Well, It ain’t over yet, folks… but it’s close!

Instead of a progress report today, I need to say a few words regarding Judgement Day. (I know we’re not supposed to be all judgemental and everything, but sometimes ya just gotta make the call.)

Anyway – once the floating contest notice is gone, folks, it’s over. BUT (and that’s a BIG but), if you are still in a creative mood, by all means keep ‘em coming. I’ll be happy to keep posting them as long as you want to keep writing ‘em. (At least until I, you know, die. Or something.)

However, once the contest is closed (when the contest notice disappears), I’ll ship the sealed list of contest entries via special courier (OK, email) to our all-star panel of judges, who will then deliberate over them until they either run screaming from the room, or successfully identify the winners (whichever comes first – so cross your fingers).

Anyway, what we’ve got here is what you might call the pregnant pause (Get it? A pregnant dog? With paws? A pregnant paws? Oh, forget it.), that period of time between the end of the contest and when the winners are announced. So please bear with us a bit (one of the judges, Shawn Callahan, lives in Australia and he has to sleep sometime, you know). So keep your eye on this space – hopefully it won’t take too long.

And speaking of winners, I think each and every one of you should consider yourselves winners! I mean it! You guys were stupendous! What a great response to a simple idea – I’m truly honored and humbled to have been your host for this little exercise.

I want to take this moment and again thank you all for your fantastic effort and participation; all I can say is:

‘way to go!