It's no secret that we at Six Boxes of Books love @HalfPintIngalls from Twitter. Wendy has already interviewed Half Pint (and the interview was even linked on the Christian Science Monitor). And I've been plugging her over on Twitter itself ever since I discovered her. After all, who can resist gems like these?
"You really should follow @clothesline if you don't want to get lost out on the prairie in this blizzard. #FollowFriday"
"Just walked 160 acres for this stupid piece of candy. 160 acres until the next one. HATE trick-or-treating on the prairie."
And don't miss her Christmas wishing-list from Mr. Amazon's Mercantile.
Anyway, if you like @HalfPintIngalls too, here's something you can do: help nominate her for a Shorty Award!
No, it's not an award for short people (although our Half Pint would certainly qualify). The Shorty Awards honor "the best producers of short, real-time content" on Twitter. There are 27 official categories, such as Celebrity, Customer Service, Education, Food, Government, etc.
@HalfPintIngalls has been nominated for the Humor category, but she needs more nominations! This is how it works: Twitter users send nominations via Twitter. Sometime in February, the Shorty Awards people will determine the top five nomination-getters in each category, and these will be the finalists. The winners will then be chosen by a combination of popular vote and the choices of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts and Sciences. Yes, there is such an academy. I did not make that up.
So, if you are a Twitter user and would like to nominate @HalfPintIngalls, just visit her Shorty Awards page. You can either tweet your nomination directly from that page, or copy and paste the text to your own Twitter client or web page. Be sure to include a reason after the "because..."; otherwise, your nomination won't count.
The competition is stiff, but as Half Pint herself said, "Out of all the folks up for 'Shorty Awards,' only ONE is as small as a half-pint of cider half-drunk up. I'M JUST SAYING."
6 comments:
I don't use Twitter, but I've seen her tweets (is that the right word? As I said, I don't use Twitter). Really funny stuff.
I'm so glad you introduced me to HalfpintIngalls - cracks me up every time. I'm off to nominate!
I might have to start paying attention to twitter just for Halfpintingalls! Found your blog from the comment challenge. Love it so far!
I'm going to start following her! Thank you for the post.
I LOVE @HalfPintIngalls she's such a hoot I believe half of my favorites saved are from her quotes. ;D I love the ones who can make me laugh on Twitter.
Thanks. I didn't know about this, but I'll gladly support her as one of the best things on Twitter. (And always a thanks to Wendy for telling me about her.)
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