The *Real* Awards Season Has Begun!

As you may have heard, some other dumb award show nominations are out, which means one important thing: It's almost SLACKIE(TM) season!

So here's how it works. I'll be accepting nominations for any and all categories for a week, then I'll post the ballot next Friday. You'll have a week or so to re-vote or campaign for anyone who hasn't voted yet. Then, the big day will by January 2!

This Year's Categories are:

• Movie of the Year
• Album of the Year
• Book of the Year
• TV Show (Returning) of the Year
• TV Show (New) of the Year
• Worst Movie of the Year
• Underrated Artistic Endeavor of the Year
• Overrated Artistic Endeavor of the Year
• News Event of the Year (serious)
• The "TomKat" Prize for Most Ludicrous Non-story News Event of the Year
• Sports Story of the Year
• The "D'Oh!" Award for Biggest Screw-up by a Government/Politician
• The "Paris Hilton" Prize for Most Over-Exposed Lingering Celebrity (formerly called the You're Still Here?!?" award)
• The "Your 15 Minutes are Up" Award for most Over-Exposed New Celebrity
• Blog of the Year
• Buffoon of the Year
• Soap/Bodywash of the Year
• Birthday Cake Flavor of the Year
• Beverage of the Year (adult and non-adult)
• Best Future "Slackie"(TM) category
• Fictional Character of the Year (male and female)
• YouTube Video of the Year
• Cheese of the Year

Go to it. The countdown to Slackie(TM) 2006 has begun!