{"id":181,"date":"2008-12-16T13:10:17","date_gmt":"2008-12-16T18:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/escribble.wordpress.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2008-12-16T13:10:17","modified_gmt":"2008-12-16T18:10:17","slug":"butterfly-proximity-award-character-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/butterfly-proximity-award-character-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly, Proximity Award &amp; Character of the Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">I<\/span> was browsing my Google Reader subscription and saw an unread feed from a familiar <a href=\"http:\/\/mirrorcracked.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blogger<\/a>. Marked the feed, read the post and commented a few days ago. I am still at daze! I can&#8217;t fathom what I just read. Actually, I read the post a few days ago \ud83d\ude09 &#8212; I humbly apologize for the delay in this acceptance speech \ud83d\ude00 You can&#8217;t blame me, nor can you sue me, as I am in need to familiarize myself with &#8220;<em>speech<\/em>&#8221; audible-blogging !<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think I deserve this awards since I recently made a switch from Blogger into WordPress, and truthfully, I am also fairly new in the blogosphere. Nonetheless, I wouldn&#8217;t want to break the heart of a dear friend, <a href=\"http:\/\/mirrorcracked.wordpress.com\/2008\/12\/10\/comebacks-and-undeserving-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikhil<\/a>, who humbly insisted that I accept these awards \ud83d\ude42 Thank you so much for the honor Nikhil, greatly appreciate it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3010\/3113926106_ca8229c069_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\")\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3010\/3113926106_ca8229c069_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would go ahead and make a copy of each awards &#8212; OK, I am back! See, I won&#8217;t keep the awards all to myself \ud83d\ude09 The butterfly award is for the coolest blog, whereas the proximity blog award is for the effort in maintaining a quality blog in terms of blog etiquette, response and audiences &#8212; in blogosphere, that is. Not some sort of a scandal, I assure you \ud83d\ude00 And please don&#8217;t ask where and how did I came up with this information.<\/p>\n<p>Errr.. Let&#8217;s get back to the awards please. I would like to pass on the butterfly and proximity awards to some of my favorite blogs:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainstuck.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Anshul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/amreekandesi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/withnowheretogo.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lemonade<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thebratthebeanandbedlam.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MadMomma<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karencheng.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Karen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/thepioneerwoman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PW<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/cookingismypassion.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Su Yin<\/a>. Check out this awesome blogs and judge why I insist they accept this awards \ud83d\ude00 Wait a sec! Where are you going? I am not done yet \ud83d\ude1b I am extending this honor to each and every blogger that haven&#8217;t accepted nor has been given this honor. Please, I humbly request your acceptance and can&#8217;t wait to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">hear<\/span> read your acceptance speech \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 450px\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3129\/3113019503_1e0c1e1318.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"D\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3129\/3113019503_1e0c1e1318.jpg\" alt=\"FRIENDSHIP EMBRACELET\" width=\"450\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a>\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">FRIENDSHIP EMBRACELET<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have created a category here on my blog and it&#8217;s called, <em>Character of the Day<\/em>. In the spirit of <em>Christmas<\/em>, the month of giving, accepting and sharing, I would like to award today&#8217;s <em>character of the day<\/em> &#8212; <strong>FRIENDSHIP EMBRACELET<\/strong> as above, in honor of <a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blogroll\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>all my wonderful blog buddies<\/strong><\/a>, <strong>including my silent readers<\/strong>, that I have grown to know since my inception into blogosphere! Thank you so much for your support \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Kiran Tarun Srivastava<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was browsing my Google Reader subscription and saw an unread feed from a familiar blogger. Marked the feed, read the post and commented a few days ago. I am still at daze! I can&#8217;t fathom what I just read. 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