Blue Crab Boulevard

You Say It’s Your Birthday

It's my birthday, too - yeah. Blue Crab Boulevard went live on January 6, 2006 on Blogger. Here's the first post. Quoting myself:

This Blog is a work in progress. I do not yet know where it is going or what it will look like in the end.

And one year on, it still is and I still don't. But it has been a heck of a ride so far. There have been highs and lows, good days and bad, some posts I am proud of and some not worth re-reading. A work in progress, indeed. I can not even begin to list all the people who have helped me out along the way in this first year. (I am really afraid I will leave someone out and offend them. And I would not want to do that.) I'll just say that I deeply appreciate all of the help, all of the links, all of the coaching and all of the encouragement along the way.

I also want to thank everyone who reads this blog, whether it is daily or less frequently. Enough of you have left encouraging comments or sent emails to convince me it was worth carrying on. I've also attracted a few trolls along the way - you know who you are - and even their comments have been a learning experience (and yes, those of you who cannot or will not understand the comment policy are still banned and will remain so. I do love the new spam plugins - they send banned commenters into neverland without me having to intervene). I especially thank all of you who actually voted for Blue Crab Boulevard in the Weblog Awards. I honestly did not ever expect a nomination and certainly did not expect the finish I made on that. Those of you who thought enough of the Crabitat to vote for it really mean a lot to me.

I have been really, really lucky to have met so many of you, even if it is only in a virtual sense. Thank you all for sharing this ride with me.

So, I'll leave you with a couple of videos. Thanks to my good friend, The Anchoress, I finally figured this one out - I am still very much learning how to do all these things.

Is this guy having fun or what?

And just to keep up with the extremely high tone we try to maintain here all the time, there's this:

Thanks for visiting, thanks for reading.

Thank you.

Blogosphere, Personal Thoughts | Gaius Friday, 5 January , 2007

By Joe O, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 12:43 am

For someone that just recently started blogging with some irregularity, your progress in just one year is impressive and inspirational. Though I don’t agree with your politics (or anyone’s for that matter), I do think your viewpoint is well stated if not always unique. It’s why I stop by at least twice a day,

I have one bit of advice: Try adding more multimedia (photos, videos, etc.) to spruce up the site collectively post-by-post.

Congrats on the anniversary. Much continued success. It’s always a fun read, if nothing else.
By Gaius, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 6:04 am

Thank you. I am going to put video and such on now that I have figured out how to do so. It’s one of those things that once it was explained how to do it, it’s easy. And you wonder why you waited so long to start!
By velvethammer, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 7:56 am

Happy Happy Birthday to you! One year old today. Wow impressive! You’ve come a long way in such a short time.
By bRight & Early, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 8:15 am

Happy 1st Blogiversary Gaius! You have had an amazing first year. I fully expect you to keep up the good work. It makes finding something for the daily First Cup post very easy

And thanks for being part of the Blogiversary Database.
By Gaius, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 8:25 am

Thanks, Jim. It has been an amazing year.
By Lars Walker, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 11:49 am

Congratulations. Now get back to work.
By Gaius, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 11:59 am

Heh. Yessir. Geeze, I already covered the Hawaiian invasion….
By Jack Gunter, Jr., Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 12:54 pm

I know what you mean.
I started blogging back in July or sometime thereabouts and it’s been a kinda, sorta, maybe, happy day, shining time station if you don’t mind thing for me too.

I agree with the multimedia, spruce goose suggestion, but I still think you need a coupla animals on the staff to keep it fair and balanced, and maybe to add a bit of spice every now and again. You know, like Heinz 57, something like that.

Anywho good luck and don’t spend all of your time on-line.
There’s still a real world out there with your name on it.

I didn’t say that, but pretend I did.
You can quote me on that.
By Gaius, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 1:04 pm

I already have a crab and a cockatiel on staff. I’m looking for a full time penguin. These part-timers are about worthless, though they do work cheap.
By old_dawg, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 4:47 pm

I recognize thew top picture as that of The Anchoress, but is that Jeff Goldstein in the bottom one?

Just kidding! Great job on your blog.
By Blackhawk, Saturday, 6 January , 2007 @ 4:51 pm

Happy b-day and best wishes for many more!