Monday, September 03, 2007

first b.r.a.

So what if it's a new twist on the old chain letter? So what if it's just another type of meme? I won an Blogger Reflection Award and I'm happy about it. D.O.M Dan has chosen to award my efforts this Labor Day weekend. In 25 months of blogging, I have now received exactly one award and one meme. Dan gave a posthumous award to Bean's Blog, which I also miss a great deal. I accept this award and thank Dan for his gracious remarks:
My final award goes to Frank Murphy. I discovered Frank’s blog while reading Bean’s Blog. Frank posts everyday, and I think that alone is deserving of an award. Frank is a man of faith whose posts are many times about his family, sometimes about his town of Knoxville, sometimes about his life experiences and travels, and although I don’t often leave comments, I read it regularly.
Rules of participating:
1. Copy these rules.
2. Reflect on five bloggers and write a least a paragraph about each one.
3. Make sure you link to this post so others can read it and the rules.
4. Leave your chosen bloggers a comment to let them know they've been given the award.
5. Put the award icon on your site
East Tennessee is a hotspot for blogging. Four of my five award recipients are from the Volunteer state. First, I choose to award Shots Across the Bow. Rich Hailey gave me the nudge I needed to start blogging in the first place. His political and social commentary rings true with me almost every time. He recently wrote that the way to get teenagers to stop wearing their pants ridiculously low would be for their parents to start wearing them that way.

About two months before I started my blog, I went to a party at Rich Hailey's. That's where I met Les Jones and his wife. I started reading his blog and found a lot of things I was interested in and only a few that I wasn't. I choose to award Les.

Frank Strovel somehow found my blog and posts an occasional comment. I began reading his regularly and I have linked to it several times. Blogging is not a competition, yet I sometimes feel like I've been scooped by Frank's fine efforts. Especially when I first learn of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" news on his site. Left of the Dial receives my next award.

Byron Chesney has multiple sites. His Knoxville Trivia Blog is a regular read for me. He had a great post recently about the lawn sprinklers running at a local utility office during the drought. Obviously I especially enjoy his posts about the local TV news. For that, he gets an award.

I seriously thought about reserving my final award for a blog that I haven't discovered yet. Perhaps you readers would suggest some new ones for me to try. But that would be a cop out. Ken Levine's blog has become hugely popular and doesn't need any help from me. Similarly, I have disqualified professional blogs by very talented newspaper writers. Instead I'll give my fifth award to Perry Simon. He and I will never root for the same sports teams but I can still appreciate his fandom for teams I really dislike. Add to that his vast knowledge of radio and I'm hooked.

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6 Comments:

Blogger Frank Strovel III said...

Wow, thanks! Coming from you, this a real compliment because I look to your site as one of the top reads in town.

P.S. Season 2 of "Whose Line?" is out on DVD on October 9!

9/04/2007  
Blogger Les Jones said...

Good stuff. Thanks for thinking of me. I'll post something Wednesday night.

9/04/2007  
Blogger Byron Chesney said...

Thanks a bunch Frank. You are the dadgum reason I got into blogging in the first place...you and your confounded Abby Ham postings!!! ;) Who would've ever thunk that I would have taken it this far???
Thanks again for my B.R.A., it's my first award also. I'll get something posted tonight.

9/05/2007  
Anonymous Perry Michael Simon said...

I am humbled. Really, words fail, much as the Phillies bullpen failed today.

9/05/2007  
Anonymous Rich Hailey said...

Thank you sir, and don't blame it all on me!*grin*

9/06/2007  
Anonymous your wife said...

You just wanted to find a way to get at least five comments on one of your blog stories. Very clever - heehee ;)~

9/06/2007  

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