"I'm gonna wail on my biceps then hit the microfilm machine."

You fine readers have added hundreds of great nominees to our 2014 Best of the Chippewa Valley Reader Poll ... and a few really weird ones – see below. Remember: the deadline for voting in this year's poll is midnight August 22.

1. BEST PLACE TO GET FIT: L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library

V1’s annual online poll is reader-driven, which means you can add your own nominees if your favorites aren’t listed. This can lead to unusual choices, such as Eau Claire’s public library finding itself listed among gyms, trails, and parks where you sweat off the pounds. The library, by contrast, is a great place to get mentally fit, though we suppose climbing the stairs and toting heavy volumes may give you a workout, too.

2. BEST SLEDDING HILL:  "Behind our house – private"

Here’s a tip: A nomination like this is sure to fail. First, we don’t know where your house is, so we can’t check out this supposedly awesome sledding run. Second, it’s private, so you wouldn’t even let us use it if we pulled into your driveway with our toboggan. You may indeed have the best sledding hill, but I guess we’ll never know, will we?

3. BEST STAND-UP COMEDIAN: Warren Sapp

Unless we’re mistaken, Warren Sapp isn’t an up-and-coming Chippewa Valley funnyman, but a football hall-of-famer who played defensive tackle for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Oakland Raiders in the 1990s and 2000s. In other words, he’s famous for knocking people down, not complaining about airline food and Twitter.

4. BEST LOCAL BREWERY: Summit Brewing Co.

We’re hopping mad (get it, hops?) that someone would: A) consider a Minnesota brewery “local,” and B) would consider any Minnesota beer superior to what’s brewed on this side of the state line. What’s next, saying the Vikings are the best local sports team?

5. BEST PLACE TO TAKE YOUR KIDS: "the graveyard"

OK, this one is just creepy. Unless you’re a member of the Addams family or an avid genealogist searching for great-great-granddaddy’s tombstone, graveyards aren’t always particularly kid-friendly – unless you’re trying to pull the old scare-your-kids-with-visions-of-their-own-mortality trick. In that case, well played, parents.