It's another meaningless internet award thingumabob—Pharyngula is up for Best Science Blog against my perennial nemesis, Bad Astronomy. It's also up for most controversial blog, against some rather ugly company. Vote or don't — I'm just marveling that I'm in the same category with Perez Hilton.
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Phil has conceded, and I've received official verification that Pharyngula is indeed the winner of the Best Science Blog award.
I have no illusions, though: this really isn't a recognition that I have the best science blog, it's evidence that I can put together a really good PR campaign that will…
Amazing.
I didn't actually expect this, but it appears that some knuckleheads have actually nominated Respectful Insolence again for the Best Medical/Health Issues Blog in the 2007 Weblog Awards, and, even more oddly, I somehow managed to be finalist. It turns out that P.Z. Myers is also a…
People, you aren't doing your part. Yesterday, I had an almost 600 vote lead over the star-gazing bone-bag; this morning, it has narrowed rapidly to little more than 200. At this rate, he's going to catch up and pass me today, and then the suppression of the majority invertebrates will continue to…
Matt over at Pooflingers Anonymous informs me that Respectful Insolence⢠been nominated as a finalist in the Best Medical/Health Issues Blog category of the Weblog Awards. I have no idea who nominated me (I certainly didn't and was unaware until the other night that I was even a finalist), but my…
Personally I'd like to see one blog, one category, but hey, I think you're more controversial than scientific, so maybe we can work out a deal...
And the first salvo is fired! Look out! It could get messy!
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Well, I have noticed before that sometimes it's difficult to tell whether I'm reading Pharyngula or the Perez Hilton blog, but the others appear to have been picked at random.
You know, I just realized, there is just not enough gossip about the actions and thoughts of Britney Spears and Paris Hilton at this site.
Maybe you should meet the public halfway and discuss how Britney Spears's self-destructive habits evolved.
Little Green Footballs is also one of the "Most Controversial" nominees. The only controversy about LGF is that there are actually people who think Charles Johnson should be taken seriously.
Anyway, congrats on the nominations... I guess. I'll bet you can even get the creationists to vote for you in this election.
Congrats on the nominations. I would push pharyngula into the "Most Controversial" category over the "Best Science" category. You spend too much time dealing with science issues that were resolved 100+ years ago (albeit with improvements since then). I, for one, applaud that you spend so much time dealing with it, because it needs to be dealt with aggressively. But that time detracts from time you could be spending promoting the "Best Science."
Bother! No climateaudit.org this time. Someone slipped up then. I blame Michael Mann. ;-)
Teach the controversy!
Telling it like it is now becomes "controversial"?
Honestly, I despair...
If it makes you feel any better, PZ, you look a lot more attractive than Perez Hilton.
Who nominates these things? It looks to me like the "performancing" site owner just throws a few of his favorite blogs into the hopper to get people to come to his site for a voting contest and knows that Phil and PZ can drive up his traffic. Did anyone else notice that the other blogs in the "Science" category are gizmo shilling sites?
To me it looks like a way to fatten his Adsense account if nothing else, or else he gets pay-per-click from the product review sites.
Neat trick, and not a bad idea.
Watch for the "Tangled Up in Blue Awards" as soon as I add a few more widgets into my content style sheet. I promise to include some annoying Lowermybills.com dancers, too.
You know your civilization is seriously fucked up when an aversion to lies becomes controversial.
You vs. Perez?! Now that's going to be a tough election-year choice...
I remember how Carl Sagan used to get criticized for popularizing science "too much" - going on Johnny Carson, etc. - very snobby criticism I thought. Seriously, this is a good thing - maybe some Perez readers will stumble on Pharyngula and be a bit enlightened.
Hillary
Who the hell is John Chow?
What happened with Climate Audit? Why aren't they there? (snicker)
Paul T #15
I went to John Chow's site and he sells web optimization, monetizing your blog, has ads for $450 "site reviews" and other services that I see so much of. The people that used to be into selling envelope stuffing and other things to make quick money at home are now selling "services" to people who think that blogging is the new way to riches.
I have been to blogs whose only purpose is to aggregate affiliate programs. The blogs themselves are meaningless articles touting the latest avenue to easy wealth. This "Performancing Awards" scam is just another scheme to grab traffic. PZ and Phil are being used because of their notoriety. I would guess that Perez is clueless about it.
I'm embarrassed to admit this--but Pharyngula and Perez Hilton actually are the two sites I hit on a daily basis--one to find things to think about, one to find things I don't have to think about (you get to decide which is which).
OT: global climate change article in the popular press
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/…
ugh, Jacoby. Along with Jonah Goldberg, proof that talent and intellect are not requirements for conservative columnists.
I chose Daily Kos. Why? Because I find the fact those clowns are considered liberals controversial.
What about an award for "Best Facial Hair on a Blog" . PZ wins hands down.
Well Pharyngula is whooping Bad Astronomy's ass in the Best Science Blog category.
But who is hell is John Chow?
you've got my vote!
"I'm in the same category with Perez Hilton"
- Better Perez than Paris....