We have narrowed the nominees for the 2003 Koufax Award for Most Deserving of Wider Recognition to nine finalists. Some of the blogs listed below are already widely read. That does not disqualify them from the category as they may be so interesting and so insightful as to deserve even greater visibility.
Please vote for one finalist by comment or email.
One vote for The Sideshow
Posted by: jam at January 24, 2004 01:54 PMSlacktivist.
Posted by: Greg Greene at January 24, 2004 03:17 PMHead Heeb
Posted by: Al-Muhajabah at January 24, 2004 03:40 PMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: Linnaeus at January 24, 2004 03:47 PMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: Patriotboy at January 24, 2004 04:16 PMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: pontificator at January 24, 2004 04:19 PMSouth Knox Bubba
I like to hear a liberal voice from the land where guys drive pickup trucks with the Confederate flag… well you know...
South Knox Bubba for me.
Posted by: 3pointshooter at January 24, 2004 04:34 PMAll of these blogs are more deserving of wider recognition (and strangely, have more traffic than me, making me doubtless deserving of LESS recognition...)
Sisyphus Shrugged... a great blog, a great name... (you go, Julia!)
Posted by: the talking dog at January 24, 2004 07:30 PMHa-Ha-Ha Talking Dog! No, you also deserve more recognition, with the rest. But I gotta give the edge to my fellow geezer: SK Bubba
Posted by: Kevin Hayden at January 24, 2004 07:47 PMVery Very Happy!
Posted by: Lynn at January 24, 2004 08:15 PMSlactivist.
Posted by: John Casey at January 24, 2004 10:18 PMHeadHeeb. Surely The Sideshow is already widely recognized! It's that pink blog.
Posted by: Jim Henley at January 24, 2004 10:29 PMCursor is on the must read list. Definitely insightful.
Posted by: felixrayman at January 24, 2004 10:35 PMThe Head Heeb
Posted by: Zack at January 24, 2004 10:45 PMHead Heeb - Jonathan Edelstein
Posted by: Nell Lancaster at January 24, 2004 11:01 PMVery Very Happy
Posted by: Jer at January 25, 2004 12:09 AMSouth Knox Bubba! No question.
Posted by: Jo Fish at January 25, 2004 12:28 AMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: Brian A. at January 25, 2004 01:30 AMMy PErSONAL choice isn't listed (see: my site :-), but OH WELL. Let's see... Cursor.
Posted by: grubi at January 25, 2004 01:32 AMVery Very Happy
Posted by: burnplant at January 25, 2004 01:48 AMSKB
Posted by: lea-p at January 25, 2004 02:25 AMAvedon (The Sideshow). There's something comforting about knowing that upon wakey-wakey, she's been up for a while and can fill you in on what you missed whilst snoring. And how cute is it that she gives you both cool photo links *and* the weekly bra link?
Posted by: Anna Granfors at January 25, 2004 03:06 AMMuch as I love all these, I have to send my all-important geezer vote out for Slacktivist.
Posted by: julia at January 25, 2004 04:36 AMNo contest -- Sisyphus Shrugged.
Posted by: Ivan G. at January 25, 2004 05:37 AMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: Pam Godbout at January 25, 2004 06:10 AMCursor.
Posted by: Biff at January 25, 2004 07:09 AMHead Heeb.
Posted by: Bert at January 25, 2004 07:53 AMI do love Sisyphus Shrugged, but I'll give the edge to Cursor. I don't know how they do it.
Posted by: Susie at January 25, 2004 07:54 AMThe Head Heeb.
Posted by: dublingal_ny at January 25, 2004 09:22 AMHead Heeb - Jonathan Edelstein
Posted by: Randy McDonald at January 25, 2004 11:07 AMSisyphus Shrugged
Posted by: Harolynne Bobis at January 25, 2004 12:03 PMSouth Knox Bubba!
