Come On People Now, Smile On Your Brother

Update: You can see a screen shot of my donation here

I know you're out there. My stats tell me you're out there. And today you have a once in a lifetime chance to let your presence be known.

Well, okay, technically you have that chance everyday, but today is De-Lurking Day! A special day celebrating lurkers, and exhorting you to muster the strength and bravery to click on that comment button and end the deafening silence.

So say hi, or tell me your wish for 2005, or what you're having for lunch, or your diabolical plan for world domination-- whatever. I am one of the worst offenders, and may be popping by your site to say "Hello, I'm Sheryl, and I am a lurkaholic"

To give you a little more incentive (I"m starting to feel like a used car salesman), I will personally donate at least one dollar for every commenter to aid the tsunami victims.

So what on earth are you waiting for?! Come on down to Big Lou's Pre-owned Palace!  If I can't get you the deal you want, I'll bite the head off a live chicken!

If you're a blogger who wants to know who your readers are, click on the extended post and you'll see a few more buttons for your right-clicking-and-saving pleasure. I'd like to see this meme spread far and wide. Happy commenting!

*** Comments for this entry were closed at 12:30 am, because you people are sending me to the poor house ;)  ***

Comments

[MoMMY]

I'm here and I'm commenting. I already put up my button. (thank you!) Here is to learning about our lurkers! And coming out of hiding ourselves...

[Bob O'Shaughnessy]

Dangit! I slept in instead of posting first.

Better get to whipping up the post on my site.

Sheryl, if you could, you shoud turn on trackbacks for this post.

[Loody]

Hello, I'm from the UK, and I'm having a granary roll with Emmental cheese for lunch. With peppermint tea.

[Angela Giles Klocke]

I'm semi-lurker, I guess :)

[HG]

Sheryl, my post is in place. Do you have a list of all of use who are participating? I'd love to include direct links to all of them in my entry.

Also, love your blog and love you :) But you know that.

[Oliquig@gmail.com]

I will be posting in a minute, just wanted to leave a comment at what a great idea this is.

[Rin]

What a day to find your site eh? And I am trying to get out of my own lurking addictions. Lol. And thanks for the buttons!

[Lizt]

**yawning and stretching**

Okay, the kids are at school...the little one is watching Barbie something-or-another, and I'm ready put out the de-lurk...ing...word...thingy.

Refilling my coffee cup and off I go.

Have a great day!

[Weetabix]

Delurking Day is BRILLIANT! Brilliant, I say!

[Jennifer]

Um, hi, I'm Jennifer and I'm a lurk-aholic. Yours is the 15th blog I've lurked at today. I am trying to overcome my addiction, I swear :) Anyway, I think your donating to the tsunami relief is a wonderful thing, worth even coming out of lurkerdom for!

[samantha]

It's been so great to 'catch up' with you after your blogging break - your writing is GREAT! and I've been a semi-lurker, so I'm coming out of the dark!

[carmie]

hi, i'm carmie. i'm not a lurker but i play one on tv.

[pam]

I'm guilty of under-commenting here, Sheryl - I want to tell you this is a great blog, and I'm glad I found it! Now to my own post.

[Angela]

Hello Everyone. My name is Angela... and I'm a Lurker. It's good to be here.

[Em]

Lurky, lurky, loo-loo!

[laura floyd]

This is my first comment on your site, though I've been reading for months. Thanks for encouraging people to delurk -- I always enjoy your site and it's only right that I let you know :)

[Mir]

I'm not a lurker but I'll say HI anyway. Monkey got 4 shots this morning while I held him hostage on my lap. Guess which one of us is more traumatized? Gah.

[Brandi]

Delurking to say hey! I have been reading you for a while. Have a GREAT day!

[Trisha Ratna]

Love De-Lurking Day! Have linked it up on my blog. Thank you :D

[alektra]

I came here from all the links everyone has. Wonderful site!

[Editrix]

Fabulous idea. Consider me delurked.

[judi]

Great idea!

[Nina]

I love your idea, and somehow I commented on another blog instead of this one, that person is going to be real confused when I told them I liked there idea LOL.

[Zoot]

You're a GENIUS. This is SO. MUCH. FUN.

[Shari]

*yawn* It's too early to think about lunch. For breakfast, I had two Rolaids and vitamins. And DayQuil. At least I hope it was DayQuil. The cat got into the medicine box and there were pills everywhere.