Comments on: Thanks or Bugger Off? On Edublog Awards

By: Michael Doyle

Michael Doyle — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:45:16 +0000

[This might be better sent as an email since it will bore the snot out of your larger audience, but in keeping with the spirit of blogging, I'll post the details here.]

OK, sometimes I read my own words and wonder where words come from, and I think I know where “puny” came from.

Accepting the nomination graciously would have been the classy thing to do; when my brain thinks graciousness/classy, it thinks magnanimous, maybe not exactly the right word for that, but that’s what flitted in my brain.

Next step: I was not “magnaninous” (even if my brain and I had agreed on the wrong sense of the word), so how did I act.

Step three: “magnanimous” sounds like large or big to me, or rather feels big–maybe because it’s shaped like “magnitude”, maybe because I’ve had several more concussions in my life than most people.

Step four: opposite of huge is tiny, or puny.

So there you go. My wife reminds me that I speak cryptically at times; I have the words flowing all around my skull, and they are somehow linked to each other, but by the time I go from hearing to speaking, the words sound like they came from an alternative universe (because they do).

My wife understands my speech perfectly, as friends/lovers over 3 decades do.

I edit my posts a lot more than I edit my replies, so my sloppiness with words is more likely to pop up in conversations like this.

If I start sounding completely incomprehensible:
1) I’m getting more comfortable with someone, and
2) there is (usually) some crazy, often nonsensical pattern in there.

Michael Doyles last blog post..What I know now….

By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 02:48:37 +0000

LOL. Please take a photo and share it when you do, Michael. And where the heck does feeling puny come in? I’m dense (and foilless) as usual.

By: Michael Doyle

Michael Doyle — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:28:11 +0000

OK, I feel puny now.

In honor of being nominated, I may have to change to a gold foil hat.

And thanks….

Michael Doyles last blog post..What I know now….

By: Deal, Doyle | Beyond School

Deal, Doyle | Beyond School — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:55:43 +0000

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By: James

James — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:03:12 +0000

I should congratulations as well Clay. Your enthusiasm for breaking the mold, outta de box thinking always gets me thinking. Keeps me rooted. Whether or not you personally value the award nomination is moot, it does suggest you are being read, and therefore at least have the chance of causing change. THATS something to be proud of.
Its got me blogging again. I hope I can keep motivated.
Keep sharing the great thoughts.

By: Edu-Philosophy: Bad Selflessness, Bad Morality, Edublog Awards, and Students 2.0 | Beyond School

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:19:46 +0000

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By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:50:02 +0000

Diane, thanks for helping with your support in those first months, particularly. When I was new and commentless, you were among the first to respond, encourage, share ideas.

Nice to hear from you again

By: Diane Quirk

Diane Quirk — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:03:02 +0000

You totally deserve the nomination. You are one of the few bloggers I read who always answers the comments of your readers. It’s that response that is the essence of blogging IMHO. So many others write about the conversation that blogging enables but you actually model that for others. Thanks for all your thoughtful work.

By: Clay Burell

Clay Burell — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 23:11:13 +0000

Thanks for taking my post in the spirit is was meant, James

As I said in the post, you deserve all the credit in the world for your contributions to this new world, and I’m happy to give it. And I have no doubt that you’ve gotten - and will be getting for the new few weeks - little sleep because of your effort to spread some recognition around.

Thanks for dropping in

By: James Farmer

James Farmer — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:36:49 +0000

Over 120K edublogs.org blogs at the moment… (71770 as of now belonging to teachers).

I guess there’s always an element of randomness in the nominations (only those nominated can get voted for in the end) but we did get over 500 and I can assure you that the shortlisting process was painful as all heck!

Congrats BTW