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.
Mike J
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.
Corner Stone
@Mike J: Excellent comment. I am simultaneously thinking of Raquel Welch, Taylor Swift and France.
John Cole
Personally, if it were me, I would nominate Richard Mayhew’s entire insurance series.
Corner Stone
@John Cole: You mean that guy that writes Harlequin Romance serial fiction?
gogol's wife
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.
redshirt
The “What brand air filter should I buy?” post directly above.
Hot stuff.
gogol's wife
This one:
https://balloon-juice.com/2015/11/29/its-a-giant-fucking-mystery-wrapped-inside-a-riddle-inside-an-enigma/
gogol's wife
And I’d add that the aftermath of San Bernardino shows John to have been most prescient (see #8).
A.J.
Two words: Phantom. Mustard.
Corner Stone
@A.J.: The mustard is a lie.
Satby
@gogol’s wife: yeah, I liked that one enough to share on FB.
SiubhanDuinne
@gogol’s wife:
There have been some really good ones lately, but I would certainly vote for this one as representative.
Ruckus
@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.
FlyingToaster
My favorite is My Rambo Doll Never Reloads.
Or a random selection of the posts tagged “Clown Shoes”.
gogol's wife
@FlyingToaster:
That one was also good. I think it would be timely for it to be on the gun topic.
gogol's wife
@FlyingToaster: @gogol’s wife:
Oops, forgot that one wasn’t about gun control. But it is a good one, I agree.
Batocchio
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.
MomSense
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/
MomSense
@gogol’s wife:
Yes, that one too.
John Cole
This isn’t the best “JOHN COLE” post- the other folks have written some great stuff.
Mary G
I googled “Richard Mayhew hookers and blow” and came up with a few candidates. This one is my favorite.
FlyingToaster
@John Cole: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I may like local boy Tom Levenson, but he’s not quite the ranter you are, bub.
PaulW
puppy posts. https://balloon-juice.com/2015/04/11/loveys-big-day/
Zinsky
digby had several memorable posts this past year at Hullabaloo. Especially around the Ascension of Donald Trump.