well, the bloggies finalists have been announced. whenever i see lists like this i can't help thinking of all the blogs that seem to be missing or that weren't even nominated that maybe should of been. the awards aren't without controversy of course. a nice rundown of the nominees can be found here, and accusation of the nominees being fixed can be found here. but in the end is it more than a popularity contest and does it matter? i don't know.