Post on Pharyngula, win big prizes!

This happens every year about this time: that first month of the new semester is such total chaos that I let stuff on the blog slide…like failing to take care of the Molly stuff. Now I'm going to catch up quickly.

The first order of business: I proposed a Molly of the Year award, and you people nominated a fair number of well-appreciated people for it. Unfortunately, you couldn't just pick one, and the results congealed around a trinity…so I'm giving it to three people. I also can't just call it a mega-Molly or something, so let's give this a completely different title: Champions of Reason, to be awarded just once a year.

And our three champions are: Sastra, Cuttlefish, and David Marjanović. Congratulations all around!

And of course there are prizes. I ought to be giving out cars and vacations in Cabo San Lucas, but instead you'll have to settle for your very own limited edition Spaceship of the Imagination and a free imaginary trip to anywhere in the galaxy. That'll do, right?

If not, I'll also be sending you a copy of Hank Fox's Red Neck, Blue Collar, Atheist — just send me a shipping address and they'll be on the way. And all you worthy contributors who did not get an acknowledgment this year can simply order the book for yourself.

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