Hopefully Paddy doesn't mind me gatecrashing (hey, you made me co-writer...)
First off the personal bit, thank you to everyone who voted and I truly am delighted to have won what I did, it means a lot to me.
Congrats to all the winners (if my maths are correct Juzzy is now a pro until sometime in the next century...) you all deserved it.
And now a little video... it's not Speilberg but it's the content rather than the design that's important...
PS, now he's watched it I had one other I couldn't fit in cause I got it last night, promised them I'd put it up:
If I was going to describe Paddy in one word it would be selfless. Yes he's witty, intelligent, a great ranter, a great reasoner but I would choose selfless because he gives so much of himself to other bloggers and has done as much as anyone to turn blog co uk into a community, not just another blog hoster. Well done Paddy.
I will do a nice big post about thank yous etc later... until I have a million comments to read.
Before I go...
Thank you to...
Everyone who nominated, everyone who voted (even you who did it at 9.45pm tonight!), to Brad for putting up with me snapping at him when the curtain woudln't go up, to cYzzie for donating the prizes, to LyndLJ for the fantastic reviews she did and being my liason with Moira's family, to Andy for all the wonderous wonderous graphics and finally to you lot, commenting and winning and taking part! You made it worth the time and little effort!
Don't thank me, thank each other for showing what a great great community BCUK can be.
When we came up with the Moira Smith award I never once thought it would be won by this person. When the first nomination came in my thoughts were "Yes, that's right," but I honestly didn't expect to see many more nominations for this person.
Oh how wrong could I have been? It's a rhetorical question Juzzzy, no need to answer!
The winner is someone who undoubtedly deserves it. She was an inspiration to her readers, to her family and to her friends and this aptly names awards shows that her readers will do just that... they will never forget her.
Ladies and gents...
The Moira Smith Forget-Me-Not Award for 2007 goes to...