{"id":2379,"date":"2007-12-16T12:17:08","date_gmt":"2007-12-16T19:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2379"},"modified":"2007-12-16T12:16:56","modified_gmt":"2007-12-16T19:16:56","slug":"the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2379\/the-odysseus-medal-competition-voting-for-the-peoples-choice-award-is-open-11\/","title":{"rendered":"The Odysseus Medal competition — Voting for the People’s Choice Award is open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some news first:<\/p>\n

The first of the BloodhoundBlog Unchained lapel pins<\/a> sold for $20.50<\/a>. The second auction<\/a> closes in about 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Todd Carpenter is hosting a contest for the funniest RE.net blog post for 2007<\/a>. I am badly eclipsed in a contest like this — where’s the award for Exotic Quixotism? — but I expect a number of posts from BloodhoundBlog to make the short list. (Nominate yourselves, y’all; nothing ever makes if off my to-list.)<\/p>\n

Now then: The Odysseus Medal nominees: A dozen entries on the short list this week, and, again, a lot of Deep Think stuff. Vote for the People’s Choice Award here<\/a>. You can use the voting interface to see each nominated post, so comparison is easy.<\/p>\n

Ahem: Please don’t spam all your friends to come and vote for you. First, what we’re interested in is what is popular among people who would have been voting anyway. And second, I’ll eliminate you for cheating. Don’t say you weren’t warned.<\/p>\n

Voting runs through to 12 Noon MST Monday. I’ll announce the winners of this week’s awards soon thereafter.<\/p>\n

Here is this week’s short-list of Odysseus Medal nominees:<\/p>\n

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