So it turns out that, as of today, I've been running this little pie wagon of mine for half a decade.
That's longer than I stayed in any one school since I was 12. Longer than most of my relationships or paying jobs have lasted. Longer than Sarah McQuitter was governor of Alaska, or Barack Obama has served in the U.S. Senate and White House combined. And begun in the Ye Olde Timey Days before Twitter, YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and iPhones. Before The Huffington Post and The Daily Beast.
Back when the Death of Journalism was a vicious Liberal rumor instead of a daily obit in the online editions of what remains of America's newspapers, Blogger 1.0 crashed oftener than a student driver wasted on cough syrup, and Gilly and Billmon were two of the few bright lights shining in the dark.
Yeesh, no wonder I'm sleepy.
That averages out to about 1.3 posts a day, every day. Still mostly my own stuff. Still with handmade graphics. Still longer than two sentences and a link.
In other words, still doing it all wrong :-)
My heartfelt thanks to the support I get every day from all my readers, lurkers, commenters, emailers, contributors, honest critics, well-wishers, peers and colleagues.
Now I'm gonna record a podcast, sleep for 12 hours and then go see what Bobo is up to.
Hugs, handshakes and ass grabs all around.
driftglass
P.S. While I know George Soros and many of his minions read this blog every day, Mr. Soros' donation counter still sits at zero. Which means that everyone who has ever contributed anything to this blog has kicked in more than George Soros has.
Also more than Arianna Huffington, Pinch Sulzberger and Tina Brown.
Combined.
So, realizing that George is a very busy man, I thought I would do my level best to help the poor guy by making it as easy as possible for him to
his
way
into
the
light.
