Lib Dem Blog Awards. I can haz nomination? Yes I can.



O_o

Am a bit stunned by this, TBH. I knew I wasn't going to get best new Lib Dem Blog, because I made a big point about how I wasn't a new blog. And there was way too much competition for any of the other categories, so I didn't think I was in with a sniff. Colour me overwhelmed...

So, anyway, the one category open to public vote is the best non-LibDem political blog. For which I urge you all to Vote Bad Science! For me, it is between Bad Science and Political Betting. Comment is Free is a platform, not a blog per se; Dizzy doesn't Think, and I have NO CLUE what he's doing in there; and London: Mayor and More excludes anyone not in London, and we are supposed to be all about inclusivity in the Lib Dems. I love PB, and I read every post, but I think Bad Science deserves your votes more because 1, Lots of people will vote PB, 2, it's not subsumed in the Westminster Bubble and most importantly 3, it is by far the best read of any of the nominated blogs.

As for the rest of the awards... well, that's where I get a bit less happy. As alex_wilcock says in the comment thread to the entry:

For posting prolifically, always interestingly, and with diversity, for being impeccably Liberal, pro-science, able to explain things, able to send things up, for a glorious mix of short, funny posts and long, detailed, intellectual ones, for organising and writing up all those bloggers’ interviews, and for having the best Doctor Who reviews in town… It just seems absurd that Millennium isn’t nominated for Blog of the Year.

This anthropocentrism must end. Who cares if the other parties will laugh at us for having a fluffy toy for our best blogger? He IS our best blogger, by far, and has been for years, and frankly I think it's disgusting that he hasn't ALREADY won Lib Dem Blog of the Year.

As Liberals, we are supposed to be inclusive, non-discriminatory, egalitarian, meritocratic, and most of all, not take ourselves too seriously. Are we not completely, utterly, undeniably guilty of taking ourselves far too seriously if we do not award the best blogger the best blog award just because he's a stuffed elephant?

I therefore propose a campaign:

<a href="http://community.livejournal.com/theyorkshergob/tag/justice+for+the+blogging+elephant"><img src="http://pics.livejournal.com/miss_s_b/pic/000q9aq9"></a>

Who's with me?

Of course, all this makes it more imperative that I actually make it to conference, and there's a bit of a fly in that ointment. All our dogsitting options have come to naught.

Does anyone know a dogsitter with a vacancy for two pampered pooches?

We'd need them looked after from Friday afternoon until the following Sunday (just over a week). I refuse to put them in kennels, I'm not separating them, and I'm not having them with somebody I don't trust. Any volunteers? Or anybody know someone who might volunteer?

As announced last night, the winners of each category were as follows:

- Best Fandom Blog by a Single Person: lizbee
- Best Political Blog by a Single Person: The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant (LJ feed = elephantfeed)
- Best General Blog by a Single Person: innerbrat
- Best Group Blog or LJ Community: Feminist SF (LJ feed = feministsf)
- Prettiest Blog Design: ginasketch
- Geekiest Blog: Stephen Fry (LJ feed = fryblog)
- Best Dead Tree-Based Blog: Bad Science by Ben Goldacre
- Wittiest Blog: Mitch Benn (LJ Feed = mitchbenn_site)
- Male Blogger I Would Most Like to Have Sex With: matgb
- Female Blogger I would Most Like To Have Sex With: innerbrat

Shiny Shiny Graphics for the Category Winners are here. Now you get to do one last vote: who should win overall?

Poll #1247348 SB's Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards - Phase Three - The Overall Winner
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Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 120

The Overall Winner Should Be:

Good Luck to you all :D

The poll is now closed, and here is the result:

( click for closed poll )

Congrats to lizbee, Millennium, innerbrat, Feminist SF, ginasketch, Stephen Fry, Bad Science, Mitch Benn, matgb and innerbrat again. Commiserations to all those who fell by the wayside at this stage, especially those who lost out on going forward by only one vote - Boing Boing and pink_weasel.

Theoretically the final stage should have ten options in in; however, since innerbrat won two categories there are only nine people who are category winners; there is therefore the option open to be creative...

