61 thoughts on “lurky mclurkersons.”

1. I’m not really de-lurking since I comment here sometimes…but hi! anyway. I’m fine today, thanks. Did crazy cardio at the gym this morning, now I’m doing laundry, relaxing and having coffee while I wait for my husband to come home for lunch. Pretty basic day.

   Just so you know? My sister had a CT scan yesterday and it showed no new cancer growth. The same lesions are still there but no new ones have appeared…we celebrated with sushi and shopping. It was a good day.

   Stand by for the newsletter…ha!

2. Is it de-lurking if I’ve commented once or twice?

   My body is aching because I spend my days hunched over at my desk. I used to take Pilates but I moved to the ‘burbs and it’s too far to go to my class now and I suck at doing it at home and I look like a shrivled old bag even though I’m a mere 25.99 years old.

3. Hi Meg!
   I get bad about not commenting, I blame it on Google Reader, sure wish you could comment from it. I’m doing good. We got about 5 inches of snow down here in Seattle, so everything is purty.

4. This is one of the only blogs I’ve actually commented on before this whole de-lurking thing. I do comment sometimes! Just not all the time. You can see how often we visit? From where? When? Are you sure that you’re not the one working for the CIA?

5. hi meg! happy thursday. i am doing ok today. i would be better if my feet didn’t hurt. i had to wear the heels today as well as a dress because we have visitors in from Japan. :(

6. ok, ok, you’ve guilted me into commenting. i actually just ran across your blog from another blog. so this is my first visit. i am definitely guitly of reading and not commenting. mostly for all the reasons you mentioned. but i am de-lurking just for you! so hi! i am tammy! back story would be too long to type, so i will just leave it at that.
   love the simple layout of your blog…
   thanks for the encouragement about de-lurking, will definitely work on it :)

7. Out there in the open? Me? Yikes, frightening. I do come here all the time and read all your entries and the comments and sometimes I want to comment, like the day you asked for 5 things that make you neurotic, man my list was long, but then I didn’t have time and So resolution for 2007 – quit skulking in the shadows and make myself known. Great blog Meg!

8. i find commenting on blogs to be very intimidating. but since it is de-lurker week,…hi, Im rick.

9. haha! I read your title as lurky m-clurkersons and thought you were calling us CHICKEN!

10. Hi there. I’ve commented a couple times lately, so I guess I have proactively de-lurked. Been reading this site for a little while, I probably found it thru NaBloPoMo. I stop by multiple times daily, since you have new content up all the time! Meg, you crack me up!

11. Hi. I don’t comment (with a few exceptions) because I still have it in my head that “well, I don’t *know* you.” Sometimes I’ve started to answer your sets of questions, but then I get distracted thinking about the other questions they raise, and then I go get a cup of tea.

    I think I also have this random fear that someone I know will see me commenting on a blog and then they’ll know that I read it. Which is obviously a bad thing? I guess I’m a little paranoid about privacy on the Internet, even though I’m addicted to it, which is why I have a livejournal but it’s friends-only.

    See, now by commenting I’ve started thinking about myself again. Only anonymity saves me from total narcissism.

12. Hi there. Peep.

13. Hi. Commenting is a bit intimidating. I always want to say something insightful while being witty at the same time. It’s just too much pressure, so I typically shy away.
    I only read a few blogs, but your blog is the ONE blog I can read at work. I guess they’ve deemed it ‘safe’. Thanks for being my content-safe blog!

14. i comment, perhaps too much. and not because you make me.

15. Liz — that is AWESOME. I am SO THRILLED TO HEAR THAT. Seriously.

    Tiana — you are but a young child. I recommend Advil and Tiger Balm.

    Ashley — I’m loving the snow here, too.

    Stacey — I have a camera in your home. Put on some pants.

    Barbie — I feel you on the shoes. OH, do I feel you.

    Tammy — Thanks for coming out today! Come back again!

    Ponthei — Thank you for being neurotic in silence along with us, anyhow.

    Rick — Funny. :)

    Lizardek — Bawk?

    Merry — Yay! I have seen you comment, for sure. Thanks for that.

    Marjorie — Your comment totally made me laugh out loud.

    Danielle — Hi.

    Shar — I have an obscenity filter in my brain. You should SEE that thing when I clean it.

    Liz — I love that you comment. NEVER too much.

16. Strangely, I commented on “grouchpants” which is weird because I almost never comment and here I am commenting again. Twice. In one day.

    There must be something about Meg.

17. My secret: I’m a bot.

18. Frankly, I think I need to be upgraded to hilarious. I’m very needy in that regard. ~,:^)

    James–There IS something about Meg!

19. Hi from Coquitlam! Big day for you – delurking, snow, sunny AND cold. Hope you’re enjoying it all :)

20. I hate being told I have to do something, really sticks in my craw, you think you can make us comment, I refuse.

    And another thing, could you slow down a little, I had barely finished reading this entry and you had already posted again! — I can’t keep up.

21. okay, okay, okay! i’m delurking… haven’t commented in a while. not much to say. i’m surrounded by idiots these days so i love to read your intelligent words. thanks and keep up the good work.

