We’re No. 1 with a dart! (pass it along)
Actually, it’s a multiply shared No. 1, a sort of pay-it-forward No. 1, a chain-letter pat on the back that feels nice and warm and fuzzy.
From somewhere out of the blue (OK, it was from our cyberspace friend Rose City Reader, the literary omnivore who in the real world hangs out just a few blocks away) comes to Art Scatter the Premios Dardo Award.
It’s not the Nobel, it’s not an Oscar or even a Pulitzer. But neither is it a Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme. No money changes hands (isn’t that just life in the blogosphere, though?). The Premios Dardo robs no one of their dignity or life savings. It’s simply a way of saying, we like what you do, and we’d like you to tell us whose work you admire on the Web. Fair enough. A lot of wheezing takes place on the Net, and one good way to get to the fresh air is to listen to recommendations from people you trust.
We haven’t been able to track down where the Premios Dardo Awards began or who’s behind them, but it really doesn’t matter. By this point it’s a crazy quilt stretched loosely across the globe, and we’re happy to add our few stitches to the pattern. (As near as our feeble translating abilities can figure out, by the way, “Premios Dardo” means roughly “Top Dart.”)
Here are the rules:
1) Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person that has granted the award and his or her blog link.
2) Pass the award to another 15 blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment.
3) Remember to contact each of them to let them know they have been chosen for this award.
So, here goes. Here’s our pick of 15, listed in that boring-but-still-useful old alphabetical order. If you haven’t already, give ‘em a look. You might find some new friends:
Charles Noble’s Daily Observations
January 17th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
AS, I’m tickled to find my blog beatified by the Premios Dardo. Thanks! I accept and I exult and I’m looking forward to distinguishing 15 other blogs I admire. The only problem is how to get it down to just 15. Should I not include Art Scatter in my list, since it’s already been so honored?
Much as we love to criticize the blogosphere’s solipsistic tendencies, do you ever wonder if we’re in a sort of …. if I may … Golden Age of public forums? All right, maybe that’s a tad grand, but I am impressed daily with how many people put their hearts and souls and wit into what they share through their blogs or through others.
And then there’s me, claiming to be separated at birth from Mr. Streisand. OH WELL.
January 17th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
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January 18th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Oh Good Lord. Here I scan down–hmm, I wonder who else got picked–only to see the name of my blog. Now what? Thank you, folks. I’ll definitely pass on the chain, lest I be struck dumb (or dumber than usual) or have the sweet elderly lady down the street slip on the ice and slide into the path of my car under a full moon with one black crow watching from a nearby cedar….
S
January 18th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
TAG!! we’re all IT. A chain letter with good intentions. TdR
January 18th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Thank you for the award, Bob. I accept! I also appreciated the chance to think of my own list and thank them personally. To see my “sweet sixteen” (sorry….couldn’t keep to 15) it’s now posted on my Bunny with an Artblog: http://hilarypfeifer.blogspot.com/2009/01/premios-dardo.html
January 18th, 2009 at 6:28 pm
The bestowal of awards is a surefire way to brighted a weekend. We’re putting our heads together at the Culture Shock Collective to figure out where to pass the torch. Our list and your list of favorite sites has a fair share of overlap!
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