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Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Excellent People

Recently I received the Excellent Blog Award from bloggers who are far better at what we do and far more deserving of praise than I.

Tenseteacher, Jane, and Finn, thank you.

Kayla started it, and the rules are that if you receive the award, you should pass it on to ten people. Happily, I can point y'all to ten excellent blogs without any trouble whatsoever.

Go check out:

Julie
Woodrow
LizB
LAS
P
Dagny
Chiropteran
Kate P
Charlene
Nightfly
Say it
Utenzi

Yeah, that's twelve. Who's counting?

Happy Wednesday.

10 comments:

P said...: You are too good to me, lady friend. Thank you.

Sorry for being incommunicado about the special thing in the park. I just got back the other day and shit has hit the fan at work. Let's sched something that's convenient for you.; April 9, 2008 at 5:01 PM
Avitable said...: Should have been 13, grumble grumble grumble.; April 9, 2008 at 5:15 PM
Julie said...: Thank you!; April 9, 2008 at 6:29 PM
Kate P said...: Thanks for the linky love!; April 9, 2008 at 10:11 PM
Nick & Lizzy said...: Hey, congrats! :); April 9, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Megan said...: You're very welcome my dear. It is much deserved.; April 9, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Dagny said...: *sniff*

Thanks man. :); April 10, 2008 at 8:16 AM
nightfly said...: Schway! Thanks, Nina. I will duly tag bunches o' bloggers.; April 10, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Woodrow said...: Thank you. (bow); April 10, 2008 at 4:53 PM
LizLSB said...: Thanks for the mention! :); April 12, 2008 at 11:08 AM

Who are these people?

Bibi - God bless the guy who gets Bee. I can't even think of anything obnoxious to say about her. She can eat pasta without gaining weight, she can run the ridges at Gertrude's Nose with no fear, and she is by miles the best climber of all of us. She's going to Kili with us. Hell, she'll be leading.
Buzz Elder Brother. Cross me at your peril.
Jib computer wizard, entrepreneur, stand-up comedian, stand-up guy I can count on to catch a movie and hold hands in the dark without it having any meaning whatosever. Every woman needs a man like Jib.
Joe - locquacious, flirtatious, 40-something hiking buddy - also, ex-manfriend of Pax.
Larry, WPITW - climber, hiker, badass (not in the good way, either). At a given moment, at least half of us are not speaking to him.
Liam - My nephew, whose favorite words are "noing," "Bobby," "dumptruck," "job-site" and "Daddy." He also says "obstreperous" "pulchritudinous" and "Nina" upon request.
Merry - Australian BFF spends the summers on a yacht, nannying for a celebrity couple with two children. She lives in a brownstone and she has a chauffeur. And we have no idea who she works for.
Newsy has been my friend for about 22,000 hours. Or more. I don't have a calculator. She has about 3423% more professional and personal commitments than I do, and yet she still finds time to think about me. I find this astonishing. If you knew her, you'd be astonished, too.
Pax - climber, hiker, corporate warrior, used to date Joe. Sticks by Larry in spite of his horribleness. None of us understands this.
Skatey- he rides a skateboard. He can dance. He can throw a frisbee and he's not bad at karaoke, either.
Sri - Bengali princess who, aside from kicking my ass at climbing, and aside from being a smokin' hiker, brought down the evil empire of Larry and also once told me that "even girls' are turned on my breasts." Also never turns down "one more round."
Supajewie - Long distance drinking buddy, just about the only person I know who "gets it". And no, she's not Jewish. It's a long story.
Tex - is what happens when you take a normal man, add alcohol, subtract common sense and tact, and then buy him another drink.

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I teach English, and I sometimes get a emotional about grammar, punctuation, and usage. I sometimes write posts about other people's grammar - or mine. This does not mean, however, that my blog is without errors. I constantly go back and edit for typos and sometimes even... misspelled words *clutching skull and gagging*. If you find a mistake feel free to call me out on it. I will persist in making mistakes whether I attempt to catch them or not, and I will continue to be my bitchy English teacher self despite my capacity to screw up just as often as the next person... and maybe more.