Okay, so it’s really the only day of note in BPiA history, but still. One year ago, Barry Penner is Awesome launched to… well… relative apathy. Its mission was to spread the word of Barry Penner, MLA for Chilliwack-Hope and Minister for All Outdoors. The specific word to be spread: Awesome. The first post, as you can see linked up above, was a simple list of some of the more persuasive examples of Barry Penner being his Barry Penner self. For some reason, this one post wasn’t enough. Not one to let the Barry Penner Truth fall away, I proceeded to offer a different convincing argument for Barry Penner EVERY SINGLE DAY (except for the days that I didn’t for some reason) for a year. And I think it’s gone well! Surely by now Barry Penner is leading the polls for pretty much everything. Perhaps I can take a break and lay off this whole Barry Penner thing for a bit. You know, read a book, watch some TV, that sort of thing. Hey, I wonder what’s in the news…
Barry Penner and John Les are on a hit-list of 24 MLAs targeted by the anti-HST forces for recall.
“We have more (petition) signatures than John Les and Barry Penner had votes in the last election,” said Ben Besler, anti-HST organizer in Chilliwack. – The Chilliwack Progress
Come on, people! John Les I can see, but BARRY PENNER?!? Has nobody been paying attention?
Sigh.
See you tomorrow.
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Sorry, faithful Barry Penner fans, I’m afraid I have nothing for you today. Don’t blame Barry, though. He’s still out there, being every bit as awesome as he is every day… it is I that have failed you. Sadly, the various Non-Barry Penner things I do (is such a thing even possible?) have conspired to keep me from making the customary post. I will try to get something up this weekend to make up for it if I can, but I will definitely return on Monday morning regardless. See you then…
Is there anybody that is anywhere close to John Les in presence, authority, or the ability to pull off that tie? I don’t think so. And neither does that police officer there. He knows it, you know it, and you had better believe that John Les knows it. John Les is a totally rockin’ dude.
And not the least bit scummy.
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Hello, all you out there in Barry Penner Land! I have had a lot of fun over the last eight or so months proving to the world that Barry Penner is the greatest MLA ever to walk, run, or dance the halls of the BC legislature (oh yes, they dance). But I think it’s time for a change. By now, all of you should know how awesome Barry Penner is (answer: very), so you don’t exactly need me to tell you every day. It’s now your turn to tell the world!
So here’s what’s going to happen: I am going to choose five BPiA classics – images from the posts of yesteryear – that I figure prove Barry Penner’s awesomeness in more ways than the one that I have already highlighted. I will post one each day at the regular time and invite everyone to explain to the world exactly how it displays Barry Penner’s awesomeness. Posting is easy. On the main page, just click on the number in the sun at the bottom of the post you want to comment on. Scroll down to the “Leave a reply” section, give it your name, email address, and (if you want) your website. Enter your comment, hit submit, and away you go! Your email address is only used to identify you the next time you post (skipping the moderation queue if you’ve been approved before), and will not be seen by anybody except me (you will also never get any email from me). Your name and link to your website will be displayed to everyone.
A few rules:
- Keep it clean. This site is family-friendly (much like Barry Penner). I will not allow any posts that I wouldn’t want my mother to see, so keep that in mind.
- All posts from new posters will be held for approval. If yours doesn’t show up right away, don’t panic. I’ll get to it eventually (unless it violates the above rule).
- Barry Penner is awesome. Remember that (as if you need reminding)
So have fun, be creative, and I’ll see you back here bright and early tomorrow morning for the first Barry Penner Community Classic Invitational! I’m so excited!
And don’t worry, we’ll be returning to our regular format soon enough… with a theme week, to boot!
Tags: BarryPenner, CommunityClassicInvitational
Don’t worry, nearly every other post on this website has to do with Barry Penner, so you can just breathe deep, ignore this post, and come back tomorrow for the Barry Penner you so desperately need. Or, if you are bored, you can read this post and find out a few new things about this site.
First, it seems that we have been getting a little attention these past few days (the word is spreading!), so I have created a totally new section of the website to chronicle it: Praise for BPiA. I admit it, it’s completely self serving and of no interest to anybody but me. Check it out anyway!
Second, BPiA now has a Twitter account. All new posts here will show up there as they are posted, along with my occasional Barry Penner-related thoughts that fit in 140 characters or less. All the fun of BPiA with almost none of the content!
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