My First Blogging Award!
July 18, 2008
Well it seems my highly entertaining and remarkably astute Antipodean friend, Archie, has chosen me to be a recipient of the Golden Primate Award For Blog Excellence. Apparently, in my hands words are lethal weapons — one of the best compliments I’ve ever been given. It rates up there with the time someone told me I had really nice teeth. That’s how good it is. It makes me want to brush all the more rigorously, so that I can be even more shiny, golden and generally excellent 
Cheers, Archie!
The award was created by Dorid — who I’ve only just discovered, thanks to Archie, and who is actually rather cool. Upon receiving the award, it is apparently customary to link back to its creator and choose more people to receive the award. The criteria are:
“It’s issued by bloggers to bloggers who show excellence and thoughtfulness in blogging, especially those who are not afraid to be related to a monkey.”
With this in mind, I’d like to share this privilege with…
Mike — a keen mind, a genuine guy and someone who even occasionally laughs at my jokes!
Will — okay, so he’s abandoned Yorkshire for the Canadian wilderness. That doesn’t make him a bad political commentator.
kallioppe — a fellow Idiosyncratican and a great writer on… well, what it’s like to be a writer trying to get a foothold!
Lottie — she’s a huge George Carlin fan. Do I really need to say more?
July 18, 2008 at 5:23 pm
LOL - thanks for that, Gary!
July 18, 2008 at 5:25 pm
There’s no award ceremony — just a grooming session!
July 18, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Congratulations. Should we all aspire to such greatness.
July 18, 2008 at 5:45 pm
After a quick look at your blog, I’d say that you were already just about there! I’m adding you to my feedreader.
July 18, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Congrats on your award, Gary. I’m a new visitor to your blog but if your latest posts give any indication of what I’ll find here, I know I’m in for a good read.
July 18, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Congrats, Gary. And thanks.
July 19, 2008 at 8:50 am
Thank you, Lottie and thebeadden — one aims to please!
July 19, 2008 at 11:57 am
Thanks Gary! I’d like to thank my parents, my school teachers, God. Wait… maybe not.
July 19, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Don’t forget the evolutionary process!
July 20, 2008 at 6:50 am
Hah! Told ya I’m NOT the only primate who blogs
July 20, 2008 at 9:33 am
I never doubted it for a minute, my friend!
July 20, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Congratulations, especially for not fearing monkey relatives–courage indeed!
July 20, 2008 at 4:59 pm
With my family, it’s a necessity! (They know I’m only joking… I hope!)