Sunshine Blogger Award
My Brush With Greatness!
Roll Out The Red Carpets And Polish The Golden Statuettes!
Call the limo, I’ve got this in the bag!
Hey everybody, great news, I’ve been nominated for a thing called the Sunshine Blogger Award! Now, don’t pop the champagne just yet, there are still about 20,000 people in the running, you know, folks who got book learned and went to university and college and technical writing school and more, but hey, a total novice such as me with the visibility of an ant crawling across Pismo Beach got nominated, so I’m a shoe-in! I even use the Oxford Comma, so clear the podium!
And the crowd goes WILD - SPEECH! SPEECH!
Me at the awards ceremony;
“Ahem… is this thing on? Hello, HELLO? Testin.. Oh, Hi! What a crowd! First of all, I wish to thank The Mighty Humanzee for nominating me for this prestigious Sunshine Blogger Award initiated way back in July of 2025 by” (opens notes) “Oh, yeah, Demi of The Starfire Codes who was nominated by, just a sec… Easy Weezy. If the linkage goes further well, I was too lazy to care, so look it up yourselves, but Thank you, thank you!”
«Applause»
Back to Earth - Wait… What? There’s no prize? It just keeps going like chain mail without the creepiness of anonymity and stamps? Well, it seems to be catching on quite well regardless. To those who are unfamiliar with the award, it goes as follows;
The Sunshine Blogger Award Rules:
• Display the Award’s official logo somewhere on your blog
• Thank the person who nominated you
• Provide a link to your nominator’s blog
• Answer your nominator’s questions
• Nominate at least 5 bloggers
• Provide up to 5 questions for your nominees
And that’s it! I know, it seems like a lot right now, but I found that once I started pondering the questions, it became a challenge to try and befuddle everyone with my answers. And you ain’t even read my questions yet!
Here Are His Questions For the Nominees (me)
1. You are given the opportunity to star in your favorite streaming, movie, television or book series, and while you are a mainline role, you will NOT be playing any role of the current characters. You will be an entirely new, major character for the series. What and who will your new character be, and what impact would it have on your favorite entertainment?
This is a difficult question for me as my only passive 'entertainment' is music, but on occasion I watch a podcast or find an old movie no later than, say, 1972. The last series I watched with any interest was the television phenomenon known as MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000). This 1990's circa show may be too obscure for many, so if you are unfamiliar, it was about a human held captive aboard a satellite with three (sometimes more) sarcastic robots. Dr. Forrester (bad guy) forced them to watch old cheesy movies where they cracked corn the entire time. Campy fun ensues without the woke-scold, finger-wagging of modern 'entertainment.' My new part/character would be a cyborg adding my confused commentary as I fight over my own allegiance to my robot/human identity. The possible horrific outcomes of creating such a monster are unimaginable, but it is all in fun with double-entendre galore. Impact; how to stop worrying about the singularity and love impending doom.
2. What is the title of the song that reminds you of an early love interest that somehow you never were able to establish a relationship with?
Love Is Blue
3. Out of all the skills and habits that you needed in life, what was the hardest one for you to learn, and how did you go about conquering impediments?
Ladders. My all-consuming dread of climbing ladders, but in order to build homes and be an effective firefighter, it had to be conquered. My method for overcoming this; Suck it up, buttercup. Face fear squarely and man up. But they still creep me out if over 20 foot tall.
4. You have to go back in time to warn the younger you of impending doom. How do you convince the younger you that you are their future, and that they should listen to you.
Show me a picture of the burning, twisted wreckage of the car I always drove WAY too fast with a personal item of mine that survived, albeit singed, the crash. Oh, and a hard slap across the face if I started to smirk. More slaps if necessary.
5. What has been the biggest and most pleasant surprise about those you have met on Substack?
The coolest cats on the internet live here, for now. The way they accepted my babbling as worthy material continues to this day, and the fact that there are good folks who are paid subscribers gives me the impetus to continually improve. If you are reading this, you have my deepest gratitude and I hope to live up to and exceed your expectations.
Now, to my questions;
Name an invention you would like to make, explain what it does, and how you would release it into the world, i.e. sell it, give it away, restrict its use, etc.
If you could instantly know how to play a musical instrument that you have never played before, what would it be and what type of music would you most like to play with it?
What is your favorite joke? Please tell it!
If you could abolish one law or laws pertaining to an action or or prohibition, what would it be and why?
If you could permanently alter one physical feature of yours, what would that be?
And that’s it! Have fun and don’t forget to pass this along!
Oh, wait, I’m being called back to the stage, excuse me…
“Ahem… Thank you, thank you ladies and gentlemen, if I’m still allowed to call you that, I have been informed that there is, in fact, no winner, sinner, or chicken dinner, just the award… for… reasons… smh…”
«BOOS»
Anyway, after careful consideration, here are the following Substack denizens I have selected for this glorious Sunshine Blogger Award. I’ll have you know that my choices were based strictly on these three category’s;
They’ve never lied to me
They aren’t openly hostile to me, and
They paid the most in swagthey haven’t blocked me yet.
So, without further Adderall, those who I wish to nominate are."
Okay, folks, you’re “it!” If I neglected to add you to the list of nominees, rest assured it is because I am brain-dead from lack of sleep due to protests by my tired old body and not because you took that last donut at the Christmas party.
Be well and until my next post, enjoy the summer - its effing August already!
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Thanks for nominating The Farce Feed, Dave! It's an honor.
Well, my Love, that was quite a commentary. When you first mentioned this latest thing on your plate, I thought you might be at it awhile. But you came up with just the right character in the first poser rather quickly. The rest fell right in place.
Well done I say!