Big Leather Couch

Over the last year and a half of blogging, we have met so many wonderful people.

Some we found through a site called Bestest Blogger...well a few months ago there was a big hub-bub over the way the site was being run (or not run depending upon your point of view), and some nastiness went through the bloggosphere. We made our feelings known then and, as you can see...well, there is nothing to see...LOL

Well, it appears that Mr. Griffin has revamped some of that site and is going to begin a new site. But before he does, there is a contest to name the BESTEST BLOG OF THE YEAR.

All sites that have been named BESTEST BLOG OF THE DAY are entered.



The process is super simple. There are 105 blogs in the running. Go here and vote for them on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 is the worst, 5 is the best).

If you want to make your vote count 3 times as much, be sure to register first.

Voting will end 2 weeks from today, August 6th and winners will be announced on August 7th.

The winner will receive (at least) a $50 cash prize! They will also have a link to their blog featured on the Blankest Blank Home Page for the next year (until the next blog of the year is decided).

The overall top 10 blogs (including the winner) will have their link featured at Bestest Blog (replacing the Blog of the Month and Featured Blog in the top left) as well as have their links replace the blog of the year voting page. Results for blogs ranked 11 and up will be available from a link on the voting page as well.

We are going to try this for music today... the video is not the main point.. the music should be used as background for the post...

You may have seen the posts on SKITTLES site or over at MO’s It’s a Blog Eat Blog World about the Bobby Griffin’s site Bestest Blog Of All Time.

The site, which brought us an entire world of blog friends has disintegrated into a giant Pay Per Post site. Bobby does not seem to do daily updates and has left the nominations up to the guest reviewers.

There also seems to be a second site, allegedly run by his wife that is supposed to be about weight loss, but is anything but.

Tonight, before I even heard about this situation, we received an email from Bobby asking us to join another community that would bring me closer to other bloggers.

Now, we have a friend who has blasted this site as a scam in the past. We saw some of their points, but felt others were not as important. Yes, we have paid for a premium ranking when THE COUCH was named Bestest.

It felt kind of wrong, but we figured, it was how things were done. When we became a user of the site way back when, our traffic went up, but more importantly, we found new friends.

It is unfortunate that a great idea seems to have become a grab for the dollar.

As others have done, we are pulling the Random Button off THE COUCH and the link to Bestest is also going.

We will not remove the Badge that announces that THE COUCH was named BEST BLOG OF THE DAY on January 18, 2007. Why you may ask?

Well for a simple reason. Our nomination was made by Starrlight, (who has been missing way too long)one of the special people we met through the Bestest site. She was allowed to name anyone and she named THE COUCH. In doing so, she wrote some words that touched us. If we were to take the badge off my site it would feel that we were dishonoring her and that would be wrong.

Everyone has to make their own decision on this. This is my decision.


Recently, a meme has been going around called the Thinking Blog Award. Some of our friends have been honored with this award and we have read their posts and been touched and educated by them.

Our good friend Travis was awarded this honor and his post was quite enlightening.

He pointed out that the originator of this meme seems to have a disdain for bloggers who have fun with their blogs. That all blogs are supposed to be serious endeavors…

Well, we are going to continue in our ways… hope Bobby comes to his senses and comes back from the dark side and continue to write for our enjoyment with the sincere hope that you also have fun when you come over and sit…

1 ) THE COUCH WONDERS how far Melissa Joan Hart, she of "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" will go in her attacks of Chris Daughtry and his claim that he wrote the song "It's Not Over." Ms. Hart wrinkled her nose - what? Oh, wrong witch? - did she blink her eyes? - oh right Jeannie not witch...anyway she went after Mr. D on her Myspace page on Sunday. This is almost too good to be true... LOL ...

2) THE COUCH WONDERS what the thought process is with Taylor Hicks and the release of his CD? They pushed it out just before Christmas and put him all over the Television. Tree Lightings in NY & Washington, every morning show and "The Tonight Show", singing a real good song from his CD, "The Runaround". Then...well then is the holidays, everything slows down...a month later...hummm what's missing from this picture? OH Yeah! Where is the single? Where is the radio push? Now, here comes the single and it is a totally different song! They are now releasing "Just To Feel That Way" a great song.. but it just seems to this one little person that they really don't care about him.


3) THE COUCH WONDERS exactly what Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company was thinking when they hired the ex-Mrs. Brittney Spears to star in their Super Bowl commercial? It is one of the "Life Comes At You Fast" series. Before we knew what we were writing about tonight, we left a comment over at The Popeye where we saw this story...well we are going to use it again - hey it's my comment! - can life just come at this loser a little faster and squash him like a bug on the windshield? Now we hope you thought it was at least a tad amusing...


4) THE COUCH WONDERS why everyone is not watching 24? Jack Bauer is ready to rock and roll and this is after the best first 4 hours of heart-pulsing action and excitement. The story line is as topical as they come and they handle it in a way that gives a fair representation of all sides.


5) THE COUCH WONDERS if the Indianapolis Colts will keep it together and get by the New England Patriots this weekend. Personally, THE COUCH would like to see Peyton get his shot at the Super Bowl and we would also giggle at Edgerrin James, who left the Colts for the $$$ in Arizona this past season. NO, it has nothing to do with the fact that we selected James as our running back in fantasy football and he was lousy...nothing at all.


6) THE COUCH WONDERS if the special feelings around the New Orleans Saints will continue this weekend as they travel to chilly Chicago. We sure hope so....then the decision will be tough.



7) THE COUCH WONDERS if the American public is ready to give an African-American the chance at the White House? Barack Obama has thrown his hat into the ring. We are impressed with this gentleman. It will be intersting to see the reaction he receives as he begins this journey.


8) THE COUCH WONDERS if this is the way the winners of the Academy Awards or the Grammys or the Golden Globes or even the others who have been honored with THE BESTEST BLOG OF THE DAY AWARD? We ask because we just received an email from Bobby Griffin informing THE COUCH that we are the BESTEST BLOG OF THE DAY for today, Thursday, January 18, 2007! Wow... my heart is beating fast...



9) THE COUCH WONDERS if anyone is truly surprised that Lindsay Lohan checked herself into the Wonderland Center in Los Angeles after making " a proactive decision to take care of my personal health"? Our Miss Party-girl told PEOPLE that she had been going to AA meetings for a year. She then stated "I haven't had a drink in seven days. Or anything. I am not even legal to, so why would I?" THE COUCH thinks that Lindsay has not grasped the basic concept of joining AA.



10) THE COUCH WONDERS how to thank our good friend STARRLIGHT who, we just saw wrote the posting for us over at BESTEST today. Thank you thank you thank you. Your words made me feel humbled and honored.



11) THE COUCH WONDERS if the iPhone is really as good as they are telling us? Not that we will end up with one...we still have not gotten an iPod yet. But putting it all together in one device....me wants one bad!



12) THE COUCH WONDERS if anyone really cares whether or not Mr. Pitt and Ms. Jolie will live in New Orleans, Katmandu or the moon? Really people...this has just gotten too out of hand. They are people just like you and me. Bet Pitt couldn't do my job for one day. Well, I couldn't do his either, but that is NOT the point.


13) THE COUCH WONDERS how many new friends we made today? We hope y'all come back again sometime and take a seat...there is always room for one more here...









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