#99. or, Dude Write. So, here's the thing

  I've been doing this for about a little more than half a year now. The thing about bloggers is that a lot of them are women. That's not a bad thing at all. I've learned a bunch about being a better writer from some of those women. I've become friends with a handful of them and that's also a good thing. One of the other things that I've noticed is that there isn't a lot of Dudes writing blogs.

  Now don't get me wrong, they are out there. There are some damn good ones. It's just that dude bloggers are quite the minority in the blogosphere and therefore, finding them is a bit of a task.

  Three weeks back, a few of those awesome dude bloggers got together and started Dude Write. It's a blog where other dude bloggers link a post to each week to raise awareness and spread the word that we are out there. While only dudes are allowed to enter, anyone can go there to read these submissions and in the beginning of the week, vote on those posts for those they deem worthy of the coveted, Dude Write Man Card.

  Last night, after the dust had settled and the votes tabulated, turns out, top prize went to me?

i know....right?

  But that's not the half of it. If you are voted to receive the prestigious diamond Man Card, your post goes into the Dude Write Hall of fame. PLUS, (what? there's more?) the diamond Man Card affords you the option of voting on a chairman's choice from the following weeks lineup. It just so happens that my post was also chosen in that category as well.

because you can never have too many Man Cards!

  This is all pretty awesome stuff to be happening to me and I'm pretty pumped about it. In fact, right this instant, I'm imagining myself walking away from an explosion in slow motion without looking back to see what's going on. My black aviator shades on and the corner of my diamond Man Card visible out the top of my pocket. Awesome.......and Dudely!

  As much of an honour this is, I need to also mention the winners of the platinum and gold Man Cards as well. The Six-Fingered Monkey wrote a very entertaining post on the douchbaggery of the instagram app that seems to be ever so popular these days. And winning the gold Man Card, Change The Topic had a post that I loved about a cabin on the lake with a whole lot of memories. But that's not all! There were other Man Cards handed out and other stories to tell. I strongly suggest that you stop over at Dude Write and check out all of the posts. And if you know a dudely blogger who is not aware of this site, encourage him to take a look and enter a submission. Because, after all, it seems that everyone has a chance at that top prize.

 .............oh, in case you missed it (and i'm pretty certain you didn't. It's now my most viewed post!) here's the link to diamond Man Card winning post. Dear Middle Son. Thank you to everyone for voting for me. I can't begin to express my gratitude.