Five years ago today I started this blog. It was a sunny, somewhat boring, Saturday afternoon when I began fooling around with creating a blog first using Google's Blogger software and then almost immediately changing over to Typepad.
In the five years I've posted everyday except for a day or two after my father died for a total of 5,983 posts and 8100 comments.
Readers come from all over, local Collinsville and Metro East, St Louis, Clayton, Chicago, Minnesota, Utah, California, Florida, New York, Texas etc etc and especially the many quiet readers in Washington DC. One of the biggest thrills this past year and a half has been getting linked by the New York Times on many occasions. The first link was so exciting I made a screenshot of the Times website.
I've also had the opportunity to get to know other bloggers like Allen Adomite, Cal Skinner, former Illinois state legislator, runner and Chicago and national commentator, John Ruberry, Norman Teigen from Minneapolis, Paul McCain of Cyberbrethren who has been so supportive, and even got a mention on the famous Instapundit a few weeks ago.
But most of all I'd like to give a heartfelt thanks to everyone who stops by here, your visits make doing this so very satisfying.