BLOGIVERSARY!!!

All right. I just spent my entire morning shooting a public service announcement about proper use of the laundry rooms in college dorms. But since you're probably not interested in that...

TODAY IS THE 1 YEAR BLOGIVERSARY OF SEMI-INTELLIGENT THOUGHTS!!!

That's right. On September 25, 2003, at 4:23 PM, I posted this and began my blogging adventure. Originally, SIT was just going to be a place to put the random thoughts that used to be in my Book of Semi-Intelligent Thoughts. I wasn't even planning on writing about politics that often. However, as you all know, the blog ended up growing into a daily activity that I still enjoy. To celebrate, let's take a look at some important events in SIT history...

-9/25/03: First post.
-10/4/03: James Finch, author of the currently inactive blog VRWC Inc., e-mails me with info about comments and stats. Site Meter and comments operational by the end of the day.
-10/5/03: VRWC gives SIT its first ever link.
-10/8/03: SIT begins appearing in Google search results.
-10/13/03: JawsBlog links SIT, bringing total number of links to 2.
-10/27/03: SIT joins The Alliance of Free Blogs.
-11/5/03: No Offense submitted to the TTLB New Blog Showcase.
-11/10/03: No Offense wins 2nd place in the Showcase.
-11/19/03: My personal favorite entry, The True Fan, posted.
-11/24/03: First ever SIT filthy lie posted.
-12/6/03: SIT nominated for the "Best Flappy Bird" category of the 2003 Weblog Awards.
-12/13/03: Anti-BlogSpot distress post.
-12/22/03: SIT begins the transition from BlogSpot to Movable Type.
-12/23/03: SIT linked on Right Wing News.
-12/24/03: BlogSpot site declared dead, full-time posting begins on MT site.
-1/21/04: First appearance of Larry the Liberal.
-2/6/04: Hit counter reaches 5,000.
-4/23/04: Hit counter reaches 10,000.
-6/4/04: First ever fisking of another [active] blogger.
-6/18/04: SIT political hiatus begins.
-6/28/04: Political hiatus ends.
-7/17/04: First ever CD vs. Saddam beard battle.
-8/11/04: INDC Journal links to SIT.
-9/10/04: Hit counter reaches 20,000.
-9/22/04: CD sees Michael Moore.
-9/25/04: First blogiversary...wait, I said that already.

So, that's where we are now. A year ago, I was just writing random crap with Blogger and getting 20 visitors on the best days. Now, I'm using Movable Type, I'm getting between 70 and 100 visitors a day, I actually have regular readers and commenters, and I'm still fascinated with the world of blogging.

Finally...where are all my commenters? Did your keyboards break or something? Come on, this is a special occasion!