A Pleasant Surprise!

Apparently someone bought me a Bennington Potter's gift certificate for Christmas 2005 that I a.) never received , or b.) inadvertantly threw away. They mailed me a copy of the gift certificate and I bought myself the oval baker in Elements Blue. How about that for a little Happy Birthday to me?

PS: They couldn't tell who purchased this for me, but whoever it was - Thank you!

Does Everyone Know What They're Getting Me For My Birthday?

If not, call me... I have plenty of gift ideas.

For Amy:

Happy Birthday....

To My Blog!  It has been going for over one year now (started 3/12/07) and has had over 10,000 page loads!

Happy Birthday To The Blog

Happy belated birthday, blogosphere! In case you didn't know, December 17 was the 10th anniversary of the term 'Weblog,' which was shortened to 'blog' at some point. The term started with a man, Jorn Barger, who used the phrase to describe his Web page where he posted links of interesting things he found around the Internet.Back in 1997, blogging was hardly the phenomenon it is today. Some of the most conservative estimates put the number of true 'weblogs' at that time in the lower double digits. These days no one can really say how many blogs are out there. Technorati, a blog tracking service, estimates that 120,000 new blogs pop up every day. In April the site was tracking just over 72 million blogs...

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The 'Blog' Turns 10 - Switched: Gadgets, Tech, Digital Stuff for the Rest of Us