OK…you know I don’t normally do these things, especially with The Creativity Series doing so well, but…well, I just kinda found this one a bit funny. Hosted by Grumpy Bulldog, I found this on a number of blogs I read, and, well, it IS creative, in it’s own deconstructive kind of way. He, GB, even states it in his rules:
I’ll keep it simple because I like simple. December 15 (which gives you 2 weeks) post on your blog the answer to this brain-teasing question:
What are the 12 things I hate most about the holiday season?
So copy the badge up above and on December 15 respond to the question about all the things you hate during the holiday season. Be as creative, or non-creative as you want.
1. Black Friday/Black ANYTHING Sales: now they start at Midnight on Thanksgiving. Soon: Black September!
2. Christmas Music Starting right after Halloween!!!
3. Stupid Christmas Grandma Sweaters (you know what I mean)
4. LoFat/Lactaid Free Egg Nog…I mean…really?
5. December being the ONLY time of the year we should have Joy on Earth? Seriously?
6. Ditto with “Goodwill To All Men”…how about women, children, animals, the Earth…?
7. Jello with mayonnaise? Ugh. I mean…ugh.
8. Commercialism (see #1)
9. Jewish Commercialism (why American Jews have to imitate Christmas)
10. Un-funny holiday cards
11. People who don’t know you who get your name for Secret Santa (horrible gifts)
12. Only thinking the homeless need food and clothing during December, let alone a place to live.
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I have to apologize profusely to Lisa of Woman Wielding Words. She awarded BornStoryteller the above Liebster Blog Award way back on December 4th, and I have been remiss in doing anything about it. The award is to handed to “up and coming” blogs with less than 200 followers. As Lisa mentioned in her posting, not sure how “up and coming” I am, although I have 110 followers now.
Yes, don’t let the weird numbers on my sidebar fool you. WordPress has added a lot of things to impress you, but at this moment: 110 lovely ladies and gentlemen subscribe/follow my blog. More are always welcome. Just because I have Twit numbers (which they now add in) does not mean I have that many readers. If only!!!
So, I have to: thank Lisa (Thank You LISA)…and encourage you to really read her blog. She and I often are spot on with agreeing and corresponding posts; post the award; and now pick five other people who have under 200 followers and hope you go follow them, and then they are supposed to thank me, and back and forth….and now my head hurts.
Five blogs to follow with under 200 Followers:
The Whispering Tree: great indie band.
Portia’s World: a talented artist/writer who should be read
Cerebrations: from Roy Ackerman, whose comments and support are always given with high marks
Sweepy Jean: poetry you should read; real dedication
40Blog Spot: a French Yummy Mummy (she said it, not me)
and I’ll cheat a bit, like Lisa did with me, with someone who is just a tad over the 200 mark but should have more:
Flash Fiction: a great fiction writer who should be read (and encouraged to write more)
So…now I gotta let ’em all know they’ve been chosen, which I’ll do….YOUR JOB: go visit them, and if you like, follow them. It’ll be good karma.
Thanks
Stu
bornstoryteller 
Dec 15, 2011 @ 21:21:34
The Bah Humbug was indeed creative, and grats on the award. Yep WordPress has switched things up on us and left many of us in awed (I guess) Great list of blogs you’ve listed. I currently stalk a couple of them, but will be checking out the others as well.
Dec 15, 2011 @ 21:24:04
Thanks Deb. I was hard pressed and tired…hope it all fits the bill.
Dec 15, 2011 @ 21:40:39
Who let the cat out of the bag? ;p No matter. Thanks very much, Stu. You lead the pack when it comes to dedication and I’m honored to be in the company of these other great blogs, some I know and the rest I will get to know better!
Dec 15, 2011 @ 22:05:13
You are very welcome Adriene. Hope this helps!
Dec 15, 2011 @ 23:55:34
Congratulations and I LOVE the idea of the Bah Humbug Blahg Fest. 😉
Dec 16, 2011 @ 07:48:22
Just a fun one to do and get my grinch out. Thanks Maureen.
Dec 16, 2011 @ 04:07:53
Thank you Stuart and have a great break!
Dec 16, 2011 @ 07:48:50
Muriel…you are welcome. You too.
Dec 16, 2011 @ 06:53:21
Thanks for the list of new blogs to visit. No apologies necessary, by the way. I don’t really like handing out the awards since it puts pressure on people to respond, when I don’t think the pressure is necessary. We creative types always put enough pressure on ourselves. I love the Bah Humbug list. Am I allowed to do it even though it is past the date? I feel like I’ve been kind of a Scrooge all month anyway. Congrats on the “2015 followers.” I don’t like this change, so I’m thinking of removing the numbers from my sidebar, since they don’t reflect reality anyway.
Lisa
Dec 16, 2011 @ 07:51:48
Yeah, taking the numbers down soon myself. WordPress is doing a LOT of stupid changes that in the long run are more confusing. It’s almost like they want us to leave for other blog hosting sites. I assume you can do the bah humbug (even though it was for yesterday). Who is going to stop you? 😉 Rules are mean to be broken!!!! Thanks Lisa.
Dec 16, 2011 @ 09:32:54
very nice put up, i actually love this website, keep on it
Dec 16, 2011 @ 11:46:55
Stuart- first of all congratulations to you! You deserve it- given the breadth of material you cover- from poems to stories to creativity to (non)education….
Secondly, thank you for listing me. And, while I have 68 networked blog followers, my overall followership (now there’s a creative use of the vernacular) is signficantly higher. As such, given there’s a comma involved, it’s not clear if I can honestly accept the honor. I, of course, would love to have two commas involved, so will take the honor, if I am not violating any august principles.
Dec 17, 2011 @ 08:58:55
roy…keep the award…it’s given in the spirit that more people should take a gander at your blog. (non)education? hmmm….
Dec 17, 2011 @ 07:15:27
Thanks for bending the rules for me (because I know what a stickler you are for rules 😉 ). It means a lot to me – and not just ’cause we’re friends!
Congrats on getting the award – it’s always nice to know that others enjoy your work and recognize your talent.
The main reason I keep the followers stats on my blog is so that my visitors have the opportunity to check those people out as well. There are so many different ways that stats can be skewed, they really don’t mean a heckuva a lot in the end. Just keep doing what you’re doing!
Dec 17, 2011 @ 09:00:02
Rules? Rules? We don’t need no stinking rules!!
My pleasure, Li. Just more people not in bizarre places should read your work.
Dec 17, 2011 @ 08:06:04
You got some good reasons to be a humbug. I especially agree with No. 12 and 2
Dec 17, 2011 @ 09:01:04
Thanks Misha.
Dec 17, 2011 @ 16:50:07
Thanks Stu!!!!!!!!!
Dec 17, 2011 @ 17:18:36
You’re welcome, El. I hope more people glom onto your music!!
Jan 11, 2012 @ 21:44:38
Hey, Thank you for this amazing blog post! I will bookmark Bah Humbug Creativity!!!…and a late Award Thankyou bornstoryteller. Cheers.
Apr 29, 2012 @ 14:48:34
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Apr 29, 2012 @ 14:58:05
Thank you very much. I’ll be starting up BornStoryteller again in May.
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