It's a recurring theme with bloggers: "I just can't find as much time to devote to my little corner of the
internet as I would like. Those mundane day-to-day problems and
obligations keep creeping up, and now I'm going to have to put the
blogging on the back burner." Well, I'm not doing that again (yet), but
this year
has been a challenge thus far. First and foremost, I've been remiss in acknowledging some very generous and appreciated recognition from my peers.
Vern at
The Vern's Video Vortex, Barry at
Cinematic Catharsis, and Matt at
Midnight Cinephile have each been kind enough at different times over the last few months to nominate Movies At Dog Farm for a Liebster Award. Owing to a variety of different "challenges" hurled at me by the world at large since late last year, I've yet to properly respond to any of these nominations.
For those who may be unaware, a Liebster Award is a peer to peer accolade presented by bloggers to other bloggers. Proper etiquette dictates that the recipient of a nomination responds with a post on their own blog linking back to the blog that nominated them. The nominee also answers a series of interview questions posed by the presenter, as well as nominating eleven other blogs for the award. It's a nice way to acknowledge the efforts of your peers in the blogosphere, and it also provides a means to pay it forward by drawing the attention of your own readers to the bloggers you choose to nominate yourself. Not once, not twice, but on three separate occasions now I've failed to follow through. I suck.
In an effort to make amends, I wanted to at least take a moment to thank Vern, Barry, and Matt for the kind recognition. As I'm sure they know all too well themselves, blogging can often be a thankless calling. Only another blogger truly realizes just how much time, effort, and commitment it takes to maintain a blog. That being the case, the recognition of others who toil relentlessly on their own blogs is especially gratifying. The support is greatly appreciated.
Please take a moment to visit the links above, and see just how hard these guys work. Be sure to check out their other nominees, as well. Following are the links to the Liebster specific posts on each of the blogs mentioned above:
Vern's Liebster Post
Barry's Liebster Post
Matt's Liebster Post
Thanks again, guys, for your continued support of the Dog Farm. The blogging community is one of the nicest bunch of folks with whom I've ever had the privilege to be associated.
Another case in point: just before posting this I was enjoying a look through some birthday wishes (yeah, I'm yet another year older today), and I came across
this link on Twitter from my good friend Carl at
The Info Zombie. Thanks, Carl. You're far too kind.
