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Blogfest ‘09 — The Awards Ceremony

Posted by DFO

Feb. 7, 2009 12:50 a.m. • 57 comments

CindyH, JeanieSpokane & Co. are in charge of the, ahem, Awards Ceremony, for Blogfest ‘09 — to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Huckleberries Online, scheduled for Feb. 28 (although the actual anniversary is Feb. 16). As part of the informal festivities this year, we’re planning an awards ceremony of sorts. Tongue-in-cheek stuff, of course. So the gals are wondering if you could name some categories and possible nominations for the first Huckly Awards. Anyone?

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MamaJD on February 07 at 7:46 a.m.
Best Suck Up for an Award award
Bob on February 07 at 8:02 a.m.
That’s a really great one, MamaJD! I think that will be the best of them all. I’m sure glad you suggested that idea because you are very original and clever and a natural born idea-facilitator, I bet tons of people with say “hey that’s a great one! I’m gonna think up a few, MamaJD, thanks for being an awesome idea-facilitator” and all I can say is Kudos to you for that suggestion!

I think it’s a total keeper.

Like at the Oscars, that one will be for Best Movie of 2008! Like Benjamin Buttons except we won’t actually get any younger.

Best idea yet :-)
MamaJD on February 07 at 9:22 a.m.
Or how about the Someone Other Than Bob categories? Like Best Commenter (Other Than Bob). Best Comedian (Other Than Bob). Smartest Blogger (Other Than Bob). ;) I sincerely mean it as a compliment to Bob. It’s just not a level playing field for the rest of us with Bob in the mix.

I think the Lifetime Achievement Award for Huckleberries should of course go to Bob. Not DFO. We all know that Bob is the only reason DFO’s HBO is a ROTFLMAO good time success story (unless you’re a CAVEr). Best Text Language skills and Anacronym user should be another category.

Perhaps the Idaho Squirrel Award?

Another must: Best Blog Fight Award — to be shared between the two angstiest, who must go up hand in hand to accept the award and be photographed together.

I love this idea-facillitator thing.
Digger on February 07 at 10:30 a.m.
I’d like to see one for those of us in print who DFO features on his blog.

“Best Community Newspaper Columnist/Commenter”
Digger on February 07 at 10:31 a.m.
“Best Blogger for Capitalizing on BlogFest by Hocking Their Tawdry T-Shirts”
JeanC on February 07 at 10:42 a.m.
“Best Blog with Food Porn” :D
Bob on February 07 at 10:47 a.m.
MamaJD just won my nomination for Most Sarcastic Berry.

(my comment up there was intended to play off the whole suck up theme and not be misconstrued as a sarcastic swipe at the obviously creative MamaJD, I think she misread me)

Digger, great idea on the community column, I was wondering what Herb would win.
Bob on February 07 at 10:59 a.m.
“Best Blogger Creation of an Internet Hoax Resulting in an Appearance on an International Cable TV News Show”

(As an aside, I think the awards should be plastic dinosaurs mounted on wooden bases)
Bent on February 07 at 11:05 a.m.
Heck, I was thinking some awards should be troll dolls…
MamaJD on February 07 at 11:56 a.m.
Most Sarcastic Berry (Other Than Bob)? ;)

I understood you were having fun and not swiping.
marmitetoasty on February 07 at 12:50 p.m.
Always swipe front to back :)

x
Stickman on February 07 at 6:25 p.m.
All of my awards would of course go to Marmite and MamaJd and Bob. Such treasures are they.
nic on February 08 at 1:38 p.m.
Snark Award: Goes to the snarkiest HBOer
Best Pseudonym: Best moniker on HBO
M.I.A.: Favorite commentator who has not made the switch from the old HBO (unfortunately, they probably will not be present to accept their award)
Most Liberal Lefty: Self explanitory
Most Extreme Conservative: Self explanitory
Peace-Keeper Award: Goes to the HBOer who breaks up the most blogfights
Self Deprecation Award: the HBOer who most insults themselves
ADD Award: Blogger with the shortest attent… OOOH! Shiny!
Grammar School Award: most likely to misspell words, misuse punctuation, or frighten away other bloggers with their horrible syntax
Get-a-Job Award: The HBOer who spends so much time commenting on HBO, it would be impossible for them to hold down a job
The Do-Your-Job Award: The HBOer who posts more at work than at home
Most Creative Avatar: The poster with the most unique avatar
Best Looking Avatar: For the posters who use their own mugshot for their avatar
The DWB (drunk while blogging) Award: The HBOer who leaves the most incoherent comments
Cutline King (or Queen): the HBOer with the most/best cutlines in Dave’s cutline contests
Bob’s Faves: Bob’s top 5 (not including himself)
Tenure Awards: for the HBOers who have been here three or more years
HBO Idol: most likely to audition for American Idol
The Cooler Award: for HBOer who has spent the most time in the cooler this past year
The Boot: most likely to be voted off of a reality show
Palinized: most likely to be Palin’s running mate in 2012
The Subaru Squirrel: the blogger/blurker that most represents the North Idaho stereotype
The WTF award: self explanitory
The Distance Award: the blogfest attendee who travelled the furthest to get there
The Tinfoil Hat: blogger/blurker with the most crackpot conspiracy theory
Cindy_H on February 08 at 3:14 p.m.
(((Nic))) Now, that’s some creative thinking. I have a feeling you’re a shoe-in for the Best HBO Blogfest Award Creator or at least tie with MamaJD.
Meanwhile, for those of you whose have award ideas you may not want to post on the blog, or awards the filter kicks out (!), a pre-blogfest gathering of Hucksters is happening in downtown Spokane, 2/19 at 5 PM at Zola, 22 W Main Ave. What could be better than a Happy Hour Huckster Hullabaloo?
Bob on February 08 at 6:15 p.m.
Excellent awards proposals, Nic. I’d only like to add one, based on a great John Austin line:

