One year ago today, when I was a mere fifty-four and a half years old, I started FiftyFourAndAHalf.com. A blog with a stupid name that I decided to keep. So yup, today’s my first Blirthday!
John Lennon is, in fact singing “Blirthday.” He was a man well ahead of his time, singing in celebration of something that hadn’t happened yet. (Kind of like when he sang about peace.)
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When I started this blog, well, I figured it would be filled with rants about politics. That was the subject of my very first post, in fact. I was mad as hell that the GOP wanted to end Medicare for folks 55 and under. I took it rather personally, in fact, given that they were going to take it away from me.
So now that I fixed that –
Excuse me? I didn’t? I didn’t fix it? You mean they’re still talking about screwing people 55 years and younger? Damn! I guess I can’t quit now.
Anyway, I found that I was writing and posting kind of a mish-mash in here. A little politics, a little bit of silly stuff, way more embarrassing stories about me than I can believe I have actually put in print. And occasionally a serious piece. Oh, and I didn’t forget politics.
Yup. I find that FiftyFourAndAHalf.com has become a sock drawer of a blog. And I’m OK with that.
Don’t grumble. They’re all clean.
But to celebrate my Blirthday, I need to thank a number of people who have been helpful and supportive:
John,
Jacob
Cooper
Other Family Members who would kill me if I named them
Jen and Keily and Judy and Bao
And to three friends I met in writing classes who encouraged me to blog. They became my first followers in the early months when, um, I didn’t tell anyone I actually knew about the blog. (These guys are all good writers and they need to post way more often):
Delajus at Higher and Higher
Jamie at SleepDeprivedAndInsane
Lisa at Eat Plants said the Cow
And thank you, my bloggin’ buddies, for reading, commenting, “LIKE”-ing and writing such great stuff that I spend all my time reading and commenting on your blogs instead of cleaning my house. Please remember me when the Health Inspector condemns it.
“But seriously, officer, I’ll clean it up as soon as I finish this comment …”
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