SIVACRACY.NET

My very favorite blogger currently blogging is Siva. Those who know him and read this blog, or just read this blog, know why. He is smart, thoughtful, tolerant of dissent, quick to admit error, thick-skinned, funny, articulate, and does not seem to have a petty or self-righteous bone in his body. He and Melissa are a terrific couple, wonderful together in a aren't-they-wonderful-together sort of way, and not at all in a way-too-cute-get-me-out-of-here aspect. And I can't wait to meet Jaya, and wouldn't object at all to more photos, hint hint, and look forward to her blogging career eagerly. In like 18 years.

There are many other bloggers I think very highly of. Yes I know I ended that sentence with a preposition, sue me, I need a hobby. I don't agree with the blogs I read all of the time. I don't even agree with myself all of the time. But this whole Koufax thing oppresses me a little. I'm glad Sivacracy was nominated, but we are a small blog and sort of weird, which is mostly my fault. And there are a lot of other blogs I think the world of that I couldn't vote for, because you can only vote for one blog in each category. There are perilously few Koufax nominees I wouldn't vote for; I read most of them already. And I comment at many of them, which I understand is unlikely to mean anything much to anyone but me, but since I almost always comment under my own actual name, is an endorsement of sorts that I don't give lightly.

So I guess what I want to say is, lefty bloggers, you're all winners! In Tee-ball all the kids get trophies; I wish the Koufaxs were like that.