Most Likely to be the Cancer that Destroys Us All
Cindy_H on February 08 at 6:51 p.m.
I dunno, Bob. That’d be a difficult one to call.
thawtfulreader on February 09 at 1:17 a.m.
Well so what? Best late nite commen-tater/poster. (Besides Idaho Escape/CdA Dave of course)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu5QPVD427o&NR=1
Cabbage Boy on February 09 at 8:22 a.m.
How about the
- Too dang nice award (for the sappy sweetness we all love)
- Old Crank award (easy to find a symbolic piece of junk for the award)
- Needs to be frontpaged or will quit posting award

And the not-so-obvious one
- Where’s the Goat Award (not sure what this is for, but it could be for any commentor/blurker that has appeared in the blotter. Or we could just give it to Dave)
JeanieSpokane on February 09 at 8:31 a.m.
CB - thank you, thank you, for the “Where’s the Goat Award”. It’s my goat. Mine. All mine!

And the “Get a Job” award (for those who post more at work than at home), there is a 15-way tie.
Cindy_H on February 09 at 8:47 a.m.
I’m mulling over the Too Dang Nice Award, CB and coming up empty.
Perhaps you’ve got this blog confused with another? ;-)
Cabbage Boy on February 09 at 9:05 a.m.
Cindy, that award would be yours!

Have you ever typed a cruel word here?
hmoffsuite on February 09 at 9:05 a.m.
Cindy >> “I’m mulling over the Too Dang Nice Award, CB and coming up empty.”

Way too obvious. Stickman. He is always such a pleasure. :~)
Cindy_H on February 09 at 9:40 a.m.
Stickman is in a category all his own :-)

Thank you, CB. Cruel words, never. Not so nice words…um…well…Bob would think so, and DFO might think so. He’s deleted me several times—
Cindy_H on February 09 at 9:41 a.m.
How many regular commenters have NEVER had a comment deleted? That might make for an award.
Sisyphus on February 09 at 10:14 a.m.
I got deleted once. But I got to correct it. I’ve probably been deleted other times but I never check after I leave work. ;-) How about best commenter of indeterminable gender? Best sniping? Most repetitive? I wonder if Dave has a collection of specific comments that he thinks are worthy of accolades?
Cabbage Boy on February 09 at 10:19 a.m.
CindyH? Deleted?

wow. Well count me out for that last award. I get chippy some days and get my contributions to the tubes flushed on occasion. I usually have an idea that it will be remove, and check back to make sure.
JeanieSpokane on February 09 at 10:27 a.m.
I got deleted once for spelling out a body part. I should get an award, like “Most Shocking Delete of Prudish Overly Polite Blogger.”
Cindy_H on February 09 at 1:55 p.m.
Which body part? Did you use it in a sentence or just spell it out to shock the blogfather?
toadman on February 09 at 2:01 p.m.
“Self Deprecation Award: the HBOer who most insults themselves”

The only one who deserves to win this award is that pompous gassbag toadman… GAWD I can’t stand when that freakin blow hard slathers his inane slack-jawed drivel all over this hallowed website. What a corpulent and flatulent jerk. I wish Dave would ban him for like.. forever, or something.

sheesh…

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D.F. Oliveria is a columnist and blogger for The Spokesman-Review. Huckleberries Online was judged the best 2008 Idaho newspaper blog by the Idaho Press Club. And the best 2007 news blog in the Pacific Northwest by the Society for Professional Journalist. Print Huckleberries is a past winner of the Herb Caen Memorial Column contest by the National Association of Newspaper Columnists. The Readership Institute of Northwestern University cited this blog as a good example of online community journalism.