Back in 2010 I asked a number of readers (some with blogs of their own and some without) to help me out, following the birth of The Rooster, by authoring guest posts so that I would be able to take a two week hiatus from posting to tend to my family. Well, with another baby on the way and due in mid-June, I’m again asking for your help in having the site run more or less on autopilot while I take care of two little ones, The Wife, and myself as best as a frazzled father of two can.

All I’m asking for is some sort of original content, it can be anything from 300 to 2000 words (generally my posts range from 300 – 1500) and span the spectrum as long as it’s not hateful or directly related to religion. You’d author a post by June 1st, 2012 and send it to me in an e-mail and I’d queue it up. You can include pictures (as long as you own them and provide me with permission to use it in perpetuity or have permission to use them on my site through some other means (Creative Commons for Commercial Use, etc), embedded video, etc, etc, etc. The only thing I ask is that you write something you feel would be interesting to the rest of the readership.

The last time we did this, the posts were very well received by the readers and comment counts were through the roof. While not everyone appreciates my allowing guest posts (one person said, “I read YOUR site for YOUR content, not someone else’s), I’m not here to make everyone happy ;-)

So, if you’re interested feel free to sign up below. Your information will only be known by me and The Google. I’m looking for at least 10 posts but will take up to 20 (that’s 2 to 4 weeks worth, not including poll posts on Sundays). If you’re interested in being called upon to write more than one post in the event we need it, there’s a spot for you to enter that as well.

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So feel free to ask any questions you may have below or just fill out the form to sign up. I’m interested in knowing what you liked best (or not at all) about the last time we did this and how you think it could be better. Feel free to beg those regulars you want to see post and shower them with offers of your undying love or promises of virtual applause. Whatever you have to say go ahead and comment on below!

Similar to what we did at the end of 2009 and 2010 I am putting up a slew of comments which were penned in 2011 to a vote to determine which is the best of the year. The winner has the choice of eating lunch with me at a location of my choosing (on me) or a $10 gift certificate to some SOTR restaurant I can find to agree to fork over a freebie ;-)

While technically MSPD had 3 of the top 5 (5 of the top 10) who wants to see him get multiple chances to win (not like it would help him win anyway)? Also, Gene Suh, owner of Valley Tap had the most votes at 17 but I deemed him ineligible for a win. As such the comments below were selected by taking the top 5 distinct user rated comments for the year (up votes minus down votes). There were several ties (a two way for 1st and a three way for 4th place) and as such 6 total comments are up for voting.

Please read the following comments and choose one and vote on it below. The vote will run through January 7th, 2012 at 11:59:59 PM.

1. Dave’s suggestion on proper business posting etiquette. [15 votes]

1. MSPD loves thumbs down. [15 votes]

3. lefty’s daily BPAC employee work schedule. [11 votes]

4. kelly’s surprise over the AVFD drama. [10 votes]

4. sui generis’ ‘stupidity tax’. [10 votes]

4. dsw’s note that domestic violence calls are the worst for the police. [10 votes]

2011 Comment of the Year

• lefty's daily schedule at the BPAC (50.0%, 27 Votes)
• kelly not knowing about the drama at the AVFD (17.0%, 9 Votes)
• dsw's note about domestic violence calls (13.0%, 7 Votes)
• sui generis' 'stupidity tax' (11.0%, 6 Votes)
• Dave's suggestion on proper business posting etiquette (9.0%, 5 Votes)
• MSPD wanting his thumbs up to count for thumbs down (0.0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 54

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In addition to the winner of the best comment, one commenter below will win another $10 gift cert (two distinct winners only) so make sure you vote and comment on below in order to be entered. So go ahead and vote and then comment on below and may the best commenters win.