Best Post

This one almost needed to get divided into categories. Say, for instance, we were doing best customer service post. That would be the Kimberley’s Day Spa entry. Spas are expensive, and there are many, many options in the area. That particular entry — and all the reader feedback and comments — hopefully helped many Capital Region residents make Christmas/holiday buying decisions. And, in general, help them determine how to spend a portion of their leisure money.

The Happy List post also got several nominations and generated tons of great conversation. (Most) readers loved what William was doing to help make Tara comfortable during an uneasy time in her life. Thing is, this one could also (almost) fit in the “series” category, since Tara was the same person who told us about William’s socially awkward tendencies and his snoring.

So, alas, we’ll go with the “fried toad in the dryer” post. While it didn’t garner the comment chatter of the aforementioned posts, it was the most clicked on item on TimesUnion.com the day it ran. In the Web world popularity is dictated by clicks, not verbal feedback. With that, we award the toad entry “Best Post.”