Blogisattva Awards
Wednesday February 22, 2006
Forget the Oscars. The BAFTAs are small-fry. Don’t bother with the Golden Globes. The real media event of the year is the Blogisattva Awards, the product of the fertile imagination of Tom over at Zen Unbound. The Blogisattva awards are for “achievement in Buddhism-inspired blogging, during the year 2005”, and I’m delighted to say that thinkBuddha is a nominee in four categories.
As with any global media event, the Blogisattva Awards are already generating a fair degree of controversy (see the discussions at the end of the post linked to above), but leaving these matters to one side, I’m up for a party. So on the 5th of March, when the winners will be announced, I’ll be cutting out a red carpet from crepe paper to unfurl in my hallway, putting on my bow tie and settling down with Bodhicattva, the thinkBuddha cat (similarly attired I hope) to give the results, whatever they are, a hearty cheer.
Should I point out to Tom that’s it’s my birthday the after?
Would that help, d’you think?
There might be an award for “blogisattva with nearest birthday to the award announcement date”. If not, perhaps there should be.
W
Thanks, Will. I am working feverishly to get the event televised live with Richard Gere as the host.
Gareth, no fair playing on my heart strings! Remember: just being a blogger is itself honor enough.
I am afraid that the controvery over on the announcement page has been taken down. A new visitor posted some unkind things, so I decided—against my libertarian instincts—to shut down the comments section. Besides, I am not proud of what I had to say—fiery fellow that I can be.
I mean for everything to be fun. Champagne and party favors!
A good post is promised for March 5: The true beginning of March Madness!
Manual Trackback. This post is cited in Blogmandu, Roundup for Feb 26 – Mar 4, 2006.
http://zenunbound.com/2006/03/roundup-for-feb-26-mar-4-2006.html
