into the finals, so as a consolation prize I'm going to see his band, Nurse, at The Horseshoe Tavern on Tuesday.
I'm also voting every day for Blog T.O. as Best Group Blog, and I'd like to add a special thank you to Lily Dustbin for featuring Postmodernes Sprachspielen in the Blogerati Files this week.
(Did I mention, click here to vote?)
And whether I win or not, I'll be back on Friday with a story called "Fifty-Mission Cap," about two Toronto Maple Leafs hockey players, both named Bill.
OK, so that isn't exactly what happened. The next story turned out to be about The Banknote and Mridul's problematic cell phone. And then there was the Spaghetti-oke event. So it wasn't until next week Tuesday that Postmodern Sass finally tells you the story about two former Maple Leafs players, both named Bill.
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