The State of Volunteer State Dudeblogging
Posted by Lynnster on November 9, 2009
I had had this rather damning post on the backburner in draft for some time where I was going to cry and whine and moan about the fact that “most” of my fave Tennessee dude bloggers that I’ve been reading for years had pretty much hung up the keyboard.
But then since I originally started that post and left it sitting in my drafts eight or ten months ago, two things have happened. First, two of the ones I was going to pout about most – CeeElCee and FreakyWeasel – showed up again. Yay! (Well, actually FreakyWeasel never left, just nobody told me he’d relocated. I went to his old blog one day and was shocked to find him gone, and when I asked about it, everyone was all quiet about it like it was some big conspiracy so I didn’t ask again.)
And though it’s been a while now since his return, Roger also came back, which made me and a large portion of the regional blogosphere all happy and stuff.
Anyway, then there my other discovery, when I got to looking at my blogroll – I discovered less of the dude contingent had dropped out than I’d really realized, which I suppose part of the reason it seemed to be like “all” the men had quit was because so many of the ones that went MIA were just huge favorites. Still, there are loads of dudes I like to read still out there – Mike, Michael, Christian, Joe, Jack, Jackson, Kleinheider, Jon, Michael Silence, Chris, Jeffraham, Sean, Wally, Mack, Frank, Rob, and Ron (who’s not a Tennessean but we kinda adopted him), to name a few. And a few more I’ve picked up along the way, like Steve and Steve.
And then there are some that aren’t writing much lately, but still show up from time to time and I’m thankful for that – LeBlanc, Jon, Slarti, and the very much missed (and not Tweeting lately either!!) Hutchmo. I’m glad you guys are still around, I wish we’d see more of you though. And these two, too.
So I guess my originally months ago intended post about how the blogger women were kicking the men’s butts bigtime by still going at it when all the dudes had quit is unwarranted and unnecessary now.
But that doesn’t mean I don’t miss the heck out of reading Sarcastro, Knuck, Rex, and Kerry Woo any less, even though three of the four still entertain me on Twitter regularly. (ADDED: I knew I’d forget someone here – Russ. Who also still entertains me on Twitter regularly, but still, dang it.)
If somebody misses reading you, I bet you’ve still got something to say. Sigh.
holly wynne said
Yay dudebloggers! Great post. I have a crush on every (blog)boy.
Lynnster said
I know, they are all so great! I probably left somebody out of the list but if they’re on my blogroll I still love ‘em!
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CeeElCee said
I’ve been blogging just about every day at the Nashville Scene Bites site and it wears me down sometimes.
As far as who I miss, Rex L. is at the top of the list. If he doesn’t ever come back I may steal all his stuff and publish it in a book.
At least I’ll get to see him again at the trial…
Lynnster said
Oooo, I didn’t know you were doing that! Will have to check you out over there :D
Ron said
Yeah, my daily posting duties at PopFi are kind of wearing me down on the personal blog front, too, but I can’t say that I don’t enjoy it. I also can’t say I don’t enjoy double negatives.
Lynnster said
You’re kind of understandable though, you are always writing in a million places at any time. But you still update pretty regularly (yay).
Ron said
Even if it’s just self-promotional linkdumps, I figure content is content. And I always try to add a little something new, even if it’s just from the cutting-room floor.
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