Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

BUMPED TO THE TOP TODAY. NEW POSTS BELOW

One Year Ago Today at bRight & Early Making book on filibuster detente — “A compromise has been made. Fourteen “moderate” Senators, seven from each party, have added their signatures to a deal that would allow the voting to go forward on some of President Bush’s judicial nominees. Others would still be subject to the obstructionist threat of filibuster. In other words, they will be obstructed and the will of the majority will not be heard.”

That was my first post, one year ago today.

It’s hard to believe that a year has gone by. I didn’t discover blogs right away. Oh, I knew about them in a way. I even had a copy of WordPress, I just wasn’t sure what to do with it. I had been reading the Drudge Report and discovered the columns of Ann Coulter, David Limbaugh, Michelle Malkin, and others. And I discovered blogs. Then the local talk radio host, Pat Campbell, started talking about his new blog. It was on blogspot. Investigating his site I discovered that I could be too!

I’ve been politically interested and semi-active for a long time. I served as the Republican Party County Chairman (of a really small population, rural, county in South Carolina). And I ran a write-in campaign for Mayor of a very small town where all three candidates had to run as write-ins. I came in third.

And I’m opinionated. I’ve mentioned before that the original name of my blog was going to be One Opinionated Old Fart.

I think that my writing has improved (in some ways. It’s deteriorated in others.) I KNOW I’ve learned a lot. I believe I’ve read more in the past year than in the previous forty nine. I’ve enjoyed reading the thoughts of some pretty thoughtful and insightful people.

I’ve had a blast.

If you want to send a gift, here are some suggestions.

• Traffic! I’d love to have a record setting day. (I didn’t realize that I had to have sitemeter on my individual post page until after my first and only Malkilanche) [Note: Not a realistic goal for a Wednesday. lol]
• Sign Up for the Blogiversary Database, and please tell others (and get others to tell others). And add the code to your site. This post explains it well. If you have any questions, drop me an email (lakelandjim at gmail dot com.)
• Blogroll Me!

Oh, hitting the tip jar (it’s over there on the right), buying an ad, or buying something from one of the ads is acceptable too.

Linked with TMH’s Bacon Bits This Is a Yak — Bacon Break, The OTB Beltway Traffic Jam, Blue Star Chronicles Mid-Week Open Post