Rachel came up with a very fun idea that we’re going to try.

Around here, we regularly report on what we did over a given weekend and then add or subtract cool points (the world-renowned total that assesses our current coolness – at your left) accordingly. Well, Rachel had the brill idea of opening this activity to everyone here and making it a contest!

(i heard some kids in the UK say “brill”, which I thought was brilliant, so here I am busting it out trying to be cool [-2 cool points])

Here’s how we’ll try it:

1) Spend this weekend doing the coolest things you can think of. Like going to see a hip movie. Or playing some trendy sport or game. Or sing and dance to Lionel Richie’s “All Night Long” in a desperate effort to entertain the baby for 2.1152 seconds. [-2 cool points]

2) Email your list of activities to us. Our email address is in the right sidebar for y’all reading RSS. I will need all entries in by Monday night.

3) On Tuesday, I will post people’s activities, but I’ll keep them anonymous. Then in the comments, you all decide which person had the coolest weekend.

4) On Wednesday, we will announce the winner of the first-ever Cool Duel!!

Clear as mud? No worries — this will work and it’ll be fun as long as you all participate, which I just know you will. So get out there this weekend, be the cool selves you are, and report back on Monday!!

And thanks, Rachel!

note: yes, ‘duel’ refers to a contest between two people, but “Cool Duel” sounds so much better than “Cool Contest Open to Everyone Who Reads This Blog Only Because They Got Lost on the Information Superhighway and Is Too Embarrassed to Ask for Directions.”

(photo: Jonathan_W)

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1. Call for entries for the Cool Duel
2. My absence and the Cool Duel winner!!!
3. Cool Duel entries
4. Cool Duel – Which one is cooler: Twitter or Facebook?
5. Cool score history