This is Old friends Week for the ABWA, and cul is one of the oldest.

I met cul heath months ago in the comments on Phaedrus' late, lamented No Fear of Freedom blog (and wherever you are, P, we hope you're doing well), which I think may be typical for cul--he writes comments on a lot of other people's sites, even here occasionally. He doesn't write a lot on his own blog, ratboy's avil, but what he does write is pithy and passionate. On the new website that lets people hunt and shoot animals--from their computer:

Why I Hate Humans #3261

This has got to the the stupidest, cruelest, most socially unredeemable and most perfect example that Texas is the nest for the world's most fucked up individuals I've seen yet....How about we set up an internet site that allows people to remotely drop bombs on this guys head with the click of a mouse?

He digs out a lot of overlooked items like that. His blog is always loaded with news clips and whole articles, and one way or another they all focus on man's inhumanity to man. In his own, quiet, unshowy way, cul uses ratboy's anvil to harp on blatant injustices but also on all those little everyday, soul-killing cruelties that go largely unnoticed but do so much damage to the people involved.

I go there every day for a double-dose: a shot of humanity and a soupcon--or more--of humor, laced with a dash of justifiable outrage, and I'm never disappointed. ratboy's anvil is a treasure, and cul heath somehow comes along with it. It give me great pleasure to present cul heath and ratboy's anvil with the Alley's

Third 'Awesome Blog of the Week' Award

ratboy's anvil