Blog Etiquette

Let me start by saying I am dying to know who the lonely sole is that voted "no" in the poll. I just identified the downfall of a poll. Anonymity.

Now on to the subject-

I knew that with the pioneering of any new concept is the pain of a learning curve. If you are a guy out there entertaining the idea of having your own "Man Blog", take heed of the following two rules that I was completely unaware of. With man blogging comes a certain responsibility that you can't find in books or classes, but can only be found through trial and error. I feel it is my responsibility to share my findings so that others do not fall victim to the same mistakes that I have made.

Rule #1: If you start your own blog, and somebody comments on it, it is understood that you should add a link to their blog from your blog. Otherwise you are snubbing your audience.

Now, being the man that I am, I rarely consider the feelings of others (my wife just choked on that one). Call it insensitivity or selfishness if you'd like - I just call it being lazy. Just for the record, most men would make the same mistake I did, and I assure you it was nothing personal. I won't mention any names here, but you know who you are, and you have officially been added to my list...........Can we still be friends?

Rule #2: It is looked down upon for you to read somebody else's blog without making known to this person via "comments" that you are reading their blog. Some might call this "blog stalking". I hear its a pretty common thing (as a matter of fact, I would say that each of us has been guilty of it at some point...again, I will refrain from using names here) but it is strongly criticized in the blog world. Just to set the record straight, I am well aware of the fact that my blog is posted for the entire world to see, and if I have a need to restrict my audience, I will use email. If you are blog stalking while reading this, consider this an open invitation to continue.

As a side note and a good way to end this, the beard is growing slowly but surely, and my wife refused to kiss me this morning when I left for work. As the Counting Crows once said, its going to be a "Long November".......... ok, so he said December....close enough. For the record, the lead singer (Adam Duritz) had a beard in the video......I feel you bro. Here's the link to the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNF1a-ZG1uc