Poll #1247191 Fastest Loser
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Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7

Should there be a "fastest loser" option in the poll for the overall winner?

This poll will close and the final poll will go up in the morning. G'night all ;)

First and Foremost, I am currently listening to an EXCELLENT documentary about Flanders and Swann on the radio. Lots and lots of clips from At the Drop of a Hat and inveterate fanboying. Well worth seeking out on the listen again, if it's on there, or finding the repeat when it's on. puddingcat, you want to catch this.

Secondly, Nick Clegg is feeling the bite of the Credit Crunch. Awwwww. Poor baby. Forced to slum it at Sainers like the rest of us. Still, at least we Lib Dems now have our own version of the WebCameron incident for people to poke fun at. There's nothing quite like a posh boy trying to look like he's not incredibly rich and cushioned from normal life, is there? And trust me, if this wasn't Our Glorious Leader, I'd be being a lot more scathing than this. I wouldn't want to defy expectations of people outside the Home Counties.

Thirdly, (thanks Aaron), Olly's Onions has discovered the shocking truth behind Team GB's Olympic success.

And finally, you have just over 24 hours left before the polls close in my very prestigious blog awards. Can anyone catch lizbee and Millennium Elephant? Will Wil Wheaton's Rearguard Action prove effective against the innerbrat whom everyone wants to shag? Can James Graham claw his way back from behind Alex Wilcock and Mat? Can feministsf withstand the sustained attack from BoingBoing? Only you can decide! But if you're a non-LJ person you're a complete weirdo, do go here and find out how to log yourself in first, or you might find it terribly frustrating ;)

If any of you want to change your vote, you only have to click here and select "fill out poll" at the top left...

None of it stolen from Lee this time.

Y'all recall Steph's post on photography in public places that I linked to a bit back? rhythmaning had need of it recently, and has blogged about his experience. It makes for sobering reading. It also makes me want to take a camera with me everywhere I go, just to get stopped by the police. I suspect this will be Mark Thomas's next big thing...

Via missdiane, an excellent column on the News for Yahoos about the Olympics and the rank, foul, stinkin' hypocrisy of the IOC. What? I had to mention them ONCE, C'mon, I'm not Chicken Yoghurt...

Quote of the Day comes from a friends-locked post by ginasketch, in which discussion was circling around the kind of men who use the fact that they like to look at breasts as an excuse not to listen to what you are saying. Gina said (QWP, obvs):

one of the stupidest comments I've ever heard a guy say is "If there's a tit in the room I will look at it."

*buys him a mirror*

Another thing that made me laugh out lous today was James Graham's post about Our Glorious Leader's new proposed energy policies.

And finally: nag nag, whinge whinge. Anybody would think I wrote this post on how non-LJ folks can log in really easily for the good of my health. Honestly, non-LJ folks, it's so easy even Lee Griffin can do it [/intentional provocation]. Now go, log in, and vote in my damn blog of the year poll. Nag nag, whinge whinge.

I guess this betrays how often I look at LDV, but two days ago they published a piece by a republican which contained some hilarious attacks on me (witness Jennie Rigg and others were certainly most riled vs. thankfully others do not share her view coupled with joyous trumpeting of the rectitude of news reporting in the Daily Fail). I feel proper dead flattered by all this attention from you lot, I really do.

However, it does cause me to perhaps gather a little bit of evidence for my assertion that most people are quite happy with the monarchy, and even those who aren't are not particularly bothered by it, and that there are more important fish to fry. Therefore, in the grand tradition of my mate said it, so it must be true:

Poll #1245810 Constitutional affairs
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 45

The Monarchy

If you are in favour of replacing the monarch, what would you replace her WITH?

How strongly do you feel about this?

SB has used radio buttons instead of ticky boxes again! Is this because she is...

Flattered as I am that LDV published this article with a link back here in the first paragraph (because, you know, any publicity is good publicity), I can't help but feel that if you're going to publish articles slagging me off, the least you could do in return is plug my blog awards (two days left to vote, folks!) the way you plugged Iain bloody Dale's. Actually, even a couple of lines of pluggage would make me happy. You wouldn't even have to go the full essay. Go on, you know you want to. It's not my fault nobody nominated you.

