Blogtacular
Posted in Irish blog awards by Twenty Major on March 2nd, 2008
The Irish Blog Awards took place last night and I’m very happy to have won ‘Most Humorous Post’ and the overall best blog award. That’s three in a row now. I feel like once, twice, three times a lady, let me tell you.
To have been chosen ahead of all the other fantastic bloggers makes me very proud. The amount of people there last night, at least 50% more than there were last year, shows how the Irish blogging community has grown in the last 12 months. There are a lot of really funny, clever, intelligent people writing blogs and every year the competition gets more fierce - but a friendly kind of fierce.
Congratulations to all the winners last night and all the nominees. One of the best things about the awards is that it has showcased blogs that some of us would never have found, whether they won awards or not. I know I spoke to people last night whose blogs I’m going to check out over the next few days. The event is a credit to Damien Mulley who has worked so hard at it and his contribution to the blogging scene in Ireland should not be underestimated. We’re very lucky to have somebody who gives so freely of their time for the benefit of so many.
Hosting duties were, as always, expertly carried out by Rick O’Shea who also managed to win the best ‘cock-pulture’ blog. Well deserved on so many levels that one.
The one thing I took away from the night was just how friendly everybody was. I met people I’d met before, I met new bloggers, I met people who comment on my blog and to a man/woman they were all great to talk to. I’m sure the experience was the same for the other bloggers and attendees. Drinks were drunk, hands were shook and all in all it was a fine night, full of smiles and good humour. There were some folk I did want to talk to but couldn’t find or got waylaid talking to other folk - sorry about that. Next year.
Thank you to all the people who read the blog, who comment, who nominated me and the judges who, from a very strong group, selected me as the Best Irish Blog for 2008. I’m sure that in 2009 the competition will be even better but I think perhaps it’s time to introduce some kind of a rule whereby if you win a category three times in a row you have to take a year off or something. Are you listening, Sinead? *cough*
There are loads of great Irish blogs and loads of them that deserve recognition and awards. Most of all though they deserve readers and contributors, people who will enjoy and appreciate their writing or their expertise or their pancake recipes or whatever.
We are blog, heartache to heartache.
Cheers everyone.
Congratulations ya bollix!
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:18 am
I think if you win it three years in a row you should get to keep Rick O Shea
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:21 am
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Busted, compadre!
http://skinflicks.blogspot.com/2008/03/twenty-major-doesnt-smoke.html
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:35 am
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I think if you win it three years in a row you should get to keep Rick O Shea
heh
Somebody asked me where you were last night, maggot.
JC - like I said to you last night, I’m only smoking crack these days.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
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Yep, we have to retire. You must be running out of shelf space anyway.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:55 am
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Well done 20. I cant be arsed thinking of some snidey add-on.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 am
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congrats boss. I tried to find you so you could sign de buke. Probably just as well I didn’t find you as I was going to insist you sign it in blood, because I coudn’t find a pen.
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
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Phew, what a lucky escape. Congrats to you lot an’ all. Well deserved.
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:11 pm
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Very well deserved twenty - and glad to see you living up to your legendary handsomeness as usual! Congrats!
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:20 pm
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I was expecting the word “cunt” in there at least once…
Fair play to ya Twenty, ya cunt :D
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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Well done last night. Bald Devil didn’t try and glass you or anything?
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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Congratulations last night! Got some great pics of you, but they’ll all be cropped, as promised, to preserve your anonymity. Are ya shy, Twenty, are ya?
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:28 pm
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well done mister, I have no reason to read your blog and I do, so it must be worthy of awards x
March 2nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm
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Congrats, Twenty. And keep’em coming.
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
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Good skills Twenty. I hope this will give you impetus to deliver tasty blogosciousnous for the remainder of the year. Mother of mouse cocks, I sound like a Teacher!
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:27 pm
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“like I said to you last night, I’m only smoking crack these days.” glad to hear it - that’s a weight off my mind
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:31 pm
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Well Done Twenty-I know I’ve been a bit of a cunt to you in the past, but you do possess a certain wit that I can only hope to emulate at some stage in my Bald life. The Bald Devil is sorry for insulting you so much in the past, He really is truly sorry.
Bald Devil lovew you all.
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
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blog awards 2008 | a tale of heart ache and triumph at David Maybury | Blog says:
[...] acceptance speeches. Wearing Keith’s name tag at the end of the night - no one noticed… Twenty threatening to glass me. Twice. Meeting the Humble Housewife and finally getting the joke. Ken and [...]
