At the request of literally no one, there is zero demand to see awards that I have been “nominated” for. As a bitter blogger, I struggled with what to do with them as I clearly don’t deserve them. However, I do want to thank those that did and maybe all at once let you know about blogs that I really like and that clearly deserve your attention. So here are some of the symbols and the awards and some of the people that have good blogs. I beg of you to read, like and follow these blogs if you haven’t already. Or I will be really bitter at you:
Blogs you should follow, like or comment on, or incur the wrath of the bitterness:
http://kuhniverse.wordpress.com/ – This girl does great posts and almost no one follows or likes her stuff. Shameful people.
http://tuttisworld.wordpress.com/ – An awesome stick figure drawer, with surprising touching and complete stories.
http://adoptiveperspective.wordpress.com – She has funny stories from her childhood and work.
http://sassandbalderdash.com/ – Inspires in her followers a brand new adjective balderdashy. Her wits puts my wit to shame.
http://breezyk.wordpress.com/ – Very funny and witty and does great book reviews for those of you who read. Makes me want to. Doesn’t write enough, but if you follow her, maybe she will do more.
http://ellenpardee.wordpress.com/ – Little know fact. She sits right behind me at work. She is responsible for covering for me so I don’t get in trouble for writing posts at work. She takes great pictures and does thoughtful commentary about it. (I got her started on wordpress.)
http://olivethepeople.wordpress.com/ – A perfectionist when it comes to doing posts, so you know that when she does one it will be well thought out and funny.
http://errinspelling.wordpress.com/ – I call her the haiku princess. She got hooked on doing them in February and hasn’t stopped since.
http://invisiliz.com/ – a newy but a goody that also has bitter tendencies.
http://heatherchristenaschmidt.com/ – also a new one that enjoys a good rant
http://everythingisblooming.com/ – does weekly old journal readings and is very artistic
http://rhymeswithclaire.wordpress.com – has fessed up on having a few personal Hollywood celeb stories (Tommy Lee Jones in particular)
http://lifefullofjules.wordpress.com/ – Funny, quirky and Canadian.
http://livingasa20something.wordpress.com/ – does a weekly post on things she overhears on campus that is quite hilarious.
http://jacusloxy.wordpress.com/ – Funny and quirky and upbeat sense of humor. Opposite of mine.
Of course, there are many others you should follow, but I can’t list them all here. Just do them a solid by reading their stuff and I’m sure you will find some that you really like!
A badge I got from WordPress for doing a blog for a year. If that isn’t incentive to do this for a year, nothing is.
I got the Liebster Award from Reocochran, tinymcsmall, my gay mom, Fat Bottom Girl
A Beautiful Blogger award from Lucky Bay and John Shue
A Very inspiring Blog award from Olivethepeople and Ellen at Photos and Fancies
Spotlighted on Crumbsnatcher
Guest posted on Chaos and Words
Kind of nominated by Breezyk
Nominated for three awards from How Not to Kill Your Parents – Lovely Blog, Versatile Blogger and 2012 Blog of the Year
Ben's Bitter Blog 
Oh I get it, you’re not bitter at all, but you use the bitter front as a sort of sales tactic seeing how nice, good and kindness just don’t sell here in America? Genius.
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Close. It’s more like a veiled plea to get people to give me money cause I’m lazy and don’t want to work.
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LOL! Who would of thought! Witty Bitter Humor! Makes rolling along in life alot more fun! Enjoy the read and love your humble presentation to Blogger awards. 🙂 Leaving with a smile….
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Well, you know I’m pretty humble. It’s basically just a way for me to complain about all kinds of little First World Problems, and get away with it. I appreciate you reading.
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Key: And get away with it! 🙂
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YEah, I pretty much get carte blanche on complaining because it’s already been established for years. It’s kind of pretty great.
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Great idea to use a share fellow bloggers page. I will eventually adopt this fro my WP page. Nice page design by the way.
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It was my way of being lazy. I like to give props to other people and their blogs, but don’t like doing those awards and contest rules because I’m bitter. And I probably need to update this a bit since most of those bloggers quit a while ago.
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Please do! I just followed every one of those who were not ‘problematic’. Some blogs went ‘private’ (whatever).
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I’ll get around to updating it to the modern age (last few days) where people that nominated me are still blogging. (Blogging is a hard business. I find people I followed and posted regularly all of a sudden take a short break and never make it back.)