If you've been shortlisted in my Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards, please help yourself to ( one of these shiny banners for your blog )

Also, don't forget to vote, here.

OK, nominations are in and over and have been subjected to analysis and rigorous testing, and shortlists have been derived. Now you get to vote. Links to all the blogs that have been nominated are in the notes at the bottom, in case you are unfamiliar with any of them and want to vote fairly, instead of partisanly voting for your mates...

In order to vote you will need an LJ log in or an Open ID log in (instructions for how to log in with Open ID are here). If you're reading this, it's 99% certain that you already have an Open ID, so it shouldn't be an issue. You don't need to vote in every category if you don't want to, and if you just want to see the results without voting, don't select any options and just click "submit vote". Nobody gets to see who has voted for what except me, and I promise not to tell, so you have no need to be shy about voting for anyone you like in any category.

Are we all ready? OK, well log in, and get voting!

Poll #1243314 SB's Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards - Category Vote
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 174

Best Fandom Blog by a Single Person

Best Political Blog by a Single Person

Best General Blog by a Single Person

Best Group Blog or LJ Community

Prettiest Blog Design

Geekiest Blog

Best Dead Tree-Based Blog

Wittiest Blog

Male Blogger I Would Most Like to Have Sex With (if they were available and attracted to me)

Female Blogger I would Most Like To Have Sex With (if they were available and attracted to me)

Why are there no Ticky Boxes in this poll? I demand Ticky Boxes!

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Some notes:

- if you want to link to this post, feel free. If you are on LJ, you don't even have to link if you don't want, you can just embed the poll in a post of your own by inserting this bit of code in triangular code brackets: lj-poll-1243314. I'd rather you put a link to this post in there somewhere, though.

- Do feel free to let people know that they have been shortlisted, and that they can pimp the poll out to get their mates to vote for them. The more the merrier!

- shiny shiny graphics for you to post to your blog to get people to vote for you are here. They link to the top post in the "very prestigious blog of the year awards" tag, which will be this one. When this category is over and the next one is going up, they will link to that, and then when the awards are over, the top post will be the results.

- I am not Iain Dale, therefore, regardless of the many people who nominated me and other sites I write for (thank you, by the way, Horatio is pleased), I haven't included myself or any of the sites I write for in any of the categories. Apologies to Sunny for this: hopefully one day someone who isn't affiliated with Lib Con will run a poll like this... And Lib Dem Voice isn't there because nobody nominated it; strange but true.

- to try and avoid accusations of bias, each category has been arranged in alphabetical order.

- ( Links to the shortlisted blogs )
( For transparency, here's who I voted for )

I was supposed to be at the Wendy House right now, dancing the night away with my lovely fiancé. Because of my trick back, he has ended up going on his own. He seems to be having a good time, though, judging by his texts. Meanwhile, I have sorted through all my BPAL (and will be doing a HUGE sales/swaps post soon) and dyed my hair...

Anyway, this entry does have substance, I swear!

Firstly, nominations for my Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards are now closed, and you guys voted for shortlists of five, so that's what you will get in the morning. Each category will be whittled down to a shortlist of five, and presented in handy poll format. Then the voting can commence! I'll leave the poll open for a week, and after that the winner of each category will be put into a new poll to see who gets the overall title.

And, of course, there will be shiny new graphics for each stage ;)

Secondly, Amused Cynicism has taken the ball I threw earlier and run with it. I do love the way he words things:

this is the same British government that is talking about severing the Internet connections of people who break copyright law by downloading files on P2P networks. Because the government are not hypocrites, I’m sure they will now either drop these plans, or disconnect themselves from the Internet.

Tee Hee Hee.

Thirdly, another excellent post on The Curvature, eviscerating a columnist in the Daily Fail.

Fourthly and Finally, Jonathan Calder reports on some gossip in the Murdoch Rag about who is going to be running for Lib Dem Party President. Apparently there are rumours of champagne Charlie and Paddy Pantsdown throwing their glasses/undies into the ring.

