A Shrewdness of Apes

An Okie teacher banished to the Midwest. "Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire."-- William Butler Yeats

Friday, December 15, 2006

2006 Weblog Awards Voting

A Shrewdness of Apes is a finalist for Best Educational Blog at the 2006 Weblog Awards, along with several other much more worthy entries. Head on over and take a look by clicking on the icon in the sidebar directly under my profile. Apparently you can vote every 24 hours.

I am amazed.

13 Comments:

At 12/9/06, 12:46 PM, Anonymous said...: Congratulations -- no need for amazement -- your writing and insight and humor well deserve the award,
At 12/9/06, 8:03 PM, Anonymous said...: Ditto! Congratulations!
At 12/9/06, 8:32 PM, Anonymous said...: Congrats. I saw that the other day and voted for you.
At 12/10/06, 6:43 AM, Tim said...: Congratulations! A well-deserved recognition. I've already voted... a few times. :-)
At 12/10/06, 12:24 PM, Anonymous said...: Congratulations, and as others have said, it's not in the least amazing.
At 12/10/06, 6:47 PM, Fred said...: Congrats. I'm off right now to vote.
At 12/11/06, 10:56 AM, Anonymous said...: To pull a Yoda, "Vote for you now, I will."

Congrats -- well deserved nomination, that.
At 12/11/06, 3:42 PM, Scottsdale Girl said...: WOO HOO! Next it will be the NOBEL PEACE PRIZE!

I voted. :)
At 12/12/06, 4:30 PM, Anonymous said...: You have my vote!
At 12/12/06, 5:08 PM, "Ms. Cornelius" said...: Thanks guys!
At 12/12/06, 8:38 PM, Mister Teacher said...: As soon as I noticed you were one of the candidates, I voted for you. Way to go!
At 12/15/06, 3:10 PM, A. G. Rud said...: Loved the Peter Boyle...
At 12/15/06, 3:42 PM, Anonymous said...: Your nomination is well deserved. Good luck.

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