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Happened to me. I blogged for 2 years. Realized that my brain runs on ‘likes’ and ‘posts’, decided to take a humble sabbatical, two years later… Killed that blog this January. Started this one. Totally different blogs. This one actually has a purpose – to make me a better writer. So I feel justified in my blogging ‘fixes’. 🙂
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Yeah, it has happened to most of my favs. I think people get burnt out (which I do from time to time) and just find another way to create/write. I’ve always just hung in there and found the time and even if I don’t always put out the best stuff at least I know I have a theme I can hang onto (and hundreds of unwritten post ideas if I run out).
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Nice. In retrospect, I probably should have kept the site ‘frame’ and just kill the content, because this way I could keep the followers. But I felt like re-emerge as a different person and thought that my previous blog friends won’t be into sci fi. Oh well. How long have you been blogging?
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I’ve been blogging for almost 4 years. I don’t know if I’m into sci-fi but at least one of my favorite things is sci-fi, the Transformers.
As far as reinventing yourself that is cool too. I think if I ever did another blog, I would still keep this one around. I actually did an April Fools prank last year where I told people I was giving this one up and created one where I was going to be a Gardener (my last name is Gardner) and I would give gardening tips (it was funny because I am not a gardener at all). Most people saw right through it, but a few fell for it and actually started following it. I got rid of it, but just recently secured BitterHomesandGardners on wordpress and might just do something with it. (I just love the name because it has so much to do with me.)
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Haha! I recently joined a blog that has been around for 15 years! I haven’t been committed to anything for 15 years! But even four sounds like quite a determination! Also, your gardening theme could be connected with the idea of weeding out: “crap, bs, sugar-coated things…”; and pruning: bitter herbs of wisdom! Oh my. I think I got carried away. Take care 🙂
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That is a long time to blog. I’ve only just been married that long. I barely knew they existed back then.
Yeah, you have a good day too!
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I am shivering in anticipation of your bitter wrath when you come to know that I’ve listed you, Ben, as my MUST READ blogs on my post “And the Award goes to..”
I know this isn’t an award, but (like you) I made a list of bloggers I love to read and you’re on it!
Here’s the link: https://musingsbymegha.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/and-the-award-goes-to/
-M
P.S: Be kind, oh bitter one 😉
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You bitter believe I will accept this award. So much better to spread the bitter word among the masses if they see me on TV accepting the award.
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Trust me, you’re all the bitter for accepting it *wink*
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Actually, I’m not sure what award I’m accepting. Is it all of them? Some of them? Whichever one I want? I’ll just be greedy and take them all.
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Aaaand another one! I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blog Award, because you rock and I think everyone should know it. 😀 Check out this entry for how to accept: https://snbradywriter.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/in-which-i-receive-a-blog-award-and-reveal-my-secret-identity/
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Yeah, another blog award I don’t deserve. I accept your award, without actually doing anything about it. Unless it comes with a cash prize the size of a lottery, then I will show up and do a speech.
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OK I am seriously an idiot–I just realized we were nominated in the same post (yes, I promise I read the nominating post, but since it took me forever to get to writing mine, I forgot some of the details in the initial post)–but I don’t take it back! I triple or quadruple or however many-uple nominate you!
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Nope not an idiot. Yep, we were nominated on the same post, because we awesome soul twins, and of course, because we both like to nom nom on food, because pizza.
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Yes yes yes!!! 🙂
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Whoops, just saw that you’ve already been nominated, but I just nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award! https://onlybadchi.wordpress.com/2015/05/01/the-versatile-blogger-award/
And would’ve still nominated you if I’d already known you’d already been nominated because that’s just how versatile I think you are! Anyways, totally up to you whether you participate, totally get it if you don’t want to again 🙂
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Yes!! Nominated for the same award twice! Actually, I don’t mind being nominated, I just don’t like to accept them on my blog, etc. I just don’t like following other people’s rules, cause I’m a rebel. I did create this page a while ago, though, so I should probably update it at some point. Thanks again, cause I know what an honor it is to make it on your list!
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Totally hear you! I broke the rules on this one too 😉
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We are such rebels.
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Ben, I just want you to know what i enjoyed reading your blog. Please dont feel bad about it.
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I totally feel bad. Now I’m going to have to work harder and making you not like it.
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Hello, blog friend. I’ve also nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award, because I think you’re wonderful.
http://wp.me/p5dyoi-6o
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Thanks, Mrs. Spike. Hey, by the way, did you check out my latest post? I got nominated for Blog of the Year. Do you have a minute to vote for me on that? Thanks!
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Absolutely! Done 🙂
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Thanks, you’re the best!