I have many comments I might possibly make on this bit of scuttlebutt, but like Jonathan, I shall restrict myself to the very restrained: this blog supports Ros Scott. Knowing what Ros is standing for, and having met her, I honestly cannot see another candidate coming forward who will do the job as well or as diligently as she, however old a parliamentary warhorse they might be.

Most important thing first: congrats to everyone who got their A-level results today. They won't have anything like the effect on the rest of your life that you have hitherto believed, but for now, bask in the relief that they are over. Special congrats to muffin_nuffin for getting in to York, and Jaiesh for getting Four As. You did good, guys. You did good.

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Obligatory skience video of the day:



The dude in the video? Is this dude. I like him already.

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Y'all probably saw this already, but I don't think I ever got around to posting it here, and it's worth a read... Reasons why Gay Marriage Should Never Be Allowed:

1. Being gay is not natural. Real Americans always reject unnatural things like eyeglasses, polyester, and air conditioning.

2. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behaviour. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4. Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn't changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can't marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5. Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Britney Spears' 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6. Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn't be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren't full yet, and the world needs more children.

7. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children, since straight parents only raise straight children.

8. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That's why we have only one religion in America.

9. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That's why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven't adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans.

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Lovely lovely alex_wilcock (or rather alexwilcock) is being a very lazy judge-monkey asking us to do all his work for him trying to get shy and retiring Lib Dems to pick out their own best posts to make things a bit easier on the judges for the Lib Dem Voice Bloggotheyear Awards. I'm going to do mine later (although you can feel free to suggest what YOU think my best posts were if you like), but for now, here's my favourites out of the ones a couple of other Lib Dem Bloggers picked for themselves:

Jo Christie-Smith (jo_cs_fd)
Jonathan Calder (lib_eng_fd)

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Speaking of blog awards (stop groaning at the back there) there are still a couple of nomination days left for SB's Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards! You can nominate anyone you like by commenting on the post here. Don't forget that you can do it anonymously if you like ;) Deadline is Saturday.

Here is who has been nominated so far: ( click for longlist ) If your favourite blog has not been nominated, it has no chance of making it onto the shortlist for the public vote, so if you want your favourite blog to win you need to nominate. Don't forget that you can do it anonymously if you like ;)

Particularly, we need more nominations for fandom blogs and moar sexy men. You can nominate anyone you like by commenting on this post here

In the meantime, if you've been nominated, please help yourself to ( one of these shiny banners for your blog )

Comments are disabled on this post to keep all nominations etc. in one place for administrative purposes. If you'd like to comment, go to the Nominations Post, here.

Two text messages at stupid o'clock meant that my already-broken night's sleep was completely buggered. I am NOT in a good mood for work. Arse.

Anyway, links and stuff:

Why Abstinence Only sex education is a big crock of dangerous shite. The comments are well worth reading, if you have the time. There's some interesting genuine debate.

Abby O'Reilly checks out virtual boyfriends on The F Word.

Nominations still open in The Very Prestigious Blog Of the Year Awards. At the moment it's looking like we're goin g to have shortlists of four, unless some people nominate some more sexy men. Don't forget you can be anonymous if you're shy.

Oh yes, and to end on a cheerful note: Happy Birthday shishmish!

Now with Extra Added Silly nickname!



Here is who has been nominated so far: ( click for longlist ) If your favourite blog has not been nominated, it has no chance of making it onto the shortlist for the public vote, so if you want your favourite blog to win you need to nominate. Don't forget that you can do it anonymously if you like ;)

If you've been nominated, please help yourself to ( one of these shiny banners for your blog )

Comments are disabled on this post to keep all nominations etc. in one place for administrative purposes. If you'd like to comment, go to the Nominations Post, here.

So, the nominations are coming in for SB's Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards, and already a couple of favourites have emerged. Here's who has been nominated so far:
( click for rather long list )
Do feel free to go and stick your oar in, argue with each other, and try to persuade me that one or other of these nominations is or is not worthy of making the shortlist. Also, don't forget that you can comment anonymously if you want, so there's no need to be shy about nominating whoever you like for whichever category you like.

