This week's voting has concluded, and we must bid a fond farewell to the four finalists who had the lowest-rated blogs this week:

absolutebest

JWatters

tombradyquinn

xea76

Voting for Week 1
1. joshhoskins55 -- Avg rating this week: 3.78
2. HiPlainsDrifter -- 3.77
3. nappytemple -- 3.53
4. MooreSports -- 3.35
5. tjw118 -- 3.20
6. Dudski -- 2.90
7. Elizabeth_Bennet -- 2.76
8. DrMidnight -- 2.74
9. edhardiman -- 2.71
10. rivjo -- 2.65
11. Gbrent -- 2.59
12. ShooterB -- 2.55

Eliminated:
13. JWatters -- 2.47
14. absolutebest -- 2.32
15. xea76 -- 2.00
16. tombradyquinn -- 1.84

Sorry to those who got eliminated, and congratulations to everyone who advanced to next week.

Next week's assignment for the remaining 12 finalists will be posted Tuesday morning, with a comparable due date of Friday a.m.

-Tom