I wanted to get this done sooner, but I’ve been rather tied up… and it required some heavier analysis than I was able to provide at first.

Pandora (my Blogathon site monitor) wins the “Most Unrelated Comment” award for her amazingly off chocolate comment on my DesiringGod/Squidoo post. (Yup, looks like I’ve posted the same sort of thing in just five days. Hey, I was sleepy and I forgot!) While it was related to a previous comment by Josh, it had nothing to do with the post itself!

Dell popped in to say she doesn’t like coffee at all — and at 1:30 in the morning, that provoked some deep thought on my part! So Dell, you win the “Most Thought-Provoking Comment” award! Congratulations!

And now, for the Grand Prize:

Josh Alves (sounds like “elves”) wins the “Most [New] Comments [Overall]“ award, coming in at 16 comments! (Technically I won with 19, but it’d be silly to award myself.)

Congratulations, everyone! The winners are being notified by e-mail right now!

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Here’s one (purely selfish) reason :

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Whew! It’s been a blast, folks, and I want to thank everyone who kept me company over these past 24 hours. (I especially want to thank my beautiful, loving, and all-around wonderful wife, Nicole, for covering for me yesterday morning! I owe you one dozens, Babe! ;))

Once I’m rested up, I’ll tally the results for the comment contests I was running. There’s still time to get in there! I’ll cut off comment counting after 9am Eastern, so anything between now and then still counts.

Well, time to get ready for church. Please pray that the 3- and 4-year-olds survive my sleep-deprived silliness!

So as this not-so-subtle tombstone reads, “Bye!”

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This little event is about to come to a close, and I’m thanking God that I’ve been able to stay awake through it!

frykitty over at the Blogathon blog asked, “will you do it again next year?” At this point I’d have to say YES! I’ve been through a trial by fire and I’ve survived — but just like any refining fire, it’s helped me see more clearly what is dross. Not only do I feel like I understand better how to prepare for an event like this, I also think I’m getting a better grasp on how to approach blogging, period.

Next year I plan to be “back and better than ever.” This has certainly been a fun experience!

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I just wanted to share the cuteness that is my little baby boy…

(Must… stay… awake!)

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