If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.
The deadline for nominations is Friday August 3rd.
We’re always on the lookout for volunteers, so if you want to get involved with the judging of Post of the Week… click here and a whole world of excitement awaits.
Happy end of the weekend (unless of course you have Mondays off).
If anyone has a drum, please roll it now, for we’re about to announce “Post of the Week #28″ …..
Status Anxiety: “I Blame Facebook“
“You start to wonder what happened to [so and so] and [what’s his name] and so you search for them on Facebook. If this doesn’t yield any results, now overcome with curiosity, you may try to Google them.
This, I did. On my old friend and partner in crime, G.”
Our Judges said:
“Something so many have experienced to some degree, yet rarely have read so beautifully and completely conveyed.”
“I was hoping for the happy ending, a tidy closing to a lost connection. But no … there it was, plain and simple and not happy at all. Effective writing without an ounce of pretense.”
The winning post this week was nominated by Mike.
Your shortlister this week was Patita.
The judging panel consisted of Bob, Peter, Wendz, and last week’s winner Dad Gone Mad.
Each winner is invited to join the following week’s judging panel. Status Anxiety is therefore cordially invited to help us adjudicate next week’s winner.
Previous Winners of this most coveted title can be found here.
Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved. Now let’s do it all again next week.
After an evening that started uncommonly poorly, it was quite nice to sit down and compose this week’s shortlist. Hope you all enjoy!
The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.
Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then.
1. Big Blogger 2007: Penfold’s “In the Quarter After Dark”
The jukebox, a rattling old Wurlitzer is scratching through some pearls of New Orleans - Lowell Fulson is asking me to ‘Reconsider Baby’ just one more time before I stagger two doors down to my tiny third floor room. I should have gone back with Louise but I’d crossed the threshold and was on a mission…
2. No, We Don’t Have Kids Yet: My Own Private Ida
“Would you mind terribly holding her while I collapse the pram?” she says, smiling thinly and pointing at her child with her index finger.
Before I can answer, she crouches down, hauls it by the oxters from the three-wheeler pram and passes it to me.
3. The Overnight Editor: The Peoplehack
“Do you know a secret?”
[PLEASE just go away. Train in 3 minutes]
“If you tell me a secret, I’ll tell you mine.”
Fuck it. OK, I sigh. I will. You see this, all this around you. That’s it. That’s all there is. There’s no God. It’s the best news ever. It means no-one’s watching.
He catches his breath.
“Yeah… actually, yeah that IS a good secret.”
4. The QC Report: Disciplinary measures.
My family went to a swimming and grilling party at a friends’ house. We were told there would be other children. Daughter was pleased but, frankly, after hearing the words “Swimming pool”, we could have said “There will be little-girl-eating tigers! And vaccination needles!”, and she still would have been in a glorious haze of chlorine lust.
5. Real E Fun: Care Homes: Post Four-Edward
His stick tapped on the sand-coloured flooring as we walked. Halfway along the hall, he gestured to a door. ‘My wife’s room. She’s had a massive stroke, you know. Doesn’t recognise me at all.’
‘That must be very difficult for you.’
‘Bit tricky,’ he said. ‘Especially at first. I’ve got used to it now. I visit her every day.’
6. Status Anxiety: I blame Facebook
You start to wonder what happened to [so and so] and [what’s his name] and so you search for them on Facebook. If this doesn’t yield any results, now overcome with curiosity, you may try to Google them.
This, I did. On my old friend and partner in crime, G.
7. Tired Dad: Millionaires Have No Manners
So today we have made a pact. I will wear my best suit. She will actually trouble herself with make-up and nail polish. And we will Behave. We both have university educations and know how to conduct ourselves. This is an important client to my sister. This is an opportunity to acquire many more. We have made a pact.
8. Uffish Thoughts: A tale of two titties
When you enter, the first thing you notice is that nothing is on display — the whole shop is just shelves stacked with boxes upon boxes of bras, girdles, and other more traditional lady underpinnings. A hefty man with a beatific smile was wedged behind the single counter with his yarmulke askew. He handles the cash register and phone orders, but not your ladybags — a younger woman does the bra fittings.
If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below.
The deadline for nominations is Friday 27th July.
This week’s shortlister is Patita. Our head judge will be Bob, ably assisted by Peter, Wendz, and our current ace blogger of the week, Dad Gone Mad.
We’re always on the lookout for volunteers, so if you want to get involved with the judging of Post of the Week… click here and a whole world of excitement awaits…
Good Evening.
It is my great honour to be announcing this week’s winner of the coveted title of “Post of the Week #27″. Not a vintage week for nominations, in my opinion, but there were still some gems in the shortlist and the judges have again been more or less unanimous in their judgement of the winning post.
Ah, come on Swiss…. stop rambling and tell us who won….
Well, without any further ado, it is my pleasure to announce that this week’s winner is:
Dad Gone Mad: “Caught in the Act“
“I felt a tear run down my right cheek. My chest wanted to explode. How do they do this? How do they become so special? And how do I forget that they have this incredible capacity to love each other?”
Our Judges said:
“Aw!”
The winning post this week was nominated by (the apparently blogless) Dennis. Good work.
Your shortlister this week was Sarah.
The judging panel consisted of yours truly, TimTim and last week’s winner Edvard Moonke.
Each winner is invited to join the following week’s judging panel. Dad Gone Mad is therefore cordially invited to help us adjudicate next week’s winner.
Previous Winners of this most coveted title can be found here.
Thanks everyone. It’s been emotional.
See you next week.
