I find this Best of Blogs Awards thing quite amusing.

At first I was amazed at being nominated. We get decent traffic and average about 875 visitors a day, so I've always known people were stopping by. However, most of that is for the Gender Genie and from search referrals for answers to crappy homework assignments. Outside of our monthly discussions, this place is pretty dead so I've never expected the blog to do much beyond being a place to have a book club.

When the whole award thing happened, I thought I ought to make an attempt to add a new post each day to give the voters a reason to pick us. But I don't have the time. Then, I began checking the results page relentlessly. But we're dead last. Not only are we dead last, but as of right now we have fewer votes than we have members. Finally, I had to laugh when a finalist in the Biggest Blog Whore category left an inane comment on the previous post, proving that some people really do go around trolling for links.

As of right now, I hope we stay in last place. This spot is supposed to be a fun diversion. Getting all wrapped up in prizes and links and stats would make it feel like an obligation.