The Side Note

I read this story story from the AP on my local news station’s website. Its about the creation of “National Man Day”. I love this idea. It was highly promoted on Facebook with 260,000 followers. But it did not go so well.
http://www.9news.com/news/watercooler/article.aspx?storyid=117534&catid=337

Now, I think it’s great that men have finally “manned up”  and got themselves organized for a “National Man Day”. And using Facebook to find followers and spread the word only shows there is was a real interest in this kind of kind of day…. maybe one that Hallmark could have gotten in the game with. And even better, Facebook became the great marketing tool it should be for spreading the word.

Now, on the other hand, that fact that these guys didn’t at least do some simple research on Google, the web’s ultimate resource for everything under the sun, to see if there are any other remotely related events on the same day as NMD, really deflates their efforts. And does not speak well of our great gender. A day dedicated to all things manly does not go well with “Sneak a Kiss Day”, its just way too romantic. But come June 15, I will be found in my back yard grilling some ribs and drinking some beers. Maybe even smoking a cigar. And probably talking about it on Facebook and Twitter.