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Hi Ben! Here is another nomination for an award you don’t think you deserve! LOL! But I do think you deserve it, so I nominated you for the Real Neat Blog Award! If you’d like to graciously accept or bitterly decline, either is fine with me! Here is the link, http://agirlnamedwanda.com/2015/02/21/wandas-real-neat-blog-award/ 🙂
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Oh my gosh, and it is so close to the Oscar’s. I should probably go pick out a tux and limo for this right? I assume there will be an awesome after party where I get a $160,000 swag bag right? If so, I’m in.
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Ohhhh, that sounds good! And do something really cool and flippant, like driving through Taco Bell in your tux and limo. Or better yet, does your town have a Piggly-Wiggly? That way, you can rub your awesome, award winning self in the faces of the common man. And then everyone else will be bitter….but you. 😉
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We are not lucky enough to have a Piggly-Wiggly in our hippy town. I’ll be like Jim in the Office when he wore a tux to work to prank Dwight and it ended up getting him on the bad side of Charles. Though I wouldn’t need to work hard to get on the bad side of my boss at work.
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Hello Ben, I really enjoy your work, and as such have nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award. No need to respond, and you may do with it what you will. If you’d like to participate, follow this link for the rules. Awards | A lot from Lydia https://alotfromlydia.wordpress.com/awards/
If not please just accept my compliments. 😉
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Thanks alotfromlydia, I actually don’t respond to them, but may add to this list of awards I don’t deserve at some point in my life. Thanks for the nomination.
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Yet another undeserved but well-earned award: http://wp.me/p56D2R-a0
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I can’t wait to accept the Oscar for a pathetic performance that I will not be giving.
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http://fitsofwit.com/2014/10/09/cheers-to-my-peers-one-lovely-blog-award/
You obviously don’t have enough awards. Here’s another. I hope the news of another annoying award brings a furrowed brow and depressing frown across your bitter face. ❤
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I’ll go get my tux and book my ticket to LA for the awards ceremony.
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What color tie are you going to wear?
We should match.
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Actually you shouldn’t try to match the tie, but the powder blue tuxedo.
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Oh, good lord, I should have checked — it appears that others have been inspired before me. Well, you’re nominated for a Very Inspiring Blogger Award again. By me. Because not everyone can make bitterness inspiring, or inspire bitterness in others. It’s a gift that you have. Don’t squander it. Or something.
http://theiggydialogues.com/2014/07/31/return-of-the-son-of-iggy-ungr-ah-never-mind/
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I can’t believe that you would find something so bitter so inspiring. You must have run out of good blogs to do this for.
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I think it’s fair to say that there are a lot of bitter people just waiting to increase your bittermetric pressure by presenting you with special pink heart awards. You’re probably bitter that you never got the “NOT featured of Fresh Pressed” Award. 🙂
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The people that increase my bittermetric pressure is others. It is possible that if I had no contact with others, then I wouldn’t be bitter. Just kidding. There is also things.
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Ben! It’s almost as if I have a twin! And it makes me soooo bitter because you have so much more recognition than I do! WTF?!?!?! I salute you, brother!
Thanks for visiting my own little corner of the snarkiverse and for liking some of my stuff… I want to be you when I grow up!
May the anti-depressants never kick in! With all admiration,
Po
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I want say that I want to grow up but really I don’t. I promise the bitterness will always be there, so if you want to be like me, you wouldn’t want to grow up.
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Bitter Ben, thanks for dropping by my blog always! I enjoy your bitterness and it is a really fun visit each time 🙂
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I’m sorry it isn’t making you more bitter.
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My first visit to your stupid blog made me miss my bedtime.
P.S. thx for liking my lame-ass post–an obvious ploy to drive your pathetic 39,999+ views to 40K. sad, really.
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You’re right. I’m sorry for my pathetic attempt. It’s just been a really bad day. Sorry for doing something stupid like that. Sorry to disturb your sleep.
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well done good sir
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I have no idea how anyone would have wanted to give me any of these. I guess they needed a balance of good and bitter.
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ha, that’s why you deserve them, because don’t feel like you do :). we are all a bit bitter sometimes right.
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We are all bitter sometimes. My goal is to get everyone to be bitter more often. And by more often I mean all the time.
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haha, i’m bitter about you wanting to make us bitter. does that count?
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All bitterness counts, no matter how small.
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ha, smart bitterness movement leader you are
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I just think world needs more bitterness. Is that so wrong?
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no i don’t think so. bitterness is sometimes misunderstood.
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It is way misunderstood. Thanks for being a bitter ambassador, even though you probably didn’t even know it.
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Ha, I’m a brutal honesty and dry humor ambassador. It’s a cousin of bitterness I believe.