Posted by: nick danger at January 25, 2004 12:10 PMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: J.B. at January 25, 2004 12:13 PMHead Heeb. But shouldn't this category by definition be a group award?
Posted by: Mrs Tilton at January 25, 2004 12:14 PMSKB
Posted by: J at January 25, 2004 12:23 PMCursor
Posted by: jam at January 25, 2004 01:14 PMSouth Knox bubba
Posted by: p m barnard at January 25, 2004 01:18 PMLeanLeft
Posted by: kos at January 25, 2004 01:27 PMSlacktivist.
Posted by: PigInZen at January 25, 2004 01:34 PMI'm going with Slacktivist. Sisyphus told me months and months ago that she doesn't want to be famous, so no vote for her. Lots of good nominees.
For next year I nominate "Interesting Monster".
Posted by: Zizka at January 25, 2004 01:57 PMcursor
Posted by: harry at January 25, 2004 01:58 PMSlacktivist. Avedon Carol second, but Slacktivist has a perspective that I don't often get to see along with.
Posted by: Theophylact at January 25, 2004 02:15 PMCursor. Hell it's shocking how few people know that 9 out of 10 blogs are getting their info from one site (cursor).
Posted by: Rusty at January 25, 2004 02:43 PMCursor
Posted by: Opus at January 25, 2004 03:47 PMSideshow, but next year can we add Philosoraptor
to this list?
Sisyphus Shrugged, you go girl!
Posted by: ronn at January 25, 2004 04:24 PMHead Heeb
Posted by: Chris Brooke at January 25, 2004 04:35 PMVery Very Happy (The Mighty Reason Man rules!)
Posted by: Kevin from the North Shore at January 25, 2004 04:42 PMHead Heeb, please.
Posted by: angua at January 25, 2004 04:45 PMCursor
Posted by: Sakitume! at January 25, 2004 04:49 PMSisyphus Shrugged
Posted by: carpeicthus at January 25, 2004 04:58 PMCursor
Posted by: Tecla at January 25, 2004 05:22 PMSideshow.
Posted by: richard at January 25, 2004 05:23 PMThe Bloviator
Posted by: hope at January 25, 2004 05:26 PMThe Sideshow
Cursor
Posted by: Frederick at January 25, 2004 05:46 PMSOUTH KNOX BUBBA.
Posted by: Dick Thompson at January 25, 2004 05:54 PMSKB
Posted by: vachon at January 25, 2004 05:56 PMcursor
Posted by: Prince of Dirkness at January 25, 2004 06:26 PMThe Slacktivist
Posted by: jackson at January 25, 2004 06:45 PMSlacktivist
Posted by: Penny at January 25, 2004 07:02 PMI have to second Zizka about Laura's Interesting Monstah, which is eclectic and wonderful.
Obscurely,
Julia
Posted by: julia at January 25, 2004 07:03 PMCursor, the blog for people who don't have time for blogging.
Posted by: John de Hoog at January 25, 2004 07:28 PMOh, fer jeebus sake, I'll get back to ya, i gotta read em all again!
Posted by: Duckman GR at January 25, 2004 07:31 PMSisyphus Shrugged.
Posted by: Charles Kuffner at January 25, 2004 07:40 PMBloviator
Posted by: Creighton at January 25, 2004 07:56 PMLean Left
Posted by: Dongi at January 25, 2004 08:11 PMThe Sideshow. Goodness knows she does more to trot obscure blogs out for display than just about anyone else I've ever read. She deserves more recognition herself for doing so much digging and sharing the best.
Posted by: Observer at January 25, 2004 08:26 PMVery Very Happy.
Posted by: T. Rex at January 25, 2004 08:29 PMThe Sideshow
You should already know about Cursor, though.
Posted by: nick at January 25, 2004 09:00 PMCursor--check it every day
Posted by: AWW at January 25, 2004 09:05 PMThe Heeb, I mean, the head one. Right. The Head Heeb (Jonathan Edelstein)
Posted by: Rethabile Masilo at January 25, 2004 09:39 PMcursor
Posted by: ralphbon at January 25, 2004 09:55 PMhead heeb.
