humility korner

[realthog]

This evening the news came at a special awards ceremony held in the Beverly Hills Hilton as champagne glasses tinkled, mermen and mermaids frolicked fishily in the heated swimming pools, the paparazzi almost outnumbered the glitzerazzi, and the Archangel Gabriel himself attended incognito but was soon ejected for making a nuisance among the young ladies queuing up to get refills of Hawaiian punch.

In short, we were all there for the announcement of

THE MEAGER PUDDLE OF LIMELIGHT AWARD

Organized and hosted annually by Jon Gibbs (jongibbs) on his An Englishman in New Jersey blog, this is given to the author-nominated book or book project which, in the opinion of the voters, has the best and most enticing title.

To my intermingled shock, delight, ecstasy and amazement, this year the honour of receiving

THE MEAGER PUDDLE OF LIMELIGHT AWARD

went to, well,

MOI

for my title The Dragons of Manhattan. You can see that very title in situ here:

Flushed with spontaneous false modesty, I accepted the voters' decision like a shot. The only downside of winning, really, is that I was also rooting for Pam's and my friend E.F. Watkins (eilwatkins), whose Hex, Death and Rock'n'Roll in the event came second.

The full results can be read here. Many thanks to Jon Gibbs for taking the time and making the effort to organize the contest.

Comments

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Well, congrats to you. *big grin*

Also, nice use of flashing text. My eyes, MY EYES!!!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

YOUR EYES?

[chalcedony.livejournal.com]

Well, yay! The voters chose well indeed.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Kate! (I'm assuming that's you in the photo . . .)

[chalcedony.livejournal.com]

Ha. I wish I had those cheekbones. ;)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You mean you don't?

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Congratulations {{{{Thog}}}}! I'm so happy for you! Hugs, cheers and congratulations, Jean Marie

[realthog.livejournal.com]

And the wonder of it is that I'm just the same as I always was to my old friends -- they still don't need to pay for autographs!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

How much do your enemies pay?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

By definition, an enemy is anyone who doesn't want my autograph.

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

That's wonderful. Many, many congratulations.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks! I regard this as a new dawn . . .

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Why thank you, kind sir. And so fitting that the award should be made during Nobel Week.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Oh, indeed. The Literature Prize has yet to be announced, I note.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

The Literature Prize has yet to be announced, I note.

I know, I know. The tension's killing me.

[jongibbs.livejournal.com]

Lol, that Angel Gabriel's always causing trouble.

Congratulations again. It's an excellent title :)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

It still beats me why you invited him -- or did he gatecrash?

[jongibbs.livejournal.com]

I didn't like to turn him away. He did bring the champagne after all :)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

What champagne? I never got any.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

Well then! Congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

And I got to meet the Archangel Gabriel -- he wasn't the only one making a nuisance of himself in the Hawaiian punch line, oh no.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Especially since the Laphroaig will be on you.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Especially since the Laphroaig will be on you.

Typo! You put an "o" for an "i" in the phrase "on you".

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately for you, Mario Vargas Llosa appears to be the recipient of the dosh.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

So the Laphroaig's on him -- yippee!