We'll accept submissions through December 1st, review them internally, and whittle the list down to 10 candidates. From there, we'll let the community vote to determine the winner of the third annual Feste Award!

I can hardly figure out why you're even bothering to accept nominations for this one...

The obvious choice is TamarianG, and rather than write a few paragraphs I will just offer the links:

Part I: I owe HOW much?!: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19584890
Part II: Budgeting in real life: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19592536
Part III: LBYMs as a friend: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19608553
Part IV: Getting those rates lowered: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19624712
Part V: Getting back in the kitchen again: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19644252
Part VI: Don't mourn, organize!: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19672026
Part VII: Stop, Think, Plan, DO!: http://boards.fool.com/Message.asp?mid=19721194