SA Blog Awards
Whoah, what a night. This was certainly (and hopefully) the fringe of blogging. Even as wierd as Mike is, he didn’t even look like he fully fitted in with the ‘interesting’ human beings in the room.
Winner of best new blog, went to ‘peas on toast’, Mushy Peas on Toast. Interesting story that goes with this blog. You’ll have to do some work on your own to dig it up, but well worth it.
Our best shot was in the category ‘group blog’ and we lost out to a blog called Chump Style They’re well known for their ‘boobs of the week’. And they won three awards for the evening. Maybe says plenty about the aparent fringe of blogging? Mike thinks not, but that’s because ‘boobs of the week’ is his home page : )
Best lifestyle blog went to ’splattermail’ Splattermail These guys looked fairly normal and human. Maybe why they get to win that kind of award.
If you want to see all the winners and runners up and links to their site go to SA Blog Awards
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