Comments disabled on this post to keep all the nominations in one place. If you want to add your two pence, click here.

Nominations are now closed, so comments on this post have been disabled. Thanks for all your noms!

What? Everybody Else is Having a Blog Awards, So Why Can't I [/cranberries]? Winners will get a shiny banner to display on their blogs, if they aren't too embarrassed, and everything! Nominees have twelve shiny banners to choose from to promote the awards and garner votes for themselves!

Phase one, which will end midnight on Saturday 16th August, is The Nominations Phase. Please copy and paste the list of categories below into a comment, and put a link to the blog you are nominating next to each one who your nomination in that category would be.

The Categories are:

- Best Fandom Blog by a Single Person (for example lizbee, Andrew Rilstone)
- Best Political Blog by a Single Person (for example kiji_kat, Sexual Intelligence)
- Best General Blog by a Single Person (for example innerbrat, Mitch Benn)
- Best Group Blog/LJ Community (for example diggerdydum, Feminist SF)
- Prettiest Blog Design (for example ginasketch, Lee Griffin)
- Geekiest Blog (for example, strangefrontier, Stephen Fry)
- Best Dead Tree-Based Blog (James May, Comment is Free)
- Wittiest Blog (pink_weasel, Devil's Kitchen)
- Male Blogger I Would Most Like to Have Sex With (for example matgb, James Graham)
- Female Blogger I would Most Like To Have Sex With (for example haloskitten, Steph Ashley)

The Best Blog overall will be decided by a poll of the winners of the ten categories after the vote has closed on them

Anonymous comments are allowed (but screened) for people who don't have an LJ log in or Open ID to nominate, but please consider that you will need an Open ID or LJ log-in to actually vote. Seriously, look into Open ID. I bet you already have one. Also, if you're too shy to vote in the final two categories without anonymity, you can use it for that ;)

Please note that I ain't googling, so if you don't at least put a link for me to C&P, you're wasting your comment. Also note that you can nominate the same blog in more than one category but I reserve the right to disqualify any blog from any category on a whim (for example, That Tory Blog does not qualify as being by a single person, in my view, and this blog isn't an LJ community or group blog because only I am allowed to write for it). Feel free to try and persuade me if you want to nominate a blog for a particular category and you think my whims might rise. ;)

Once midnight Saturday rolls around, I shall use a complex algorithm to determine which of the nominated blogs makes the final list for each category. Since I know you're aching for a poll right now, why don't you vote for how many should go in each category for you to pick between?

Poll #1238165 Blog Awards
This poll is closed.
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 25

I would like to chose between X number of blogs per category in SB's prestigious Blog of The Year Awards.

Please feel free to pimp this post around as much as (in)humanly possible, and watch this space for SB's Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards - Phase Two - The Category Vote!

Iain Dale has shifted the goalposts moved the deadline for his beauty contest in a transparent attempt to get shitloads more links this week and remain at the top of the Wikio politics charts. Vote Early, vote Often (but make sure you use a different email address each time, obvs), vote People's Republic of Mortimer.

That is all.

Will is asking for nominations for the LDV blog of the year. Most of the categories are for Lib Dems, but I'm asking my f-list to send in nominations for the ones that interest them even though they might not be Lib Dems themselves - after all, you kow and read at least ONE Lib Dem blog, right? You don't have to nominate me, though; in fact, I think I'm not eligible for all bar two of the categories, and I've done enough to wind up and/or piss off all of the judges on one occasion or another that it's likely I have biased at least some of them agin me anyway, strident old harpy that I am. I'd just like to see as broad a list as possible.

Here's who I am nominating, so you've no need to bother nominating any of these as they are already in:

# Best new Liberal Democrat blog (started since 1st August 2007) - Because Baronesses are People Too by Ros Scott.
# Best blog from a Liberal Democrat holding public office - Because Baronesses are People Too by Ros Scott (yeah, I'm a fangirl).
# Best use of blogging or social networking by a Liberal Democrat - if I can't vote for Liberal Drinks then maybe Brian Paddick's twitterings? I dunno. I found this one really difficult.
# Best posting on a Liberal Democrat blog (since 1st September 2007) - We're looking for female bloggers in the wrong places by Jo Christie-Smith.
# Best non-Liberal Democrat politics blog - If I can't vote for Liberal Conspiracy, I'll vote for Political Betting.
# Liberal Democrat Blog of the Year - The People's Republic of Mortimer.

