I’ve been nominated for two Edublog Awards. (which makes me openly question the sanity of the judges).
Best Individual and Best School Administrator Blog. 
This means a couple of things.
One, I need a new dress (how horrified would I be if someone caught me wearing my 2009 dress at the awards ceremony).
Two, I have to remember to thank my beagle, my agent, and especially my ghostwriter during my acceptance speech. Mainly my beagle, because without him I’m just a creepy guy dragging an empty dog leash down the street.
To be honest, I hope I don’t win.
Why?
Because if I did I will be under enormous pressure to start producing quality blog posts.
And I have no interest in that.
I like my little world where I quickly slop down my thoughts on things that only interest, bother, and bug me.
The expectation of quality is something I don’t want to deal with.
Plus, if a school superintendent actually wins an Edublog Award it may very well encourage other superintendents to blog.
And I’m really not interested in that.
Competition wouldn’t make me better. It would only make be bitter.
Since July 2007, I have had the Superintendent + Sarcasm corner of the interweb all to myself.
And that’s the way I like it.
So do me, The Evil Spawn, The Tech Queen, and Buddy the Dog a favor.
Don’t vote.
And if you’re from Chicago, please remember to not vote several times.
As usual, if you choose to ignore my advice, you can vote HERE for the Best School Administrator Blog. And HERE for the Best Individual Blog. Just make sure it’s for someone else.
Phil Gaton"
Karen
on Dec 7th, 2010
@ 7:04 pm:
I am voting for you. Too bad!!
Tim
on Dec 7th, 2010
@ 7:44 pm:
Dagnabit… I voted before I read the post… I hope you can forgive me.
Ryan
on Dec 8th, 2010
@ 5:31 am:
Congratulations!
Bill
on Dec 8th, 2010
@ 6:19 am:
Just remember that when choosing a new dress, go for the skirt/blouse combo, that way when people look at you in a strange way (similar to the creepy guy dragging the empty leash down the street look) you can tell them it’s a kilt!!
Michael Smith Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 8:21 am
@Bill, Advice for Life.
Thanks for the comment.
And my compliments on your keen sense of fashion.
Angie
on Dec 9th, 2010
@ 3:18 pm:
You know the guy who writes the Stuff Christians Like blog? He’s turned that into a book. If you win, you can compile your posts into a book and be able to put “winner of 2010 edublog award” on the front cover – it will most likely boost your sales something like 12.8%.
Michael Smith Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
I’ve had several people tell me I should writie a book.
Unfortunately, none of those people publish books.
Michael Smith Reply:
December 9th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
I can’t respond to this email because my staff of 8-10 secretaries has not forwarded to me.
My apologies.
Michelle Howell-Martin
on Dec 11th, 2010
@ 12:49 pm:
Congratulations!