Saturday, June 25, 2011

Happy blogiversary

I put my first post up three years ago.  It wasn't particularly good, but you learn by doing.  4000-odd posts and three years later, I find myself heading out to a blogshoot with a lot of friends that I've never met In Real Life.  Actually, by the time you read this we'll be done, and searching out some of that barbarous (but still yummy) Texas brisket BBQ.

The Internet is a strange place, and is strangely described: a maze of twisty web sites, or a series of tubes that help your shoulder thing go up (well, the gunblogging community, anyway).  I think of it as a bunch of people, who can now meet friends they never new they had, even though they're thousands of miles away.  Even though they may never meet In Real Life.

You meet in the way that really matters.

In a couple of weeks, the odometer here will roll over half a million hits.  Seems like a lot, and it's certainly gratifying.  But what really counts is all of you who I've met here, or over at your blog.  All of you friends who I may or may not have met In Real Life, but who I am proud to call my friends nonetheless.

It's you - we - the people, who make the Internet what it is.  Thanks.

22 comments:

  1. BobJune 25, 2011 at 10:52 AM

    Happy blogiversary!

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  2. IrishJune 25, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Congratulations oh wise and well-written Blog brother! :)

    Have fun today.

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  3. doubletroubleJune 25, 2011 at 11:19 AM

    Keep on truckin' pal!

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  4. Rev. PaulJune 25, 2011 at 11:40 AM

    Happy blogiversary - and it's my honor to have 'met' you. Keep going, sir; you make us proud.

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  5. Guffaw in AZJune 25, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    Congratulations!
    And thanks for your wisdom, help and support!
    gfa

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  6. JesterJune 25, 2011 at 11:59 AM

    Congratulations!

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  7. SiGraybeardJune 25, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    4000-odd posts and three years later some of them odder than others - but one of the best signal to noise ratios in the blogosphere.

    As you say, we are a community. This virtual neighborhood is as real as any physical one. There are many people whom I've never met in meatspace, who are closer friends than people I've lived next to for a decade. You're no more likely to have much more in common with your physical neighborhood than any randomly chosen person in the country. In this community, we choose our neighbors and put them in our blog roll.

    Congratulations on 3, and good luck with more!

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  8. WallyJune 25, 2011 at 12:40 PM

    Yay Borepatch! Congratz on the blogiversary!

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  9. NorthJune 25, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Happy blogiversary! I'm honored that you link to me. You are certainly a great every-day read!

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  10. Josh KruschkeJune 25, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    But, I didn't get you anything.....

    Happy , blogiversary!

    Josh

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  11. NotClauswitzJune 25, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    Jeebus, Magdaluca, and Jehosephat, time fibs! Oh how it lies.

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  12. AnarchAngelJune 25, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    'grats senor patch

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  13. BorepatchJune 25, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    Thank you, everyone. This place wouldn't be the same without you.

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  14. SabraJune 25, 2011 at 7:51 PM

    Happy Blogiversary! Sooner or later we'll have to get you to branch out beyond the brisket.

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  15. KevinJune 25, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    Congratulations! Here's to many more!

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  16. scotakuJune 25, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    Congratulations. And... and thank you - not only for the words you post, but also for the words you share. You rock.

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  17. BorepatchJune 25, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Scotaku, as you well know, the blogosphere isn't "me", it's "us". There are a lot of people behinfd me, and you know a lot of them.

    Heck, you *are* one of them. Thanks.

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  18. soulful sepulcherJune 26, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Congrats, your posts make country music somewhat tolerable LOL :)

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  19. BorepatchJune 26, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Stephany, it's all part of the service! ;-)

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  20. JimJune 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM

    Congrats, Borepatch!

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  21. Hat TrickJune 26, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Congrats on the blogiversary.

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  22. TOTWTYTRJune 26, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    Congratulations!

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