Posted by: razib at January 25, 2004 10:18 PMOne more vote for South Knox Bubba.
Posted by: (: Tom :) at January 25, 2004 10:27 PMCursor
Posted by: PeWi at January 25, 2004 10:30 PMSlactivist. No one else does quite what he does, and it's hard to imagine anyone else doing it quite as well. Very Very Happy comes up as a second choice, though.
Posted by: Loki at January 25, 2004 10:34 PMLean Left
Posted by: gz at January 26, 2004 12:12 AMCursor, a daily read over coffee for sure
Posted by: swanksalot at January 26, 2004 12:16 AMSteve Gilliard's News Blog
Posted by: gz at January 26, 2004 12:19 AMCursor. Check out the Media Transparency page.
Posted by: Chris at January 26, 2004 12:23 AMcursor
Posted by: downtown at January 26, 2004 12:35 AMI have no opinion on this matter
Posted by: Stewart Kelly at January 26, 2004 01:10 AMSlacktivist
Posted by: LTRS at January 26, 2004 01:20 AMHead Heeb.
Posted by: Andrew J. Lazarus at January 26, 2004 01:29 AMcursor.
Posted by: john steppling at January 26, 2004 01:43 AMHead Heeb
Posted by: linca at January 26, 2004 01:57 AMSisyphus Shrugged.
Posted by: Anna in Cairo at January 26, 2004 02:00 AMSlacktivist
Posted by: Mithras at January 26, 2004 02:17 AMCursor
South Knox Bubba
Posted by: Manish at January 26, 2004 02:53 AMHH
Posted by: chris at January 26, 2004 02:54 AMSisyphus Shrugged.
Posted by: Brad at January 26, 2004 05:47 AMThe Head Heeb!
Posted by: Jonathan Dworkin at January 26, 2004 05:54 AMcursor
Posted by: susan at January 26, 2004 07:03 AMSisyphus Shrugged.
Posted by: SherLynn at January 26, 2004 07:06 AMSlacktivist!
Posted by: Rivka at January 26, 2004 07:12 AMCursor
Posted by: Kerim Friedman at January 26, 2004 07:13 AMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: Jay C. at January 26, 2004 09:06 AMSlacktivist
Posted by: nate at January 26, 2004 09:09 AMSlacktivist
Posted by: Jason at January 26, 2004 10:09 AMv.v.happy
Posted by: agitpropre at January 26, 2004 10:09 AMSKB
Posted by: dpw at January 26, 2004 10:46 AMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: ScottM at January 26, 2004 11:33 AMHead Heeb
Posted by: Geoff at January 26, 2004 12:53 PMSKB
Posted by: kevin at January 26, 2004 12:56 PMSKB
Posted by: Green Boy at January 26, 2004 01:06 PMOK, I will have to cancel Kevin's vote and vote for LEAN LEFT!
Posted by: skb at January 26, 2004 01:33 PMVery Very Happy
Posted by: Ares Akritas at January 26, 2004 01:39 PMSlacktivist
Posted by: Steve at January 26, 2004 01:48 PMSlacktivist
Posted by: Another Bruce at January 26, 2004 02:09 PMsisyphus shrugged
Posted by: otis campbell at January 26, 2004 02:09 PMLean Left
Posted by: Dawn at January 26, 2004 02:17 PMSKBubba
Posted by: ww at January 26, 2004 02:19 PMCursor. Over my own favorite, Slacktivist for reasons as stated below...
Really great content on some of these, but folks need to rethink the readability / visual design aspects. (Same goes for my other two un-listed fave nominees, Philosoraptor and Digbysblog.)
Posted by: ZachW at January 26, 2004 02:22 PMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: Jeanne at January 26, 2004 02:24 PMVeryVeryHappy.
