Pete has spent copious hours laboring over a new nonsense blog bling award. We give you:

We endeavor to award blogs and/or posts that are a kindred spirit with the beloved NOLA Lucky Dog. What is the spirit of a NOLA Lucky Dog, you ask? Well, it is original and iconic; it is reverential and irreverent at the same time; it will make your stomach hurt; and it is better if you are drinking liquor.

Fear not! This award will not be limited to NOLA blogs and bloggers!

To kick things off right, it seems only fitting to bestow this first Lucky Blog Award on Ashley Morris, a NOLA blogger who died suddenly this week. I did not know Ashley nor did I know of his blog until his death, but it is apparent from the love shown on the Twitter tube and the NOLA blogs that this was a great loss on my end. By all accounts, Ashley was a larger than life, NOLA loving, tell-it-like-it-is fellow. I have learned that he was a fan of Jameson, and that fact alone is highly indicative of us having gotten along swimmingly had we met. I also have learned a new word this week, a word he was fond of saying and maybe even coined, fuckmook.

So to you, Ashley Morris, we raise a glass and award you the first Lucky Blog Award. You are missed by those who loved you.