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The first ever Independence Day Contest at Joeprah.com was a real barn burner and I had to wait until all the stats were compiled on July 4th before I announced a winner. Many people entered and only one could win. At stake--$25. The contest, for those of you unfamiliar, was a referral contest. Who could get the most referrals from their website to mine using one of the widgets I created for the contest or through a post of some kind at their site. It was more or less a blog Olympics. For my part, I gave link love to those involved and website reviews. Not too shabby. Anyways, today I reveal the winner. The blogger who set the standard—the gold medal winner if you will. First, let’s revisit all those bloggers who entered the contest. The Contestants:First, we have MileHighDad. MHD is another stay at home dad blogger and just was mentioned in Woman's World. He is a heck of a nice guy and is very involved in his young son's life as you can tell by his blog which includes movies of his boy dominating at soccer (most recently tee-ball) and photos that his son takes with their digital camera. Melisa from Suburban Scrawl is another participant and perhaps one of the nicest people I have met in the last few month from blogland. She is a published author and blogs about this and that and everything in between at her blog. She loves her home town of Chicago and has a penchant for Lemonhead candy. RDH Mom, is a dental hygientist from California that has a tight knit family and she openly blogs about them and her adoption tales. She has great taste as she frequently drops by and comments here at Joeprah. Mommy Cosm, another contestant, hales from New England. She is a softball coach, mom, and blogger (obviously). She honestly gives an introspective look into her life via her blogging prowless and can make you laugh/cry/smile with her awesomeness. *Note: Joeprah doesn't cry* Colorado Green Dad, this guy is relatively new on the scene. I mean not in life or whatever, but rather in my realm of experience. Very enthusiastic, very cool and like any Joeprah fan savvy beyond all reasonable measurement. Trysh, this lady is super nice and has a super cool jewelry blog. She is very talented and a very geniune, kind soul that I am happy to have met. Penelope, not Trunk, but rather my friend from Cafe at the End of the Universe. She writes Idol updates, poetry, posts photos, talks about her family and almost anything really. She is very cool and very down to Earth. Allie Bear, another new friend of mine, she blogs about her life in a no-holds-barred fashion leaving me blushing from her posts on occasion. She is funny and sassy. Word. Worn Out Woman, she is a Christian woman with a strong family. Her stories are both inspirational and relatable. For instance, her son donated money he received at his recent birthday party to charity, the story brought a *Joeprah doesn't Cry* watery substance to my eye. My boy Tom, over at Being Michael's Daddy, is an intelligent, well written, hilarious, intuitve dad that I am glad to have come across. Dude writes about his family and a lot about his youngest child Michael (who is much younger than his other kids and a bit of a surprise) in some poignant anecdotes. Respect. Pete, well--he basically is the ownage at most things, but his speciality is owning with his camera phone. He is smart, witty, and one heck of a good blogging friend. 50% smart-tech-camera guy, 50% witty blogger, 120% awesome. Momo, if you don't know Momo from MomoFali you are missing out. Period. She is really friggin' funny and has some awesome observations about life and parenting. A mom blogger that is married with two children that is relentless in her persuit of being one of the best bloggers ever. She is basically my hero. Jared, over at DadThing.com, writes about being a dad to one of the cutest boys in history, Ace. He has some excellent observations about his experiences being a new dad. Dude, is both intelligent and funny. Tyler, he has a blog over at Building Camelot that looks at the topics of parenting, being a dad, and being a guy under a microscope. Cool dude and a relatively new bloggy friend that I am glad to have met. HRH, another new friend of mine that has a very cool witty mom blog at June Cleaver Nirvana . She has a cool family and unique blogging style I find refreshing and fun to read. Christine is a late entry to the contest from SerenityHow. Christine is a mom blogger, but she is more--much more. She is random, funny and very entertaining. I have been following her blog for several months now and she never disapoints. Another late entry into what can only be called "The Best Contest Ever" is OurCrookedTree. Well, that's her blog anyways. OCT blogs about life-period. She's been dealing with some real issues lately, and her strength through the adversity is evident in her honest upfront approach she takes in her writing. Check her out, if you haven't already done so. And our final contestant is Kim from Jogging in Circles. Now, notice her pink background and the cutesy appeal of her blog--yep, she's a mom blogger, and guess what, she still likes me. Weird, right? I don't think so. From the depths of the typical pink mommer blog template she has risen into a unique blog design that is both cool and not an affront to my male blogging sensibilities. Her blog is witty and hip, her family is cute as heck and she gives proof on a weekly basis with some great photos. Now for the results. The Final Results
Once again, I have provided proof. Here again are the stats in picture form (clickable).  Congrats to Kim at JoggingInCirlces!! After a slow start she jogged past the competition into the winners circle. Woot! What were the big storylines? Well, for starters JoggingInCirlces did just that around the competition. After a slow start, Kim and JoggingInCircles made huge strides over the course of the last 3-4 weeks. I had money on Momo after around the third update, but Kim proved to be too much. Jared was also rather impressive as he hurdled Momo to get the 2nd spot, but he came up short on his attempt to try and run down Kim. Some other curious details are how Allie Bear made some big jumps over the last couple weeks and how strong BeingMichaelsDaddy finished. All and all the contest was a ton of fun and hope that those involved enjoyed the competition. The next big thing is tomorrow. The digital camera give-away. If you haven't entered yet--sup? It is almost too late.  All You Gots to Do is Click            
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My hat is off to all my fellow Blog Stars, way to go people! 
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