But I thought everyone was ALREADY reading The Sideshow.
Posted by: sj at January 26, 2004 02:25 PMI'm not crass enough to vote for myself in the finals (although I'll probably regret not doing so if I lose by one vote), so I'll go with Avedon Carol.
The Sideshow
Posted by: lightning at January 26, 2004 02:28 PMHeadheeb.
Posted by: diana at January 26, 2004 02:36 PMThe Sideshow by Avedon Carol
Posted by: Ulrika O'Brien at January 26, 2004 02:41 PMSlacktivist. Especially the Left Behind deconstruction.
Posted by: SIlencia at January 26, 2004 02:46 PMLean Left
Posted by: Brynn R at January 26, 2004 03:11 PMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: maurinsky at January 26, 2004 03:36 PMSlacktivist
Posted by: neil at January 26, 2004 04:14 PMThe Sideshow
Honorable mention write in: Riba Rambles www.osmond-riba.org/lis/journal
Posted by: Jon Meltzer at January 26, 2004 04:21 PMCursor
Posted by: hk at January 26, 2004 04:23 PMSlacktivist
Posted by: upper west at January 26, 2004 04:54 PMSKB.
Ok, then.
TMRM (though post more, dammit!)
Posted by: opus at January 26, 2004 06:13 PMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: CincyDemo at January 26, 2004 07:35 PMAvedon Carol's The Sideshow I consider to be a bedrock blog; hard for me to think of it as underappreciated; doesn't everyone read her every day, or two, at the least frequent?
Slactivist, also personal favorite. But so are the others.
Okay, this is a vote for Sisyphus Shrugged; think there probably isn't enough fuss made about Julia's unique voice, and richly funny moral vision.
Posted by: Leah A at January 26, 2004 08:17 PMsideshow
Posted by: R. Porrofatto at January 26, 2004 08:35 PMSideshow
Posted by: Mitch Wagner at January 26, 2004 08:44 PMVery Very Happy! (And I'm not "Lynn" -- I just agree with her!)
Posted by: Temperance at January 26, 2004 09:26 PMLean Left
Very Very Happy
Posted by: Janice at January 26, 2004 09:43 PMSideshow
Posted by: djn at January 26, 2004 10:23 PMSideshow, definitely.
Posted by: Ray Radlein at January 27, 2004 03:47 AMSK Bubba.
Posted by: Jane at January 27, 2004 09:26 AMskb.
Posted by: calli at January 27, 2004 06:27 PMThe Sideshow.
Avedon Carol has pointed the way to some of my favorite web sites.
Posted by: Mark Ganzer at January 27, 2004 08:34 PMCursor.
Posted by: Oneiros Dreaming at January 27, 2004 10:34 PMcursor
Posted by: nardo at January 28, 2004 02:29 AMSouth Knox Bubba
Posted by: David W. at January 28, 2004 01:17 PMSisyphus Shrugged
Posted by: cr at January 28, 2004 06:01 PMSisyphus Shrugged
Posted by: paper_tigress at January 28, 2004 09:21 PMSouth Knox Bubba Who outshines a certain Law Prof on a daily basis.
Posted by: Mark McKenna at January 29, 2004 12:00 PMCursor- Its a blog, it's a resource...
Posted by: m at January 30, 2004 02:33 AMMore Recognition Needed - South Knox Bubba
Posted by: Rob Sobak at January 30, 2004 10:52 AMvery very happy to nominate .....
Posted by: Bill Rushmore at January 30, 2004 06:35 PMThe Sideshow
Posted by: Barbara at February 1, 2004 12:05 AMSlacktivist
Posted by: nochnaya babochka at February 1, 2004 05:10 PMCursor
Posted by: Initials CB at February 1, 2004 07:43 PMSouth Knox Bubba
I like to hear a liberal voice from the land where guys drive pickup trucks with the Confederate flag… well you know...