Audience participation - win cool prizes!

I shouldn't be the only one having fun with this fortune cookie thing. I'd like you, my millions of loyal readers, to get in on the action.

And the best part is, you could win great prizes!

There are two ways to get involved:

1. If you eat Chinese food and crack open a fortune cookie, post your fortune in the comments section of that day's blog post. Also, write about what the fortune means to you or what you did that day to follow the fortune. The best entries will be posted on the main site! (If you don't want to write anything, you can just post your fortune and lucky numbers.)

2. Follow one of my fortunes. If you see a fortune on the blog that particularly inspires you, write about it. What does it mean to you? How did you or how would you apply it in your own life? Again, just post it in the comments section of that day's blog, and again, the best ones will be shared on the main site.

While these are technically "writing contests," don't think you have to be a brilliant writer to participate. I'll be judging the entries not on how well they are written but on the message you're putting across. I want everybody to participate in this, regardless of their writing ability.

You may post your fortunes anonymously, and I still may use them on the main blog, but anonymous entries will not be eligible for prizes.

Speaking of those prizes - They'll be fortune cookie related, but that's all I'm saying about them for right now. I'd like to give out at least one prize once a month. If I get enough entries in January, I'll announce the month's winner in early February (if not, I'll probably wait to give out prizes until after February). So get those entries in now!