About iRumNation

iRumNation.com is a free, interactive community of people writing what they're thinking. Simply put, it's Digg meets Twitter meets Seinfeld.

The site was founded in August 2008, inspired by a humorous email column entitled Ruminations that began in 1997 and was read by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

A "rumination" is a short, funny, original observation or anecdote.

After registering at iRumNation.com, you can write your own ruminations and share them with the community.

If you read a rumination that you like, you can rate it as gourmet by clicking the gourmet this button. "Gourmet" means "awesome." The most gourmet ruminations rise to the top on the front page of the site.

You can also comment on ruminations that you like and read comments that others have posted about your ruminations. Finally, if someone on the site keeps writing ruminations that you think are gourmet, you can become their fan. Whenever someone you're a fan of posts a new rumination, it will show up on the "fan feed" tab on your homepage.

Plus: check out some of the slang terms used on the site!

So what now?

  • First things first, click "Join Now" at the top of any page to register.
  • Once registered, you can start writing your own ruminations.
  • Browse through the archives and discover classic ruminations.
  • Read every issue of Ruminations dating back to 1997.
  • Become a fan on Facebook and a follower on Twitter!

Happy Ruminating!