TB! TB!
(Me, careening into a wall in the dark to get to the computer): What is it, HAL?
TODAY! TODAY IS THE DAY!
HAL, it is 0200 or a little after. Hardly the time to be raising an alarm unless there is some reason to, right? (Rubs sleep out of eyes, starts thinking of the likelihood I will make it back to sleep before I have to get up)
THE FORTY-FIVE TURNS TWENTY TODAY!
(Me, now trying to operate a keyboard, knowing that as I engage the higher brain functions I am definitely not getting back to sleep) Well, look at that. It really has been twenty years.
WE DID A GREAT JOB GETTING HERE!
If by "we", HAL, you mean me, then I have no idea how this happened.
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF ME!
Sure HAL, why not? You as much as anyone, I suppose. Any chance you can reach out to the coffee maker and start it? Looks like I will just be up for now.
YOU KNOW I AM NOT CONNECTED.
No, of course you are not. Why do you not just stay here then, and let me see which flavour of coffee suits my 0-way-too-early-in-the-morning mood...
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Somewhat to my own shock, I see that (HAL aside) this is actually the 20th anniversary of this spot on the InterWeb.
To be fair, the first three years were not a lot to write home about. My first half of 2005 has a total of four, count them, four posts. And the total for those first three years was a whopping 79 posts. For reasons unknown to me, they seemed to have picked up after that.
According to the magical statistics that Blogger supplies we sit somewhere around 5500 posts, between 24,000 and 25,000 comments, and something over 2,000,000 views (a super strong "thank you" to the bots and spammers that made that number possible). How many words, I cannot begin to guess. Most likely, more than are necessary.
Thanks for being along for the ride. With any luck, another twenty years is not totally out of the question.
Congratulations! And thank you for being diligent with your writing. I'm so glad you caught the blogging habit and kept it. I'm always interested in your content, and appreciate that so much of it makes me think. Here's to 20 more, at least!
ReplyDeleteThank you Leigh!
DeleteI honestly think journaling for years before starting the blog (and continuing to this day) really helped cement the habit. Honestly, I feel wrong know I do not post something every day.
Happy Birthday and congratulations. It can't be easy to spend the time accumulating mind scribblings and typing it out so that the rest of us can benefit from your thoughts and photographs. We appreciate the time and effort it takes to do this.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anon. It is a pleasure to share the pictures and places I have been. Hopefully the thoughts as well have some value, although sometimes I feel like I spend every day in a stream of conscious state thinking "What would I blog about this?"
DeleteA daily read for more than a year now.
ReplyDeleteHope your luck holds up as that means the Collapse is pushed off another 20 years.
I like electricity and clean water. Abundant food and hot showers are pretty nice also. Much to give thanks for as I've lived and worked in 3rd world countries where that wasn't true.
Thanks Michael!
DeleteI like your way of thinking. Maybe if I keep writing, we can hold it at bay for years.
Congratulations! Thanks for being here all that time. Nice place ya got here.
ReplyDeleteWhy, thanks Warren! Appreciate you like what I have done with place, although the paint job probably needs sprucing up a bit and there is this plumbing problem...
DeleteOh My! Twenty years TB, that's quite the accomplishment, a lot of effort, time, and brainsweat........:)
ReplyDeleteNylon12 - I wish there were actual brainsweat involved. Instead, there seems to be panicky moments followed by "I have no idea what I just wrote or where that came from..."
DeleteNow listen to heavenly singing - Happy Birthday to TB, happy birthday to you. And many, many more.
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