I was about to post my choice but then it just seems so cruel. There are too many great posters with trade offs on different categories.
The best I can say is that the person who awes me with the most consistent and voluminous content combined with logic, it would have to be Rei. Thus each of her posts on any subject tends to have more info better assembled than those of others. The exception would be Bill B but he addresses a more limited area than Rei.
Of course Rei just came back from a major break, so I don't know if she should get it if we are just talking about this year.
The person who awes me with the most neutral and accepting attitude... the mellow award... would be Ned.
I'll leave it up to thread's owner to decide which ultimately is more important for winning this award.
holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)