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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Dear Children of the Internet World: The 4th Birthday Contest Winners!!!

Welcome to you 4 Year Olds! Thank you once again to all who entered our Father/Son Book Prize! I have gathered up a few ideas from your entry materials (such as this one):

The Book Prize award

I just wanted to update everyone who entered this contest on the way that the winners were chosen. Here is what happens(scroll down!) in case you want to play games or do more thinking about the rules:

There was no single finalist. You must vote for at least 5 of the books and nominate 2 others. Sometimes two people go into the drawing because there really are not any top 5 nominees. Either way

Each person has 3 times to vote, therefore technically they could only vote 9 times without spoiling it....that being said....unless someone wins every time.....you likely cannot predict how many votes total. So far so good!! I did read through it and am still looking...for example your words "why don't bloggers agree" is basically exactly my argument since blogging is getting bigger and bigger! We should all do something about "feedback vs image". It is necessary because social networking forces you to improve yourself constantly(even if you're already great). Moreover, the blogs get so popular now days that competition ensues....meaning so many writers complain about each other having better posts than them - especially when many take the same topic but alter it slightly! That can become VERY annoying. Personally even though I give tons of advice to my readers, sometimes it works in my favor and gets me noticed quickly too...what's new?

Another final point. Everyone wins..winners do everything they wanna, losers get nothing...most important thing is understanding the meaning behind what you wrote most importantly....think of it like war...."Warrior" = best overall combat strategy, a leader - i'd rather follow him...and...Well...