March 2nd, 2008 at 1:52 pm
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Well done all round sir. An admirable thing. Like admirable Nelson.
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
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The only man to put a glass of Jameson in my hand without me having to ask :-) He can keep me anytime…
A thought mirrored by many of my female friends there on the night.
Swine.
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:53 pm
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Well done Twenty!
Welcome back Blad Deivl. Now do us all a favour, and drop the tag-line. It would be nice to have someone to fight with during the weekends again. In a perverse kinda way, I missed you. I’m almost certainly alone there, so please, you’re on the right track, keep it up. DROP THE TAG-LINE!!
March 2nd, 2008 at 2:56 pm
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Congratulations Twenty!
March 2nd, 2008 at 3:02 pm
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It was a great night……..today is less fun though….gonna throw again….
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
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All hail the blogging overlord!
Eh.. well done.
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
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What a bunch of absolute queers.
Winning a blog award is gayer than a rimjob from Graham Norton in the back of a pink Fiat Punto.
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
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Even though you deserve to win I still want you banned next year - well done!
PS - are you single?
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
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[ Irish KC ] » Kansas City Irish Festivals, Music, Pubs, & Events by an Artist in Ireland » Review: Irish Blog Awards 2008 says:
[...] IBA ‘08 Reactions: •By Twenty: Blogtacular •By Sinead: Irish Blog Awards last night… •By [...]
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
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Internet Marketing Strategies from Brightspark Consulting Dublin, Ireland says:
[...] love Lexia’s blog also. A hat trick was scored by Twenty Major, 3rd year running that he won Best Blog. Now that he’s got a book out and is in publicity overdrive mode, he revealed himself at the [...]
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:15 pm
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Might I add my congrats. Richly deserved. Enjoyed the booK,also. Tomorrow back to slagging you off.
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:11 pm
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Congrats:)
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 pm
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well done twenty.
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:23 pm
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I was just delighted to see that people still have mohawks… I haven’t seen one up that close in years.
Well done dude
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 pm
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Hearty congrats, Twenty. Well deserved.
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:34 pm
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Delighted for you.
March 2nd, 2008 at 7:48 pm
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Congrats Twenty, I suppose you’ll have to start editing the backslappers and even ban one or two.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
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Well done to the blog awards winners « Cupid Stunt says:
[...] home some hangovers/awards. Well done to Limerick Blogger, Grandad, Arseblog, Rick and of course Twenty Major who now has a bigger trophy cabinet than Peter Jackson, [...]
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:50 pm
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Somebody asked me where you were last night, maggot.
I’m touched!
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm
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Congrats again, it was great to share a couch with you!
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
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Yes indeedy, fair play, Mr. Major!
I also have to add that you are mighty attractive for a smelly old beardy man. I know one particular friend who wouldn’t kick you out of the scratcher for drinking bovril…
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
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All this inhouse congratulatory shit is a bit like a group of Sloane Square or Dublin 4, teenage girls applauding one of their number on her first successful extraction of a loaded tampon…Congratulations Twenty.
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:32 pm
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Sabrina Dent: Pixel Pushing Ireland » The Gong Show says:
[...] night was really quite the night. If you want the very abbreviated version: Twenty Major is the hot. And I won an [...]
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:38 pm
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Did something happen yesterday?
Congratulations on whatever happened anyway….
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:45 pm
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Congratulations!!!!
March 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 pm
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I say,
well done, etc.
J.K.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:00 pm
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Wait a minute … all these ladies (eh, you are ladies aren’t you?) are saying that you’re kinda on the good looking side… is this true?!
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
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Congrats Twenty. Just finished the book,funny as fuck,I enjoyed it. I know that grace jones lookalike too.
March 2nd, 2008 at 10:33 pm
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Well done Twenty. A good night in more ways than one I see. Thoroughly deserved. Keep up the great work, and thanks.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:09 pm
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Congrats though I think we can all agree it would have been better with John Waters as MC.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:57 pm
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Congratulations Twenty! Well deserved
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 am
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Irish Blog Awards 2008 « That’s Ireland says:
[...] being an Arsenal fan, Twenty Major graciously accepted my comparison of his win with Liverpool’s three-in-a-row league titles in the [...]
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 am
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“I think if you win it three years in a row you should get to keep Rick O Shea”
Too cute.
March 3rd, 2008 at 1:56 am
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Well said and well done!
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:12 am
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Congrats again.It was a brilliant night and a pleasure to shake your nicotine stained lamh….at least I think it was a lamh.
