I apologize that I didn’t get around to announcing this earlier (I’m not sure what I was thinking when I said I would announce the winner on my actual birthday! I ended up being a bit busy!), but I have picked a winner in my “Tell-A-Friend about Codex” Contest.
The way the contest worked is that all you needed to do is either email a friend about Codex: Biblical Studies Blogspot and tell them to visit or post a similar note on your blog, and then let me know about it by carbon copying me the email. The contest closed on my birthday (April 1st). To pick the winner, I wrote down all the submissions on a piece of paper and picked one out of a hat (actually it was a tupperware bowl). Well, enough with the preliminaries… the winner is…
Scott Bailey
As it turns out, Scott, is a student at Taylor University College just entering his second year of studies. He is a bright student with all the makings of a good biblical scholar, so I am delighted to award him a book in the area of biblical studies or Hebrew language.
Now, just in case some skeptical souls in the blogosphere think the fix was in (especially considering the shadow of doubt on my integrity lingering as a backlash to my perfectly excecuted April Fool’s Day joke! :-)), let me assure you that the draw was done above board. Scott had the advantage of having more than one entry because he emailed (spammed?) quite a few people about the contest. Either way, it saves me shipping charges, so I am happy!
40,000th Visitor Contest
While one contest is now over, don’t forget about my 40,000th Visitor Contest. As I have done in the past with my 10,000th visitor (see here), whoever happens to be my 40,000th visitor will also be a winner! There is not much you can do but visit here often and perhaps even read something! Once I have hit the 40,000 mark, I will blog the time and location of the lucky visitor and then they can contact me via email and verify with their IP address.
If I have done my math right, I shoud reach the 40,000 mark within the next few days. To be fair, I have changed my site meter icon so that no one knows how close lucky number 40,000 is.
I think you should have adjusted the title of your blog to “Hoaxdex: Biblical Studies Blogspot” just for AF’s Day. 🙂
Woooohooo!!!! I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people that made this possible… blah, blah, blah. A big thank you to Mr. Williams, love the site. Now if I can just figure out how to rig the 40,000th visitor contest I will be all set.
P.S. I knew that the April Fool’s hoax was on. Anybody who is ANYBODY knows that David preferred his Jeeps (Jewish peeps)to inscribe “King David of Judah” on ALL of his stuff not “David King of Judah”. Thank you for giving me the critical skills and knowledge necessary to discern the truth in situations such as these. Here’s a cheer to 40 more. Happy Birthday!