A lovely blog? Sure, I’ll take the compliment… UPDATED!!!

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I was given an award….and it rocked.

It was January 22, in fact.  I’ve been unbelievably busy recently, at least as far as blogging goes, and I haven’t had a chance to actually sit down and accept this award.

Another Trophy for the Shelf

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Rutabaga the Mercenary Researcher knows greatness when she sees it.  And she has seen this blog.  And found that greatness resides here.  Along with Unshittiness™.

This never gets old.

But we’re not here to talk about Unshittiness™, which saddens me.  BUT, we are here to talk about inspiration.  Yours, specifically.  Because we inspire you.  And stuph™.  And that gladdens me.

Our inspiration of you has been thoroughly researched by Rutabaga, a mercenary researcher.  Sure, she researches for the highest bidder, but that doesn’t mean that her results aren’t beyond reproach.  Because they’re not.  Not in this case, anyhow.

Rutabaga exhausted herself searching for inspirational blogs on these here interwebs and found that Stuphblog was among the top of the list.  In fact, we ARE at the top of her list.  So take THAT, other inspirational blogs.  Be jealous, bitches.  Be jealous.

I’m sure, like most awards, that there are rules and homework involved.  *runs to Rutabaga’s blog to check*  A ha!  I was correct.  Here are said rules…

1. Display the award logo on your blog. 

Ooooohhhhhh prettyyyyyy.

2. Link back to the person/s who nominated you.  

3. State 7 things about yourself.  

1) I’m not Canadian.

2) Canadian bacon and ham are the same thing.  I don’t know what that has to do with me.

3) I love Donald Duck.  He understands me.

4) I never take off my stormtrooper armor because I’ve gained so much weight I can’t get it off.

5) I have 5 transparent tattoos, but I don’t know where or what they are because I can’t find them

6) I have hair.

7) My feet are at the end of my legs.

4. Nominate other bloggers for this award and link to them

This is the toughest part.  Nominating other blogs.  How do I choose among all of the blogs I follow who to nominate?  Who will appreciate and/or accept the awards?  Who inspires me?  Who is on par with Stuphblog?  The answer, at least to the last question, is nobody.  However, I shall endeavor to nominate blogs that will entertain, or at least not bore, you.

And the nominees are…

• Fifty Four and a Half
  
• Life With the Top Down
• The Cheeky Diva
• 25toFly
• The Camel Life
• A Clown on Fire ( I know he doesn’t accept these awards, but his writing and the Le Clown persona have inspired me)

In all seriousness, I’d like the thank Rutabaga for nominating us for this award.  I’d also like to shamelessly admit (not so shamelessly) that each of the blogs I nominated have truly inspired me and influenced the way I blog and write.  So to those nominated I’d first like to say thank you for 1) being great writers/bloggers and 2) inspiring me to be a better writer/blogger and being a great influence with your own unique and badass styles.

Congratulations to you all.

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And they keep rolling in…

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We have been nominated for another award courtesy of Dabutcha.  Dabutcha, or Rob as he is called in real life, is a talented writer who I have nominated for multiple awards.  His posts are witty, funny, and always entertaining. 

The best thing about Rob, however, is that he thinks we’re deserving of this award.  Either that or we were one of only 7 blogs he knows about.  We’ll take it either way.

As with all awards, there is homework.  I must:

1. Name seven things about myself
2. Nominate seven other blogs for this award

It’s becoming increasingly difficult to keep coming up with things about myself that I haven’t said before, but I’ll try nonetheless.  Here goes:

1. I have never smoked any form of cigarette (tobacco, marijuana, etc).
2. I absolutely love Mad Libs.
   

   The cover of a Stern and Price Mad Libs book. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

3. When I was in second grade, the tip of my left ring finger was cut off in a freak toy box accident.
4. Lazy people piss me off.
5. The doctor who delivered me also delivered my mom 27 years earlier.  Rock on, Dr. Eno.
6. I am extremely sarcastic and will use sarcasm in almost any situation.
7. During my senior year in high school we were so broke that my mother, Revis, and I subsisted on leftover food from the restaurants Revis and I worked for.  All three meals consisted of pizza and KFC.  All day every day.  And you know what?  I wouldn’t trade those days for anything.

And now its time for…

Hey!  Fuck off, Kanye!  GTFO!  Even the President thinks you’re a jackass.

Anyhow, now it’s time for my seven nominees.  I’m going to try to nominate people I haven’t nominated before.  We’ll see how that goes.

1. Karen of The Chronicles of a Skinny Jeans Wearing Toronto Girl is a hilarious blogger who posts sporadically (ha!) about things such as The Friend Zone, weird news stories, and her unhealthy obsession with Ryan Gosling.
2. Kimberliah of, um, Kimberliah, blogs about her life without sanity as she attempts to raise her kids.  Also, she finally got an iPhone.  Hipster…
3. Speaker7 is a blog I just recently started following.  The hysterical satire that flows from her fingertips is, uh, hysterical.  So go check it out.  And laugh, or something.
4. Me 2.0 is written by Mikalee Byerman and is about her life after divorce and dealing with the children involved in that divorce.  Mikalee probably won’t care about this nomination seeing as how she’s a published writer, but I don’t care.  Her blog is hilarious and everyone should go read it…after you read mine, of course.  Don’t neglect mine to see hers even though hers is much better.
5. Ranting and Raising Concerns is a blog mostly composed of things that piss the authors off.  I can get behind this because, hey, there’s a lot of stupidity out there.  I like ranting on my blog, but I don’t do it nearly as well as these two ladies do.
6. The Official Matt Roberts is a blog of a buddy of mine that is really more or less an official page to document his journey to becoming a published author, which, technically, he now is.  He just released two eBooks exclusively on Amazon last week and is working on a print release of one of them.  Please check out the short stories on his page and if you like them, buy his books.  He is, in my opinion, a great story teller.  And I’m not just saying that just because he’s my friend.  I really enjoyed, his first book, Hand One is Dealt, and I bet you will, too.
7. Lastly, I nominate my brother, RevisEdgewater.  Even though he’s a contributing author here, he does loosely maintain his own blog.  Unfortunately (well, fortunately for him and unfortunately for those who would like him to write more), he’s not posting much these days because he’s expecting to be a daddy within the next month or so.  Revis is a fabulous writer.  I actually wish I could write as well as he does.  He’s a very talented poet, and if he okays it, I would post some of his poetry here that I have saved on my computer.