I brought back a copy of the book for the boffins at the Pentagon to study.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:30 am
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Congratulations to Clare Scanlon on her brilliant success, a world class star indeed. oh congrats Twenty.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:27 am
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Yo Twenty Give em hell. Must check out that book now.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:29 am
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you can get the book in stillorgan shopping centre for 6.50 or so.
Cheep Cheep!
Fuck Easons!
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:43 am
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i actually agree with that cunt johnny5 on this one
blog awards….seems wrong somehow. Bloggers mostly criticize and comment on aspects of society that piss them off, yet these awards could not be more representative of the kid of shit that most bloggers (your good self no more so, 20) hate. I will state that YES, there is some seriously good writing talent on the irish blogging scene, but dont cheapen it by wanking all over each other in mutual appreciation…..keep it like blogging started out as…elusive, and cool
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:46 am
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kid of shit should read KIND of shit…sorry
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:47 am
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You have a mohawk?! Outstanding.
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:50 am
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OK so you have the oscars, then you have the Golden GLobes, then you have The Baftas, then you have the IFTAs, then you have the Meteors, Then you have The County Carlow Media Talent Awards, Then you have the Eurovision Song Contest, then you have the Fermanagh Awards for outstanding achievement in the Field of DAiry Farming, Then you have the Uber Glitzy Turf Cutters Ball in Athlone, then I think, just below all these, comes the Irish Blog Awards… How fucking Sad.
I thought it was just megolomaniacs in The traditional media, that wallowed in this sort of self-congratulatory shite… Major, I am surprised and a little disillusioned..
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:16 am
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With all the made up shit categories some of the pricks must have won with one vote.
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 am
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Cheers everyone.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 am
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And the mohawk guy has the best fucking mohawk. It’s cool.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:31 am
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It is so fucking cool. I wanted to touch it.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am
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no criticism of your great writing 20, its just that i think inhouse mutual masturbation is cheap and fucking boring quite frankly.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:48 am
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Well then you don’t have to have any part of it, Shaz.
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 am
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Well done again, it was lovely to talk to you about your use of technology while in the loo…..really fasinating, and i always thought only women were good multi taskers!
Learn something new everyday!
Congrats!
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
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You could at least start begrudging yourself in the third person.
Yeah, you did alright…
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
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i do have to be part of it when i read the second last post on your blog or the other posts related to the bloscars.
i have no choice but to be part of it if i visit your blog, i could “not visit your blog” but i find it very entertaining…i just dont really get the whole soggy biscuit thing
March 3rd, 2008 at 12:36 pm
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Hi
I sent you an email about the issuu publication I am putting together on the blog awards. Just wondered did you get the email? I have prepared a second example of the publication which you can see at the link below. If you didn’t get the email can you let me know and I will send it again.
Thanks
Alan
http://lburl.com/2jduf
March 3rd, 2008 at 3:56 pm
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I didn’t get any email…
March 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
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Just sent you another email now.
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:18 pm
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Hey Twenty the blog Judge said you gobble cock like a Trojan. So the “still smoking in Dublin bars” phrase is actually a clever little euphemism !
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:20 pm
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Well done Twenty!
March 3rd, 2008 at 5:44 pm
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Congrats Twenty!
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
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Well done Twenty! Best of luck with the book n all! I’m gonna wait for the download, it’s just the way it goes man! ;)
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:11 pm
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Congratulations, Mr Major. Nice to meet you again and not a single word of abuse flung in either direction.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:45 pm
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well you got me hooked! fair fuking play x
March 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 pm
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Very touching, like a priest with an altarboy after Sodality………..but seriously, congrats. You certainly make my family smile during ‘read out loud from the computer time’ after dinner:)
March 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 pm
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Fucking around with Irishblogs.ie | Shitetalker.com says:
[...] other blogging itself or the Blog Awards which, incidentally, are nerdtacular, despite what Twenty would have you believe. Or at least that’s what I’ve heard… Needless to say, [...]
March 4th, 2008 at 1:31 am
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Many congratulations on your big haul there, Twenty, and it was a pleasure to meet you.
Cheers!
March 4th, 2008 at 10:17 am
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Likewise Medbh. Hangoverly like a fucking cunt likewise.
March 4th, 2008 at 10:43 am
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And cheers to all the others above who didn’t get cheersed with my other cheers.
March 4th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
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Dude, great to meet ya last Saturday at last and never did get to buy ya that fluffy drink as promised. Ah, well lets hoping Mulley gives me more dosh at next years awards.
Congrats on the wins..
Your much less of a cunt in real life.
March 5th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
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