I’ve discovered so many great blogs recently that I’ve decided to start awarding a LINGY to every one of them. In the old days, the LINGY was only for the grand old men and women of the blogosphere. But in recent months the blogosphere has suffered a cataclysmic shakedown with many great bloggers just pooping out while some have pitifully petered out in a painful procession of pallid prose.
But not these young guns. These folks are blogging some cool stuff and most of them I discovered because they first linked to my blog which shows you right there that we’re dealing with people of discernment and exquisite taste. So without further ado I present this week’s list of LINGIES:
- Grace at Jesus Wept: We’re talking an edgy, sharp-tongued chick blog. She makes fun of Rev 13 doomsayers like yours truly. Two suggestions: First, your URL is andjesuswept so shouldn’t your blog be “And Jesus Wept?!” That drives me crazy. Second, how about something cheerier like, “Jesus wants me for a sunbeam?!?”
- Wezlo at Painfully Hopeful: A pastor. A geek. And no motorcycle! How refreshing!!! Love that FAIL.
- R(ombo) at What An African Woman Thinks: An anonymous African woman blogging in Nairobi with a sort of Bridget Jones’ diary commentary on the screwed up and lovable continent. And she blogrolled me!!! You rock, R!
- Chaka at A gathering site for distantly dwelling friends limited to electronic communication: Another blog title that doesn’t match the URL. I think it’s a Blogger disease because when people switch to WordPress they make everything harmonize. Chaka is not just getting a LINGY for sharing the name of my beloved and dead dog and a teeny bit of sexism sublimated in humor.
- Cliff at OutSideTheBox: This dude has some serious juice in the blender. Atheism. Kenosis. Halitosis. It’s all in there. He was quietly ticked when Dawkins admitted the possibility of a deistic God.
- Nick at RE: Think: Nailed the Tweet Creed. And he’s a cigar-puffing scotch chugging evangelist. Tell us more about this new teaching…
- Will.Whim at entish.org: The gospel bin was brilliant. We’re talking an archive going back to 2004 so we’ve got either a man with a passion or a compulsive-blogging disorder. Entish. That’s tree talk? Whadehva.
- Rachel at Re-vis.e Re-form: What the? You’ll have to check the blog to decipher the code. Funny. Chirpy. Big theological words. Baby poo. Well, maybe not but chick blogs almost always blog baby poo somewhere in there.
- David Keen at St. Aidan to Abbey Manor: His was my favorite post on the Tweet Creed. He’s not a newby but we’re kinda getting to be “mates” as they say and as an American I hold all Brits in this semi-deified awe for the funny way they talk and place names like St. Aidan to Abbey Manor. Once I got lost in Beacon’s Bottom. I finally got help at the Studley Arms.
- Damian at Castle of Nutshells: Just the blog title alone gets this one added to the roll but what a bunch of great weird stuff. A post on kissing. And some devo-blogging which I read a bit of and kinda liked. That doesn’t happen very often.
LINGY BLING
Did I forget someone? If you linked to Lingamish or blogrolled me recently let me know and I’ll consider you for fame in next week’s selection.
Display the LINGY award on your blog with pride because Lingamish loves you!
P.S. As an added bonus: a link from a 100+ technorati blog like this one will make your technorati rank shoot through the roof. Fame. Fortune. No extra charge.
Related post: The winners of this year’s Lingy
I’d like to thank all the little people…
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Beacon’s Bottom? I remember it well, as I used to walk a dog there (seriously, I was dogsitting nearby for a while, while the dog’s owners were in Africa). I’m sure we give places names like that to amuse the tourists. But the Studley Arms was just the place to find help – it’s a pub.
Ooooh, I’m most flattered!
But in response to your questions…
1) I wanted to call the blog “Jesus Wept” but andjesuswept was the nearest URL I could get on blogger. I couldn’t have called the blog “And Jesus Wept” because it would have been a mistranslation of the original grammar. I’m sure you know how it is!
2) I don’t think Jesus does want me for a sunbeam. Or if he did, well… he hasn’t yet told me about it. Living in hope, though, nevertheless…
Nice to meet you!
Technorati? What has that error-prone electro-count got to do with anything. Besides, how many people will come back to follow a link after moving on to your next post? The hole matter seems a little too saturated with propaganda tecniques.
Grace, I was too lazy to pick a proper target. I should have said something nice like, “She can spell and use punctuation.” High praise, indeed. (And the glove thing was great)
Technorati is authority. Those who lack it mock it. Those who’ve got it got it.
As one of “This Year’s” lingies, I protest that my technorati ratings have actually gone down since leap year. Calling us grand and old and so forth is no excuse. And that’s not to worry any of “This Week’s” winners, who really do deserve the honor, more than ever, more than us. It’s just making us wonder what next week and next year will bring us.
Thank you so much – check out my acceptance speech at http://hrht-revisingreform.blogspot.com/2008/12/woo-hoo-this-blog-gets-its-first-award.html
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Thanks for the praise, David! I’m glad you enjoy my eclectic fare; especially given I enjoy yours so much. I think I’ll spend a little time now reading the others you’ve linked to…
Oh me. Oh my. A LINGY! Thank you much. I’m honoured.
Not entirely on topic, I’ve got a lacuna in my biblioblog list the size, and exact shape, of Africa. I thought you might be able to give me a starter for an African biblioblog list. Actually, J. K. Gayle suggested you. Are you up for it? Go on. You’re such a great blogger, I know you won’t let me down…
Ben Byerly is the one to ask. I’m not much of a biblioblogger these days and he’s more in touch with those sorts.
Rombo, our complaint is that you throw us so few pearls. Why do you torture us so?
Thankyou very much, I’m honoured, or at least I think I am, having no idea what a Lingy is – shall have to do some research.
Is that you in the hat?
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