The fact that you can't vote for anything by any of the judges caused me some issues, as you can see, but I think that's as good as I'm going to get.

Once all the nominations are in, the judges will select the ones they like best in each category and we'll get to vote on who wins. Which will be thrilling.

ETA: actually, we apparently only get to vote on the Best non-Liberal Democrat politics blog category, and everything else is decided by the judges. So much for the "democrat" part of the party title then...

Firstly, there are now Three Whole People who have, to my knowledge, voted for me in Iain Dale's beauty pageant. Two of these three are people that I instinctively react to as My Betters (I'm not saying which two! LOL), so this is very flattering. All three of them are people that I didn't vote for, and I can't afford to pay you guys, so you'll have to make do with my heartfelt thanks and the knowledge that my ego is now at critical, and he'll be breaking his chains before much longer...

Via Dreaming of Simplicity, a Proposal to give Northern Ireland equality in Abortion provision. Please please please give this your support, even if your MP is Nadine Dorries.

Big Brother is watching you download that song, and will be sending you a sternly worded letter.

A fly in the ointment of matgb and I having babies... Damn vegetarianism.

And... There would be more, but my Collector's Edition Doctor Who Top Trumps came this morning, and they are in a Tardis Box and they have Old Sixie and a Zygon and The Kandyman in! SQUEEE!! Expect much empty-headed squeeing a big review over at dw_academy when I come home from work...

... He's running a blog awards. And the usual crowds of sycophants are going to vote for Iain Dale and validate his enormous ego. So I reckon it would be rather good if we all went and voted for people who are better writers and less subsumed into the Westminster Bubble than Iain Dale. And you have to admit that it would be rather amusing if Prominent Tory Blogger's blog awards are stuffed full of non-Tory blogs... All in the name of inclusivity, of course.

Here's who I have voted for:

I'm assuming that voting for myself is bad form, and thus not doing so. Here are my votes, then:

1, The People's Republic of Mortimer - http://fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com/
2, Liberal Conspiracy - http://www.liberalconspiracy.org/
3, Lib Dem Voice - http://www.libdemvoice.org/
4, Innerbrat - http://innerbrat.livejournal.com/
5, Because Baronesses Are People Too - http://baronessrosscott.blogspot.com/
6, Liz Williams - http://lizw.livejournal.com/
7, The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant - http://millenniumelephant.blogspot.com/
8, Purple Cthulhu - http://purplecthulhu.livejournal.com/
9, Dib Lemming - http://diblemming.blogspot.com/
10, Political Betting - http://politicalbetting.com/ (which probably doesn't need my vote, but IS indispensable).

I'm not asking you to vote for me, although Horatio would be pretty happy if you did. But I am asking you to target your votes. I put PB at #10, because I want to vote for it, but I know it's not going to need lots of points from me because it will get them from everyone else. Alix goes at the top because I think she deserves lots of points.

I am also using this as part of my "Look, women blog too!" campaign. The trope that there are no female bloggers exists because the male bloggers who run blog awards don't get pointed at us, don't read us, and ignore us, and then whinge that we don't exist. Lets put some female bloggers on the map, shall we?

So go, make sure you're adhering to all the rules, and send in your votes. Go! Fly, my brave f-list, fly!

ETA: I have just noticed that pesky Rule 4. This means I will have to go and make sure all the blogs I voted for are on the Total Politics Blogroll. Arse.

ETA Summore: Well, I have submitted all the blogs I voted for to the blogroll. Of course, there's no guarantee that they'll actually be accepted... And if they hadn't managed to pick up Ros Scott by themselves then what bloody hope IS there? It's not like three quarters of the Lib Dem Blogosphere don't have an "I'm 4 Ros" button.

* headdesk *

Silly me for thinking that this would actually be a way for people to break INTO the establishment, and not an establishment back-slapping exercise...