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Cousins are welcome here as long as they are related.
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You totally deserve them. Including the one I just gave you. 🙂
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I’m never sure what to do with them so I stash them all in my basement.
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Haha. Well . . . you could put my name up in that list up there or something . . . (SINCE SUBTLETY SEEMS NOT TO BE WORKING–Ahem.)
😉
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Ah so what you are saying is that you want to be on some list or something? I will alert the list people. I have something coming someday that will be better, so I could consider getting you on that list.
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Haha–whatever you think, sir. It IS your blog.
And, for the record, I didn’t award you that award so I could get on a list. Only, when I saw there was one, I kinda wanted to be on there, too. 🙂
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I’m not sure why anyone would want to be on a list associated with this blog, but I don’t really care. If I do a list, I’m gonna put people that I think are good at the blog or life and tell others about them. I’ve been ruminating this idea how to do it and I just need a little time to put it all together.
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Sounds cool. Take your time, though. You wouldn’t want to screw it up. 🙂
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No, because I never screw anything up. My fantastic idea will flame out in the execution just like all my ideas do.
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Sheesh. You’re bitterly ruthless. Oh right. You knew that.
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I can’t believe I just saw this! Thank you for your sweet words as usually Bitter Ben (:
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I guess I could have sent you something alerting you, but I am pretty lazy when it comes to that.
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Hey Bitterben…it’s kind of funny that even my name is ‘Ben’ and I am equally bitter towards activities around me…It would be an honor if you could tell me how’s my blog post :
http://www.metroandyou.com/lifestyle/why-being-a-creative-writer-is-like-finding-kryptonite/
awaiting your response buddy!
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Well written piece. I wish I had the skill to put a few sentences together and actually make sense. Keep writing Bitter Brother!
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Wow! Thanks bro
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Dear Bitter Ben,
This blog is making me feel bitter. I will bitterly suggest reading this blog to all of my bitter enemies.
Bitterly yours, Some Bitter Guy.
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It’s a great way to makes enemies fast. Also a good way to get friends to turn to enemies as well.
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Hope this makes you bitter …
http://ardenrr.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/you-like-me-you-really-like-me/
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It does…
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Victory!
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To me as well…because I like being bitter.
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Here’s another award you probably don’t deserve, but you bitterness makes me smile. Thus, the Sunshine Award.
http://kokkieh.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/you-are-my-sunshine/
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Improve buy cheap viagra online your relations with wife
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Here we are – one more award for you is online: http://tuttisworld.wordpress.com/awesome-awards/
HAPPY BLOGGING TO YOU -Tutti
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I am very proud to accept the Tutti award for Hot Pants, I just feel for the rest of the internet for having to see that.
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Thanks for stopping by my blog. You will find that I meander through musings, launch head-long into diatribes of little consequence, and occasionally face plant into quagmires of apathy and self-loathing. It’s fun. Welcome aboard.
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Who doesn’t like reading about meanderings?
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Who are 100 Meter Olympic Hurdlers for $200?
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The answer is yes.
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I like your post on not getting an award and I hope to follow in your footsteps and not be nominated for anything. Not sure if I’d be bitter about it though.
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I will be glad to nominate you for mulitple awards that you could be bitter about. Which one do you want? Leibster? Versatle? Sunshine?
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Your blog has been nominated for the Wonderful Team Member Readership Award by the HewToons Editorial Board!
Visit http://hewtoons.com/awards/ for more information. (Please do not make inquiries of Mr. Walker. He is quite bitter that Keith Hodgesons named on the award given to HewToons.)
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I nominated you for the ABC Award since you were bitter that Arden nominated me instead!
http://aliciabenton.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/yeah-well-i-dont-try-to-be-awesome-it-just-comes-natural-rick-riordan/
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Dang it! I was going to nominate you for an award to make her jealous! I award you with my Bitterly Pressed award. But I am too lazy to blog about it or send you the award to your blog. But just know that you are special and she is in the dog house of bitterness. Can you pass her that note?
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Passed. She’s quite offended.
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I am glad that you are now both offended. Could you offend the rest of your office too, so that I make a clean sweep?
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I already work on doing that daily. From now on, however, I’ll allow you to share the credit.
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I actually want all the credit. So just let them all know it was some bitter guy that writes the bitter blog.
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thank you for these recommendations, and thank you for supporting my blog. i’m sorry i haven’t been a better reciprocator, due to my reprehensibly parsimonious, solipsistic nature (the good news is that both buddhism and modern neuroscience are inclined to conclude that the self doesn’t exist; so those of us who are selfish are the most deluded of all). please try not to be too bitter about it; i’ll try to be a better blog-brother.
