An Aside:

Everyone who followed the order suggestion to nominate me for the Bloggies, you did good because I'm a finalist for the NZ/Aus section! Admittedly it is probably not a very large section because most of the blogs are written by hobbits and sheep but I'm still excited. I will buy you all a drink. ALL OF YOU.

For those who have come from the Bloggies and are deciding which way to vote, trot over to Haiku under Reasons to Read and allow that to sway your decision. Or read the post under this one. You can read whatever you like, really, as long as you vote for me when you're done reading.

ps: you Kiwis, get voting. All the other finalists are from Australia.