Has It Been Ten Years Already?
Starting here on December 17, 2004, this writing platform has expanded to include Book Reviews by Rick Sincere, Where Are the Copy Editors?, Bearing Drift, and the Charlottesville Libertarian Examiner, with a few smaller projects along the way. The orbit of this blog includes three YouTube channels (see the sidebar to your left).
By coincidence, I produced several interesting blog posts on December 17, without making explicit reference to its being a blogoversary.
By far the most popular of these has been one from last year, headlined "Obligatory Dylan Sprouse Nude Selfie Blog Post." To date, that report on the former Disney Channel star's naked mishap and his deft handling of it has been viewed 4,723 times, which is a pretty good rate. It's remarkable how interested people are in seeing a celebrity's genitals.
On this date in 2007, I noted that that was the ten-year anniversary of the blog itself.
Quoting Kai Ryssdal, the host of the public radio show, Marketplace, at the time:
The blog is celebrating an anniversary today. Ten years ago a guy named Jorn Barger coined the term "weblog" to describe his website Robot Wisdom. It was shortened to "blog" two years later by someobody else.
Back then only about 23 websites were properly considered blogs. These days, whether you write them or read them, blogs are a pretty common pursuit.
Estimates are that 120,000 new ones are created everyday. No word, though, on how many are actually read.
There are a lot more than 23 "weblogs" today, that's for sure.
The second most popular post is an oddity: "Shirtless and Circumcised," which traces strange search terms that lead readers to this blog.
Other blogoversary posts have included "Christmas Carols: The Odd and the New," a review of the Daily Telegraph Book of Carols, also from 2009.
On December 17, 2006, I took the Washington Post ombudsman to task for sloppy writing in "Small Pool."
Two years later, I reported on the progress of the breathtaking recount in the razor-thin race between then-Congressman Virgil Goode (R-Rocky Mount) and future former Congressman Tom Perriello (D-Ivy) in "Fifth District Recount Continues."
Only once, nine years ago, in 2005, did I make an explicit commemoration of the start of my blogging in "Anniversary Waltz." In fact, for a long time, I thought my blog-start was on December 22. I had to look up the correct date as I prepared for this post!
Let's hope I have at least ten more good years of filling this space with compelling words arranged in sentences and paragraphs.
Cheers!
In the past, I have hosted the 
, to go with her new documentary. Mary believes that teachers assign To Kill a Mockingbird to their classes year after year because of the indelible characters, social message, and race and class issues.
When one of my posts finds its way into a blog carnival, the polite thing to do is to post a link to the mention. Reciprocity is one of the etiquette values of the blogosphere.
Two blog carnivals took note of 
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