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And thanks for using such big words that I will have to look up in the dictionary. I’m not bitter about that at all.
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Bitterness is an art. Why isn’t there a bitterest blogger award?
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I made one myself with the help of others. It was a bitter day. I may someday pass it around to others if I ever get around to not procrastinating.
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I want to make your goddamned list. I want a mythical award. Life ain’t fair. Sonsofbitches.
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Well why don’t you just be direct with me. 🙂 There is always room for a revision but it might take cookies or pizza to persuade me. Or money. But I don’t accept bribary. That is for non bitter people.
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I’m pretty passive aggressive. Sorry about that.
Could I interest you in some old gift cards with unknown balances as potential gravy for said list mention? Wait. Bribes won’t work. Now what.
You know what makes me bitter? Widgets. The words widgets. The thought of widgets. The attempts to get widgets to do anything they claim they will do. I hate the guy who came up with the stupid word widget. What and asshole.
Anyway…gift cards. Think about it.
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Gift cards with empty balances. Sure there is no bribe there. But if after a while they mysteriously had some value added to them, it’s not like I could turn that down. You know, it’s just there and I order pizza and the guy on the other lines says, hey it looks like you have $500 left on this card.
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You always make me laugh! Thanks BenBitter!
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I’m really sorry that I make you laugh. I hope that you can be bitter more soon.
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Have no fear-it’s a totally bitter-edged laugh…..
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Thank goodness. I was worried.
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Thank you for saying all the bitter things we think and are afraid to say!!
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How have you noticed that I am bitter? I thought I was being very subtle about it.
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Ah shucks, thanks for the linking! You make me sound way cooler than I thought – I had no idea I knew Tommy Lee Jones! Should I be bitter he hasn’t sent me birthday cards all these years?
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You know, I forgot to alert people that they were being linked so sorry you had to find out about the unfortunate news by stumbling upon it. I would be bitter if Tommy Lee hadn’t sent me a card for all those years too. You are much cooler than most people, except for Tommy Lee and Grumpy Cat.
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You are dumb… of course you deserve these!
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Uh thanks I guess…
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You got a blog from WordPress for doing a blog for a year? I received no such award. This makes me bitter>:(
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Do you look in your notifications? It was just a comment thing that had that emblem. You need to look around the wordpress every once in a while. But I am glad you are bitter.
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Ben, Thanks for following my blog (I think you are, anyway, and if not–I’m really bitter about that!) I’m also ticked off that I have no awards, no anniversary thingie from WordPress, no nothin’. Thanks for ruining my day. Entertaining blog, though. Write on, BitterBen.
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So you have been doing your blog for over a year and you didn’t get the anniversary badge? You should go check your comments and stuff. I’m sure you just overlooked it! Oh and you are welcome for ruining your day.
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Thanks for the shout-out!!!
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It’s what I do. I like to shout.
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Sassandbalderdash FTW.
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I agree, which is why I put her on the list. I was pretty stoked when she got me on her blogroll.
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You’re on her blog roll?! Jealous.
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I thought you were on her blog roll. It does feel nice to in the penthouse. Sorry too many metaphors for one day.
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One day Ben, one day. My aspirations are high.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU DEAR BEN!!! You deserve all awarding’s for you heartwarming bitterness. And thank you for putting me on your list. That is one of the rare moments when I don’t know what to say! But I’m also a little bitter because found out that you cheated me our very first contact. THE EVIDENCE: http://tuttisworld.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/callboy/
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Wow, that is amazingly realistic portrayal of my life. How did you know? Thanks so much for linking to my blog. That is awesome!
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Thank you for including me on your list 🙂 I am SO bitter…about not being able to be bitter at you right now!
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Oh well, keep being bitter and you fit right in on the list. I hope you enjoy the negative publicity.
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Raising a Bitters Cocktail to your bitter successes & awards.
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I don’t drink, but I will have some bitter soda or something.
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Perhaps some booze would abate the bitter.
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Ha ha you cranky oul divil! Bet it filled your heart with bitterness having to post this post! You have made me happy imagining your bitterness. Seriously though I know they are a pain but I do love to go to peoples award posts and link to the sites listed. i’ve found some I’ve really enjoyed and even follow some!
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That is the only reason I really did it.
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Your accolades make me bitter. I hope you’re happy.
Also Tuesdays are the worst because they are like two days. /wonderful pun
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I am bitter that you are bitter and well I am in the matrix of bitterness and I never want to leave. And yes Tuesdays always feel like two days. I did a post many moons ago about it.
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