Despite deep protestations from the area of my brain marked "dignity", In Fact, Ah are succumbing to a grovel-type post that has flooded the boggersphere in the past few days. And it’s all for good reason.

For the past week, I’ve not been able to post. Cold sweat beads form on my forehead whenever I try to type. Sleepless nights encourage deep thoughts that probe my soul with questions.

Unable to wrestle with these questions by myself, I sought the help of a trained brain analyser. As soon as I lay down on the sofa, my psychologist had that knowing look on her face. She knew but she asked questions anyway. She asked me how often I did it, did I do it alone or with someone else, did I look with envy at other people’s, did I do it in the dark or with the lights on, was the use of a camera involved, do I meet other people from the Internet who also do it also etc? I shamefully admitted that sometimes I do it with three others, I’m always ogling other people’s, a camera is used for those especially exciting moments and I have arranged to meet other people in person for an awards event after striking up friendships on the Internet.

"You’ve got blogitis", she exclaimed. The impact of this statement left me reeling. In my head all I could ask was "What could I do about it? Was there a cure?". A wave of relief came rushing over me when I heard her next utterance. "There is a cure", she said. "In order to cure your condition, you need to find some form of self-validation. This Irish Blog Awards event is the answer to all your problems. If you can win the Best Group Blog award, you’ll be right as rain."

I cried out loud like a child as I rocked in the foetal position. At last, I had identified the source of my woe. And I could fix it.

So in order to cure me of this horrible condition, I need our dear readers to go to this Web site and vote for In Fact, Ah under the Best Group Blog section. It won’t take but a few seconds of your time. Come on, do what you can. But be quick – the deadline for getting your vote in on time is tomorrow (Feb 17th) evening!

PS. Otherwise I’ll have to rubbish the opposition. Especially those fuckers at Disillusioned Lefty. It will make a mockery of the whole event if they win the Best Group award. They’re only kids for God sake. What would they know?!!

Published by Colm.