Contest & Post Roundup

Congratulations to e-TALKINGHEAD on winning the first King of the Blogs contest! He now moves on to the second round to defend the tilte against all comers.

The Alliance voting requirements for The New Blog Showcase at NZ Bear's:

Susie I enjoyed this post at Blown Fuse and this one at Ripe Bananas

In the sparcer political division, this fisking of Al Franken at Dangerous Liberty appealed to Susie me.

Bestofme Symphony

Jim from Snooze Button Dreams is doing a Best Of... compilation for old posts from bloggers and blogerettes.

Here is the lowdown:

This post compilation meme is structured like the Carnival of the Vanities but concentrates on the best posts from the history of weblogs. Post submission criteria are very simple. The post must be at least 2 months old and the submitter must think it is a very good post. How easy is that?


jrpeacock@charter.net is the address for submissions. Submissions should include the following:

Post Title
Post Permalink
Author's Name (or handle)
Weblog Name (if not obvious from the link)
Submitter's Name/Handle (if different from Author)
Description of post and/or why this post is being submitted (That is, what about this post makes you think it is one of the best from the weblog).

The only absolutely required item is the permalink. Other items may be left blank on the Bestofme Symphony post if they aren't provided with the submission. That could mean less people will go to read the post so submitters are encouraged to include as much of the info as possible.

Note that submissions do not have to come from the author so readers and lurkers with or without their own weblogs may contribute.

Deadline for submissions for each week's Symphony are Sunday at midnight (Eastern Standard Time) and a new Symphony will be posted each Monday. Submissions are accepted 24 x 7 so any that come in after the cutoff will appear in the next week's symphony.

So get with the program and send Jim your best posts of the past.

King of The Blogs

Here are the First Round Winners at the King of the Blogs Tournament:

Adrian Warnock

eTALKINGHEAD

and

Evangelical Outpost

Congratulations to you all, and good luck in the final round!

King of The Blogs

As a judge in the King of The Blogs blogging contest, I have read all the entries and judged. So let it be written, so let it be done!

I thought all the writing was very good. A great mix of political and humor. Precise, articulate, well thought out positions on political issues. Well writen humor with ironic twists. It was tough to "judge" one writer above another, since I'm not a very good extemporaneous writer. For the purposes of scoring, I compared each post to the others and assigned a ranking. Site design is a little easieer for me to judge, but not much going on in that area except at eTALKINGHEAD. Nice design layout, clean, visually appealing. The other sites were pretty standard fare and Anger Managment has a nice logo graphic.

Adrian Warnock: Stuck in the Middle
Nice post with an articluate viewpoint, well thought out and lots of supporting linkage. Really going after the Host Challenge. Blog design standard with some rotating quotes of the day.
Scores: 6/9/4

Anger Management: Finally, I'm Funny
Humorous, as usual; About Don, as usual; Good writing, as usual. No entry in the Host Challenge. Blog desgin standard, good logo, needs some color and stuff. Scores:
7/0/5

Clarified: Express Delivery
Letter to Grey Davis as Al Gore. Ok writing style. Host Challenge was fair. Site design is standard blogspot template. Scores:
6/3/2

eTALKINGHEAD: Conservatives Debate Medicare
I liked his writing style, subject matter, point of view and reasoning. Host Challenge was middle of pack. Site design was best of bunch, appealing and well laid out.
Scores: 8/5/9

Evangelical Outpost: How to Handle a Divorce
Nice style and presentation of material with ironic twists. Host Challenge was about the same as others. Site design standard MT with some slight modifications.
Scores:8/5/4

Random Fate: It's Our Government, Let's Take it Back
Really good analysis of politicians, today and founding fathers. Host Challenge was middle of the pack. Site design standard MT template.
Scores: 8/4/4

Final Thoughts:
Damn. That was tough. I'll be glad to do my little gig over here and leave the real writing to more talented people. But, none of 'em can touch me behind a bar!

King of the Blogs: New Contest

The Challenge
Impress the judges and beat five other blogs to get the prize.
... then keep it...

The Prize

Pretenders to the Throne
Clarified
eTALKINGHEAD
Dr. Adrian Warnock
Anger Managment
The Commissar
Evangelical Outpost

The Judges
Wizbangblog
Madfish Willie
Rick's Cafe
Angelweave
King of Fools

The Host
Patriot Paradox

The Location
The url for the event is http://www.patriot-paradox.com/blogking/

King of The Blogs

There is a new blog contest in town!

Nick at Patriot Paradox is starting the King of The Blogs contest with a weekly prize and everything!

It looks like Madfish Willie is going to be one of the permanent judges, along with Rick from Rick's Cafe Amerciana and Kevin at Wizbang. Plus there will be some rotating judges as noted in the post.

Go read about the contest and then enter every week so one day you can be crowned: King of The Blogs!