Honors/Awards/Inductions

I think I'm going to start an award and, the first year, give it to myself. I can make up some platitudes (they don't need to be true!) about why I deserve this award. After all, isn't this what a lot of groups, schools, etc. do? Sure seems like it.

I noted this year's nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I had to stifle a loud guffaw. I'm obviously not a R n R aficionado, but some of the nominees seem to be bad jokes. The problem with doing this, that is, nominating those not worthy and then electing some of them, is that it takes away from those who really do deserve it. For instance, who can take the Nobel Peace Prize seriously after Yasir (That's My Baby) Arafat won it? Then, to compound the bad joke, Al Gore wins it. C'mon. Schools and teachers-of-the-year are in the same boat. When people who are mediocre, not even among the best three or four in a school's own dept, win state-wide awards, well, you see....

So, since quality, worth, etc., don't matter, I will invent an award to give myself this year. It will look good on my resume (if I had one). Next year, I'll give it to one of my buddies, then another the year after. Soon, with so many recipients, the award will have gained credibility and no one will bother to see if it is legitimate or, as so many are, a joke.

BTW, I just tried to sign in at a Web site. I have registered, but it asked me to update, even knowing my info. Then, when I tried to "update," I was told, "this e-mail address" is not registered. So, I tried to register and couldn't, you guessed it, because "this e-mail address" is already registered. I sent the Web master an e-mail to go take a flying leap. That's my mood today, after almost getting run down.