Cruising Shakespeare's Sister, I was pleasantly surprised to be in some excellent company - the finalists for the 2006 Weblog Awards, in the Best Culture Blog category. Now, I have no idea how it happened and I don't expect to win, but can we work together to make it respectable, folks? Can we avoid the slaughter rule, please? Click here to vote - and yes, you can vote once per day for 10 full days (hint, hint). And for lots of other bloggers too, some of 'em regulars for me, including Shakes herself, HuffPo (where I post on occasion), Lindsay's Majikthise, Joe's The Moderate Voice, James Wolcott, Feministe and the hilarious Jon Swift. Vote for 'em all! I did.