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Post of the Week *72

Sunday, June 8th, 2008

Another closely run race this week, but the winner is:

Cliff from This is This with I’d Still Own the Film Rights and be Working on the Prequel

“I don’t know of any good prequels. There are only four sequels which were better than the first parts, and those are The New Testament, The Empire Strikes Back, The Godfather 2 and Huckleberry Finn. It’s called a Number 2 for a reason.”

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Difficult to say about the shortlisting and judging this week, it all got in rather a muddle (though the votes came in fine!) so, suffice it to say: On the team this week were: Jerry - last week’s winner, Ariel, Ben, Mono and me.

Shortlist for Week Ending Friday, 6th June 2008

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

The next Post Of The Week will be announced on Sunday evening.
Please note that nominations for next week cannot be accepted until then.

If YOU would like to vote on this week’s shortlist and be part of the decision making for the Post of the Week this week, please pick your 5 favourite posts from the list and award them 5 points for the favourite, down to 1 for the 5th favourite and mail your votes to peacharse@yahoo.com no later than 6pm on Sunday night.

1 - 123 I Love You with The Legend of the Japanese River Imp

“My grandparents live in a small town where the only non-white people are Mexican laborers who come once a year to help out during the tobacco season.” Read more.

2 - The Book of Don with Teach Your Children

“…By the time my son Brodie was six he’d swung through the canopy of a Central American rain forest … gone alligator hunting in a Louisiana swamp … chowed down on a foot-long hot dog in Central Park … and mushed a dog team in the Yukon.” Read more.

3 - Cecile Weekly with Time Should Have Stood Still for You

“…Matt’s phone rings. The display tells us it’s my parents calling. How odd. My cell phone, I forgot to turn it on today. But still… What could be so important?…” Read more.

4 - Meish with The Polite Amount.

“Ever been to the fridge and discovered that there’s a milk carton there but with only the puniest dribble of cow-juice left in it, not even enough to soften a thimble of tea?” Read more.

5 - The Other Side of Me with Down in Deep, Dark Woods I Dwell

“Deep amidst a green pool of leafery, where the air is clear and tinged with the colour of oak, birch and beech , where the light filters down through an abundance of ancient trees, the branches covered with lichen, long ago, when France still had Kings and Brittany was a “Foreign Provence” , not truly part of France at all, someone built a stone longère from local granite, with a vast fire place either end.” Read more.

6 - Cliff from This is This with I’d Still Own the Film Rights and be Working on the Prequel

“…I don’t know of any good prequels. There are only four sequels which were better than the first parts, and those are The New Testament, The Empire Strikes Back, The Godfather 2 and Huckleberry Finn. It’s called a Number 2 for a reason.” Read more.

Call for nominations

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

If you have a post you want to nominate, please leave a link in the comments below. If it doesn’t appear within a few hours, please get in touch (peacharse@yahoo.com) as it may have been eaten by the spam filter…

The deadline for nominations is Friday June 6th 2008.

Why not join in the fun and be a judge of blogliness? If you think you might have what it takes to be a judge for Post of the Week then let us know that you want to join the team.

Post of the Week #71

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

May I have the envelope please.

And the Post of the Week goes to …

The Final Programme: I died in 2008. This is how it happened.

“Ewan McGregor and Zach Braff said nice things about me at the memorial service. Even with her arm in plaster, Lindsay made a beautiful widow.”

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Our judges said:

“Different to most pieces that get nominated at POTW - and for that (and the fact that it’s a novel idea) I really enjoyed it.”

SwissToni nominated this week’s winner and the judges were Sarah R, Peach and Bob.