Best Viral Internet Download Featuring a New ComedyJewCrush: Lazy Sunday (The Chronic(What?)Cles of Narnia). Between this and "Lettuce," Andy Samberg, watch out...your fanpost is coming...
Best Podcasts: Harry and Ziva at the View From Here and The Ricky Gervais Show
Most Flattering Crossover of Bloglife Into Real Life: When EV and Proud Self-Loather came to my Purim show (although it's possible they came to see Corddry, see ad at left, but still...)
Best Student Conference on Jewish Identity: Jewlicious @ The Beach (registration for JTB2 starts soon)
Best TV I'm Watching: Lost, Nip/Tuck, Rescue Me, Law & Order: SVU, 24 (first season, yes, I'm starting slow)
Best TV I'm Not Watching: Bones, How I Met Your Mother, Entourage, Arrested Development (because I'm a season behind...)
Best J-Blogosphere Idea That Never Took Off: Jewschool's Ethical Speech Initiative. Why no liftoff? I blame the little rebbe icon. Still, a good idea to think before you post. Plus, this post also has 2005's Best Post-Blogbattle Reconciliation Photo, too.
Best Year in Review of Another Blog Authored By Me: JDaters Anonymous (seriously, if you haven't tried it, now's your chance)
Best Bloggers' Visit to a Winery: Jewlicious, Esther, and Annabel Lee visit the Baron Herzog Winery
Most Literary/Gastronomic Blogrelationship Between Bloggers Who Have Never Met: Hilary and Ari (they send each other books, recipes and cupcake liners)
Best New Platonic Blogger Shidduch That I Take Some Credit For and Which Resulted in a Trip to Las Vegas: Annabel Lee and Hilary (like Thelma & Louise without the murder, attempted rape or "big finish")
New Blogs I'm Hoping to Read More of in 2006: JeruGuru, ILikedYourProfile, Shabot Shablog, JDater
Old Off-the-Radar Blogfriends I'm Hoping to See More of in 2006: Deb, Fish, the now blogless Candace, Ginger
Most Ambitious Media Plan for 2006: Me (TV, web, radio, publishing, area appearances, cross-country and international locations, auntdom, world domination...it's all in the works, so stay tuned to be a part of it...)
People Whom I've Never Met But For Whose Comments and Readership I Am Nonetheless Grateful: You.
Wishing you all, bloggers and commenters, old and young, Jewish and non-Jewish, male or female, rabbinical students and rabbis, neighbors and friends and faraway not-yet-friends, a happy and healthy 2006. May all of our dreams come true.
Love,
Esther