The Ontological War blog is proud to announce the creation of The Prof. L. Bernard Budlong Award for Outstanding Achievement in Intellectually Defending Ontological Alienation. This award, which will also be called The Budlong Award or simply The Budlong, will be awarded to men, women, and organizations that “go the extra mile” using their noggin in trying to convince all of us that profound alienation is the answer to life.
The Budlong Award is named after “L. Bernard Budlong”—a college professor in Jack Finney’s book Invasion of the Body Snatchers—who becomes podded and then tries to explain to Miles and Becky why they should become pod people.
A decision has not yet been made, but there has been talk that each winner will receive his, her, their, or its very own iPod!
If the winners e-mail us, we will be happy to send them a certificate that they can frame, proudly hang in their office or home, and use in bragging to all their friends about their great accomplishments in retarding humankind’s progress!
Exciting Update: A Prof. L. Bernard Budlong Award Commemorative Statue is in the design stage. The statue, which will be made out of partially ground-up corn husks and paper mache, will be of a mannequin facing forward, devoid of facial features, with both arms raised straight over its head and holding a pod.
Most winners will be chosen when we run smack-dab into them while reading the news on the internet, but if you know of anyone or any organization you would like to nominate, please send it to us via our Contact Us page.
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