Kick Ass Blogger Award

Many many thanks to Impolitical and deBeauxOs at Birth Pangs for naming Creekside as a Kick Ass Blog, even though I have been pretty snarky about these memes in the past.
This one is different. I realize that now.

What? I have to pass it on?
Already?
Can't I just sit here quietly and rack up a few more noms from people who don't realize I've already been tagged?
Ok then. Among the many great blogs who I think haven't already been nominated, here's five who consistantly kick Canadian ass :

Moved to Vancouver and The Woodshed , my co-bloggers at The Galloping Beaver - nepotism rules!
Ottawonk
Rusty Idols
Thwap's Schoolyard
The Gazetteer

No, you guys can't keep yours either.
Passing it on:

~Choose 5 bloggers that you feel are "Kick Ass Bloggers"
~Let 'em know in your post or via email, twitter or blog comments that they've received an award
~Share the love and link back to both the person who awarded you and back to http://www.mammadawg.com/
~Hop on back to the Kick Ass Blogger Club HQ to sign Mr. Linky then pass it on!

Mr. Linky?

I can has cheezburger removr?

The Consumerist takes on Complaint Remover, a company that advertises it will rid the internet of "defamatory" and "negative links" about you.

How? Apparently "by positioning links on the Search Engines and by appeals to law to remove negative information. We send cease and desist letters and if necessary, file legal actions against the perpetrators and Internet service providers contributing to the unjust defamation of our members".

Holy googlebomb! Does the worst president ever know about this?

The Consumerist hits the Complaint Remover chatroom. :

"Hello My name is Kelly. Is there something I can help you with today?

Consumerist : Does your company work on all of the internets?

Kelly: Yes we remove negative links from all erch engines google or aol, or yahoo

Consumerist : How does that work? How are you able to get another company to get rid of something that's part of their business?

Kelly: We push the negative links back in serch engines so nobody will see that ones

Consumerist : So you like make new internets and push the bad internets down?

Kelly: Yes

Consumerist : My keywords are lolcats. I have a cat breeding business and people keep making pictures of cats with derogatory phrases on them. It's hampering my ability to attract new clients

Kelly: just a seccond please. ok wich one of those you want to be pushed back ?"

Oh noes. But what about the unfettered democracy and free speech of the intertubes? And spelling?

Commenters at Boing Boing and The Consumerist go to work pranking CR and uncovering IPs and holy shit! this version of CR is a giant ethical leap forward from an alleged previous incarnation which included sending nasty death threats on behalf of its "members".

Go read the rest. Why? Well, because it's very funny, especially the commenters' forays into the CR chatroom, but also because if The Consumerist story gets enough hits, anyone googling up Complaints Remover will continue to get The Consumerist instead.

I luvs teh intertubes. Srsly.

Blog memes

The Rules :
1) Thank me profusely for the rare honour of nominating you to this prestigious meme.
Suggested good words to use : thrilled, overwhelmed, grateful, humbled.
Bad words : spam, blog-whoring, pyramid scheme, chain letter
Be sure to mention that you always read my blog every day and indeed, I am the inspiration that caused you to take up blogging yourself.

2) List the eight/five/three/lefty/thinking/random/secret/interesting things about yourself/what you are reading/who you think is hot/worst job experience evah.
Don't worry too much about this part - no one reads blogs.
Be quirky; be fun. Best to avoid any mention of chronic skin diseases or your best stalking experience. Another link back to me in bold wouldn't go amiss here either.

3) See that list of your 500 frequently read blogs on your sidebar? Finally you get to use it for something. Find eight/five/three blogs who somehow haven't been tagged yet and list them in your meme post. Bear in mind the ones you leave out will never link to you again.

4) Leave a comment on your victims' blogs to say you have nominated them.
Check back frequently to make sure they spelled your name correctly in Rule #1.

Thank you : Rusty Idols, Big City Lib, Unrepentant Old Hippie, Pogge, The Woodshed, The Galloping Beaver, Harper Valley
Because I really was thrilled, overwhelmed, grateful, and humbled.
No really. Just don't do it ever again.

Update : Heh.