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Swift Round-up

by John Cole|  December 20, 20153:42 pm| 24 Comments

This post is in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing

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From Batocchio:

Last call for a tradition started by Jon Swift/Al Weisel, the “Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves.” Jon/Al left behind some wonderful satire, but was also a nice guy and a strong supporter of small blogs. (Here’s Jon/Al’s 2007 and 2008 editions. Our revivals from 2010 through 2014 can be found here.)

If you’d like to participate, just reply to this e-mail or write to me (Batocchio9 AT yahoo DOT com) with your best post of the year before 12/25:

Blog Name
Title of Post
Link
Author of Post
Brief Description/Pitch of the Post (1-2 sentences)

(If it’s not a reply, adding “best post” in the subject line would also help.)

To modify Jon Swift’s 2008 solicitation:

I would be very honored if you would participate and send me a link to what you think was your best post of [2015], along with a short description of it. Please make the hard choice and send me only one link. I would like to post it before the end of the year, so if you could get it to me before Christmas, I would really appreciate it.

One submission per blog, please, otherwise things can get messy. Group bloggers can pick a piece among themselves, but are also welcome to submit their work via their individual blogs, if they have them.

Let me know what post(s) you think we should submit.

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24Comments

  1. 1.

    Mike J

    December 20, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    John Cole’s only military service was shooting loin cloth clad teenagers! He was never really injured, it was all faked!

    Oh wait, I thought you said swift *boat*. Never mind.

  2. 2.

    Corner Stone

    December 20, 2015 at 3:58 pm

    @Mike J: Excellent comment. I am simultaneously thinking of Raquel Welch, Taylor Swift and France.

  3. 3.

    John Cole

    December 20, 2015 at 4:00 pm

    Personally, if it were me, I would nominate Richard Mayhew’s entire insurance series.

  4. 4.

    Corner Stone

    December 20, 2015 at 4:02 pm

    @John Cole: You mean that guy that writes Harlequin Romance serial fiction?

  5. 5.

    gogol's wife

    December 20, 2015 at 4:09 pm

    I like this one:

    https://balloon-juice.com/2015/08/19/living-the-dream/

    But you had a recent more political one that was also good. I don’t know how to search for these things.

  6. 6.

    redshirt

    December 20, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    The “What brand air filter should I buy?” post directly above.

    Hot stuff.

  7. 7.

    gogol's wife

    December 20, 2015 at 4:15 pm

    This one:

    https://balloon-juice.com/2015/11/29/its-a-giant-fucking-mystery-wrapped-inside-a-riddle-inside-an-enigma/

  8. 8.

    gogol's wife

    December 20, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    And I’d add that the aftermath of San Bernardino shows John to have been most prescient (see #8).

  9. 9.

    A.J.

    December 20, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Two words: Phantom. Mustard.

  10. 10.

    Corner Stone

    December 20, 2015 at 4:26 pm

    @A.J.: The mustard is a lie.

  11. 11.

    Satby

    December 20, 2015 at 4:43 pm

    @gogol’s wife: yeah, I liked that one enough to share on FB.

  12. 12.

    SiubhanDuinne

    December 20, 2015 at 4:45 pm

    @gogol’s wife:

    There have been some really good ones lately, but I would certainly vote for this one as representative.

  13. 13.

    Ruckus

    December 20, 2015 at 4:46 pm

    @gogol’s wife:
    The one hung low post was a doozy.

    I’d say hard to call any post the BJ leader, there are too many good ones.

  14. 14.

    FlyingToaster

    December 20, 2015 at 5:13 pm

    My favorite is My Rambo Doll Never Reloads.

    Or a random selection of the posts tagged “Clown Shoes”.

  15. 15.

    gogol's wife

    December 20, 2015 at 5:19 pm

    @FlyingToaster:

    That one was also good. I think it would be timely for it to be on the gun topic.

  16. 16.

    gogol's wife

    December 20, 2015 at 5:21 pm

    @FlyingToaster: @gogol’s wife:

    Oops, forgot that one wasn’t about gun control. But it is a good one, I agree.

  17. 17.

    Batocchio

    December 20, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    Thanks for posting this, John! BJ commentariat, please also feel free to blogwhore away and link your best post of the year, if you have a blog. I’ll check back here periodically.

  18. 18.

    MomSense

    December 20, 2015 at 5:55 pm

    I think John’s post about irresponsible rhetoric and easy access to guns should definitely be nominated.

    Hope the link works.
    ETA Nope. https://balloon-juice.com/2015/12/01/now-can-we-blame-political-rhetoric-and-easy-access-guns/

  19. 19.

    MomSense

    December 20, 2015 at 5:57 pm

    @gogol’s wife:

    Yes, that one too.

  20. 20.

    John Cole

    December 20, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    This isn’t the best “JOHN COLE” post- the other folks have written some great stuff.

  21. 21.

    Mary G

    December 20, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    I googled “Richard Mayhew hookers and blow” and came up with a few candidates. This one is my favorite.

  22. 22.

    FlyingToaster

    December 20, 2015 at 7:03 pm

    @John Cole: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I may like local boy Tom Levenson, but he’s not quite the ranter you are, bub.

  23. 23.

    PaulW

    December 20, 2015 at 7:30 pm

    puppy posts. https://balloon-juice.com/2015/04/11/loveys-big-day/

  24. 24.

    Zinsky

    December 20, 2015 at 10:22 pm

    digby had several memorable posts this past year at Hullabaloo. Especially around the Ascension of Donald Trump.

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