{"id":7627,"date":"2004-03-20T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-21T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2004\/03\/20\/7627\/"},"modified":"2014-05-09T09:36:17","modified_gmt":"2014-05-09T14:36:17","slug":"7627","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2004\/03\/20\/7627\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Kittinger Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andrew Sullivan<\/a> has a number of awards that he dishes out to people who say something foolish. It’s high time I was self-important enough to announce a special award and give it out periodically. Ergo, I hereby announce the Joseph Kittinger, Jr., Award for Demonstrable Manliness<\/b>, named after Joseph Kittenger, Jr.,<\/a> who had gall as big as church bells<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unlike Sullivan, I won’t nominate people and then present a single award every year; when I see something inspirationally manly, I shall award it on the spot.<\/p>\n

The first official Joseph Kittinger, Jr., award winner: Mark Bartholomew of Allentown, Pennsylvania<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Most people would try to avoid an out-of-control car — but not Mark Bartholomew.
\nHe used his truck to block a car that was repeatedly bouncing off a highway median in the Allentown, Pennsylvania, area on Monday. The woman driving the car says she passed out after having stomach pains.<\/p>\n

Other drivers swerved to avoid the car, but Bartholomew noticed the driver appeared to be unconscious.<\/p>\n

He pulled ahead and allowed the car’s front bumper to hit his truck and gradually slowed it to a stop. The driver of the car calls Bartholomew “a lifesaver.”<\/p>\n

Bartholomew says he doesn’t worry about the vehicle damage, saying, “what’s a vehicle compared to a life?” Besides, he adds, “it’s a company truck.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A heroic act and a snappy wisecrack line<\/i><\/b>. Mark Bartholomew, we here at MfBJN salute you, and quite frankly hope we never have to replicate your actions.<\/p>\n

(Link seen on Fark<\/a>, whose founder Drew Curtis probably covets the Kittinger Award and thinks founding Fark should be enough.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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