{"id":1735,"date":"2009-01-19T07:49:44","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T11:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2009-01-17T00:14:27","modified_gmt":"2009-01-17T04:14:27","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-a-major-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/other-worlds-cafe.com\/news\/blog\/?p=1735","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Major Award."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MajorSo I was bipping around through my RSS feed last week and ran across a post by The Crotchety Old Fan<\/A>, noting that he had been awarded the Pr\u00e9mio Dardos (Dart Prize). It’s an award given “for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing. These stamps were created with the intention of promoting fraternization between bloggers, a way of showing affection and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web.”<\/p>\n

One of the requirements of the prize is to nominate 15 other blogs for inclusion. Now, if you’ll allow me to date myself:* Remember that shampoo commercial from the 70s, where the tagline was, “they’ll tell two friends, and so on…and so on…and so on?” On the one hand, the fact that the prize grows exponentially every time it’s awarded might seem to dilute it a little. On the other hand, the COF is a highly respected blogger and being mentioned by him is an honor. And on the gripping hand, the O*W*C was one of the blogs that he passed the award along to and we’re suddenly rubbing shoulders with John Scalzi, Wil Wheaton, and SF Signal.<\/p>\n

So screw that old shampoo commercial.** We couldn’t be more thrilled.<\/p>\n

To continue the tradition, let me tiptoe through my blogroll and share a few of my favorite sites:
\n\"Award
\nDark Roasted Blend<\/A>
\nThe Presurfer<\/A>
\nBig Dumb Object<\/A>
\nEvil Mad Scientist Labs<\/A>
\nNeatorama<\/A>
\nPosthuman Blues<\/A>
\nCynical-C<\/A>
\nThe Website at the End of the Universe<\/A>
\nxkcd<\/A>
\nDabbled<\/A>
\nDefective Yeti<\/A>
\nIndexed<\/A>
\nMuseum of Hoaxes<\/A>
\nSkepchick<\/A>
\nTwenty Sided<\/A><\/p>\n

Most of these are at least tangentially related to SF or science; a few just make me happy. Thanks to all of these sites for making the Web more interesting!
\n<\/p>\n

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\n*I tried to date myself once before, but my parents made me break it off. They said I was no good for me.<\/p>\n

**It was Faberge Organics. I had to look it up because it was driving me crazy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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