In Which I Feel Somewhat Out Of Place

Tonight I looked at the Bloggers’ Choice Awards voting for the first time in about a week, and I found two items of interest:

1) Somehow I’m still hanging in there on the front page (the top nine vote-getters are listed on the front page. I’m eighth, or as some like to call it: OUT OF THE RUNNING SAVE A COMPUTER MALFUNCTION).

2) Of the blogs that are in the top nine as I’m writing this, SEVEN of them have little red badges out to the side that say “Adult Content.” Only two do not. I’m one of those two.

I’m a little tickled by that.

Because here’s the thing.

Say you’re a regular reader of even one of the seven “adult content” blogs.

Say your curiosity gets the best of you and you decide to check out the blog toward the bottom of the page, the one that’s called BooMama or somesuch nonsense.

Say that you’re accustomed to lots of, um, “colorful” language in your daily blog reading.

And then, strangely, you find yourself here.

I’m not sure, but I think the following would probably be a fair assessment of how my blog might across to someone whose blog reading is typically along the “adult content” lines:

OHMYWORD MY MERCY I JUST LOVE JESUS, Y’ALL, I LOVE HIM TO PIECES, AND BY THE WAY HAS ANYBODY GOT A GOOD POTATO CASSEROLE RECIPE FOR THE LOVE OF PETE BECAUSE I’M MAKING SOME FRIED CHICKEN AND LAND SAKES ALIVE YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE IT BUT ONE TIME WE WENT TO THE FISH CAMP WITH MAMA AND IT WAS MORE FUN! JUST MORE FUN! AND I DON’T KNOW IF I’VE EVER MENTIONED IT BUT DO YOU KNOW THAT I THINK CHRIS TOMLIN SINGS SOOO PURTY-LIKE?!

I mean, those poor souls must think they’ve landed smack dab in the middle of some sort of hillbilly revival meeting. With dinner on the grounds to follow.

Which is why, when I was looking at the Blogger’s Choice thing-y, I found myself wishing I had a little warning badge of my own. Just so people would know what they’re getting into if they decide to click over here.

And LOOK! THE INTERNET IS MAGIC! It enables you to create things ON THE COMPUTER! Like warning badges!

Of course, I can’t actually, you know, use it on the Blogger’s Choice page.

But if I could, I’m sure I’d shoot to the top of the voting.

Provided, of course, that the seven people ahead of me REMOVED THEMSELVES FROM THE COMPETITION.

AHEM.

Land sakes alive.