Yes, it's Daysie time again.  I'm only going to do two shameless please-vote-for-me posts -- this one, and one more shortly before the June 27th voting deadline.  As with last year, in order for your vote to count, you must fill out at least 1/3 of the 100-question ballot -- so you can't just click through and vote for just the blogs.  I won't tell you how to vote in 33 categories, but I will gently suggest a few possibilities in a few of the categories -- specifically those that you can click to and judge for yourselves.  These are just my recommendations... I'm not offering any bribes or sexual favors (that you know of) in exchange for votes (nor have I [yet] received such compensation for my pimping votes on behalf of others).



First up, I do hope you vote for Candleblog in the Best Vermont (non-political) Blog category.  Please note that you need to type or paste in the complete url, which is: "http://candleboy.com/candleblog/."  If you don't want to vote for Candleblog, might I suggest another fine non-political blog like Undead Molly or S.R. Wild's blog?  Both are examples of outstanding non-political Vermont blogs, IMHO.  There are many others as well.  Just peruse the "blog friends" blogroll on the right for some great options.

In the Best Vermont (political) Blog category, I do strongly endorse last year's winner, Vermont Daily Briefing.  Philip is witty and insightful and his blog is fun to read and even occasionally informative!  In the past I've pimped my good friend NTodd's excellent blog, Dohiyi Mir, and I've been sorely tempted to vote for The Carpetbagger Report, both because it's a great political blog and because Steve is a good friend, but the fact is neither NTodd nor Steve do very much blogging about Vermont politics -- they mainly focus on the national scene (or the hyper-local scene of household pets in NTodd's case).  Philip blogs about national politics too, but he cuts his blog with a healthy dose of Vermont.  It's that Vermont perspective that makes VDB a great choice in this category.  Now Philip just needs to open a comments section already.

Some other suggestions...

Best Visual Artist: I've got to go with EITHER S.R. Wild or Flameape himself, Gregory Giordano.  Both are under appreciated in this burg and fantastically talented.  Click through and see for yoursleves.

Best Craftsperson: It should come as no surprise that I think that Crafty Hedgehog, Emily Stoneking, is deserving of this award.  Her knitted dissected frog was featured on BoingBoing and had its 15 minutes of viral fame, her stained glass work is wonderful and all of her other knitted creatures and crafty creations are teh awesome.  She's considering making knitted portraits of assassinated presidents -- how cool is that???

Back in the media section, if you're wondering which spot on the dial you'll favor with a vote in the Best Radio Station category, look no further than the brand spanking new low power community radio station, The Radiator -- WOMM-LP. 

And finally, do you really even need to think about who the Best Meteorologist is?  Step aside Mark Breen, meteorologist Tom Messner's weather kung fu is strong!

Click here to vote.