born 10 July 1970

Alexander Sachariew, Perleberg, East Germany, cameraman

Anya Epstein, New York, New York, TV producer

Casey Crow, Port Lavaca, Texas, short filmmaker

Gary LeVox, Columbus, Ohio, singer

Helen Sjöholm, Sundsvall, Sweden, singer

Jason Orange, Manchester England, singer

Jonathan Wyatt, Norwich, England, boom operator

Lincoln Kupchak, New York, New York, low-budget horror writer/director

Lisa Coleman, London, England, actress

R.J. McCasland, Baldwin Park, California, makeup man

As I reflect on what I’ve accomplished here, in more than half a year of daily postings, I have to say: I’ve really been enjoying compiling this roster of my peers. I thought it would afford me the opportunity to convey some deeper thoughts than I’ve been able to, or at least give me a chance to tell more and funnier jokes. But I’ve learned that blogging is really for people who a) have more idle time on their hands than I do; b) have a more compulsive need to share their insights with the world than I have; and c) have a greater facility with computers and their zingy visual language than I presently possess.

So, I’m not saying, “I’m not enough of a dork to do this properly.” I’m just saying that the product you see before you falls a bit short of my highest expectations for it. I’m ultimately a dilettante, not as serious as I would need to be in order to be taken fully seriously.

Now, imagine for a moment I was a sound recordist for film and television. Say I wanted to submit a photograph of myself to the leading website in my field, so that visitors to the site would be able to see what I did for a living, and how serious I was about it. I would have to say that no photograph could better capture a non-dilettante’s passion for his chosen field than the one that accompanies the profile of Today’s Winner.