So there you have it.  I have completed my homework and successfully turned it in without the dog eating it, but that’s only because she’s hiding in the basement from the thunderstorm rolling through here right now.

Thanks again to Rob, for the nomination, and to all of our wonderful readers for, you know, reading.

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Another award? You love me! You really love me!

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We have been nominated for another award!!  Go team!

Datingbitch of OnlineDatingJournal has nominated us for the Sunshine Blogger Award.  I again scoured the internet (read: looked through one page of Google search results) to see if there was some criteria that must be met for this award or if there was some other meaning to it and all I found were the rules, which are as follows:

1. Include the award logo in a post or somewhere on your blog.
2. Answer 10 questions about yourself.
3. Nominate 10 to 12 other fabulous bloggers.
4. Link your nominees to the post and comment on their blog, letting them know about the award.
5. Share the love and link the person who nominated you.

I have posted the award logo.  Check.

Answers 10 questions about moi?  I don’t find myself that fascinating, but if you insist.

1. What’s one of your favorite books from childhood? I don’t remember specific titles, but I used to read the Hardy Boys mystery books when I was in my pre-teen years.
2. What are you reading right now? This post.  If,  however, you’re referring novel or the like, I’m reading Miracle Cure by Harlan Coben
   
3. What’s a go-to meal you make on busy weeknight?For the longest time it was frozen pizza, but we’re trying to eat healthier now and there really are no quick and  healthy meals so I don’t have one currently.
4. Favorite thing to do in your free time?There are many things I like to do with my free time.  Of those, I play video games, read, or write mostly.
   
5. Favorite season? Winter.  It’s not so much that I like being cold (which I do to a degree) but I hate being hot.  With a passion.  Also, winter has snow.  Snow fucking rules.
6. Favorite magazine? I don’t read magazines and quite frankly don’t see how magazines stay in business any longer with the popularity and ubiquity of the internet.
   
7. Favorite author? Harlan Coben.  Hands down.
8. Favorite color? Black.  Although red gets an honorable mention.
9. Favorite movie? No such thing.  I couldn’t narrow it down to just one.  But can I nominate The Avengers as my temporary favorite movie?  I’ve seen it three times already and wouldn’t mind seeing it a few more.
10. Do you prefer reading short stories or novels? Novels, as there is room for more in-depth story telling and character development.  But I do enjoy short stories as well.

Whew!  That was exhausting.  I hate being interrogated.  Now I must nominate 10 to 12 fabulous bloggers.  Last time I did this I checked each nominee’s blog to ensure they didn’t already have the award, but it’s almost 11 and I’m freaking tired.  So, yeah, I’m not going to be doing that.  If you already have the award and I nominate you again that means you kick serious ass.

1. Articles of Absurdity written by LorreLee
2. Beefy’s House o’ Fun written by beefybooyawn
3. FiftyFourandaHalf written by Elyse
4. Laughter is Catching written by Tinkerbelle
5. Life in the Boomer Lane written by Life in the Boomer Lane
6. The Camel Life written by BreezyK
7. Life in the Drive Thru written by DriveThruGuy ( I know he just received one, but I don’t care.  His blog is that entertaining.)
8. The Book of Terrible & You’ve Been Hooked written by The Hook
9. DaButcha’s Blog written by DaButcha
10. The Dumbass News written by fearlessleaderofthedumbasshorde

Now, I’m supposed to notify all of these people on their blogs that I’ve nominated them, and I will, but not tonight.  I’m far too tired and falling asleep as I type this.  As you can probably tell by the reduction in the quality of my writing the longer this post gets.  That last sentence was proof of my claim.

And for my final act, I will “share the love and link” of the person who nominated me.  I discovered Datingbitch of OnlineDatingJournal when a buddy of mine nominated her for the Versatile Blogger Award.  The very first post of hers that I read was entitled My Last Day as a Stripper.  It’s a very moving and emotionally distressing piece and I’m not ashamed to admit that I had a lump in the back of my throat and fought back tears as I read this post.  Well, maybe I’m a little ashamed, but it’s a damn good piece.  She has a zany personality and a wicked sense of humor and I enjoy reading her blog.  Beware, however.  If you’re easily offended (if that was the case you probably wouldn’t be here, huh?) do not click on that link.  You WILL be offended.

Lastly, I’d like to thank all 105 followers (hey, that’s what it tells me I have on my page…) for reading and continuing to come back even after you’ve read our crap here.  As the great Emilio Estevez once said, “Hasta lasagna!  Don’t get any on ya!”

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