22. Hello, Meg. My name is Scott. I read your blog. It’s neat.

    Mushaboom, shaboom. Still have that on my sweet iPod, and actually thought about checking Feist out. They’re not too girly, are they?

    Just delurking. How embarassing. I feel so … naked. But I’m not. I’m fully clothed. Though I am in my pajamas.

23. Hi. I don’t have to much to say although I’ve heard that ducks don’t have thumbs. Happy de-lurking week, Meg!

24. Yo. C’est moi.

25. I wasn’t sure I was delurkable but obviously I underestimated myself.

    Yo. I love your blog. Truly.

26. Okay, I’m feeling guilty too although I have spoken once for sure. I work on a computer all day, I’m tired by evening, which explains why I rarely comment but not what I’m doing back on the computer…

    Enjoy your writing, love your pics AND I often check your links. I WANT an iPhone.

27. Hi Meg. I have commented once or twice, and would like to do so more from now on. Especially since I come here everyday and love the little questionnaires. But I guess one of the reasons I haven’t so much is because I have no “web presence”, so there’s no way for you to know anything about me. And I didn’t know how you’d feel about having complete strangers comment here.
    But well, if you don’t mind, I’ll chime in from time to time.

28. I’ve commented once or twice. I have to comment because I asked everyone to do so on my site. Who DOESN’T like comments?

    :)

    HI!

29. Hello, i must confess, i am self employed now, and do have a formal ‘office’ in the basement. When gazing at the ceiling looking for inspiration, stalling, or procrastinating, i read your blog. I have never read a blog in my life until my lovely jenn forwarded me a link to megfowler.com! Imagine my delight, I knew that girl in days of yore!! Despite all my reading enjoyment, i have not had the wherewithall to leave a reply, so this is a first reply to anything on the web.
    You are a marvelous clever wordsmith, and have provided me with hours of entertainment and thoughts. (i myself am not wordsmithy.) I have vauge memories of english 8 or 9, with an english teacher speaking, and the confused looks we exchanged, wondering who exactly he was talking to. (wandering eyes??), or maybe it was a french class. I cant remember.
    So hello, and write on!

30. Kerry! Wow! I think it was Mr. Davis… ? French!

31. I think I’ve commented once or twice, so technically not a real ‘de-lurk’! I’m on a big ‘Canadian blogs’ kick these days, and am loving your perspective of life from the West coast :)

32. Hi Meg!

    I so much don’t want to be a lurker. It sounds so evil. I still read you EVERY day and enjoy your writing as much, if not more than I ever have. So why haven’t I been commenting? I guess maybe it’s because you can only write “you’re awesome!” so many times before people start to wonder if you’re capable of real thought.
    Thanks for making me smile SO very often.

33. We never had a Mr. Harvey in common? I DO remember Mr. Davis, and my conditional pass (condition that I do not take french anymore)

34. OH MY GOSH. Mr. Harvey. I took English and Journalism 9 from him. I think his eye was always wandering the WRONG places.

35. I heart comments on my blog and was thrilled you even visited me! Happy Delurking Week!

36. Poke.

37. Hi Meg, great site. So I’m delurked already!

38. Hi Meg!

    This post made me feel slightly guilty about not leaving a comment on any of your posts that I’ve loved or hated or that made me laugh or cry. To basically be touched by something someone thousands of kilometres away decided to share with the rest of the world is a pretty great thing, and should be rewarded with a comment from those who got something out of reading a shared memory or thought!

    So thank you, megfowler.com for becoming part of my day :)

39. You’re right – I’ve been a lurker since I added you to my Bloglines feeds. Here’s my official de-lurk. :)

40. Hi! I’m late! But I’m fine, except my knee hurts.

41. I feel compelled to comment, being such a huge comment whore myself. Oh goodness, if only I had anything interesting to say. It’s very pollen-y here in central Texas and your snow is sounding nice. I am sneezy today.

42. Noun
    1. a person who looks.
    2. Informal: a very attractive person.

    Exactly! ~,:^)

43. I just started reading a few weeks ago… since I haven’t commented yet, I’m de-lurking just for you!

44. You know I’m here, but HELLO anyway!! :)

45. Hello Meg!

    I’ve commented once or twice, but generally lurk – I just don’t often have much to say. But I think a de-lurking week is a nice idea, since I dearly love getting comments myself. Your blog is wonderful, keep it up :)

46. Well okay, you make a good argument. Hi Meg! Greetings from NC. Nice to “meet” you. Found you via RLP and Chuck’s blogs. Really enjoy your writing. We are the same age, so I especially love your posts about your childhood in the 70′s/80′s..Ah the trips down memory lane! :-)

47. I LURK!

48. Hello!

49. A dark alley. The faint sound of scurrying and a bottle falling over but which does not break. He strikes a match and lights his cigarette. His face is obscured by the downturned brim of his hat. He coughs and quickly drops and crushes the cigarette, remembering that he doesn’t smoke. And with that, all is dark again.

50. I’m only lurking because I’m sick and I don’t want everybody here to catch my germs.

    yeah.