My How You've Grown

My homepage has been online, in some form or another, since 1999. Regrettably, I don't remember the exact date I posted my first few pages back on the old address. Today, however, marks the first anniversary of my first-ever post to Ramble On, so I can definitely celebrate that. A year ago today, I wasn't using Movable Type, and I was really looking for some way to keep the site looking fresh. Gerritt, Josh, Tom, Daryl, and Amy's blogs served as the model for mine, so I also thank them for doing what they do and for giving me the inspiration. This blog has served as an outlet for ideas, a record of events, and a source of productivity and accomplishment for this year, and I hope to continue it for a long time to come. Though I haven't always posted every day, I always try to post when I have something to say, and that philosophy has kept me motivated.

So, in honor of a year's worth of posts and pictures, here are some links to my favorite entries and photographs (props to Gerritt.net for the idea):

• Cool Stuff: But Who's Counting? (November 12, 2003) - I certainly posted this in an energetic mood, when lots of cool stuff was indeed happening to me. Starring Mr. Electricity in his debut role.
• Something Tells Me I'm Into Something ... Fishy (December 19, 2003) - This was a pretty funny story in real life, and I was trying to capture the humor in the write-up. Ah, the fish! I've had so many good times with them.
• Xin Nian Hao / There's A Monkey On My Back (January 22, 2004) - A quick entry highlighting the beginning of the Year of the Monkey. And I know you like monkeys!
• The Power of Words (February 25, 2004) - This pretty much sums up how I feel about writing, plus it drops a few links like a good blogger should.
• Postcards From The Irreverent (March 18, 2004) - An exercise in creative nonfiction.
• Of Chocolate, Tents, And Steel (July 16-20, 2004) - My writeup of the huge road trip to Hershey this past summer.

• A Georgia sunset.
• Fall leaves.
• Crusaders.
• Snowbridge.
• Lookin' good.
• Grand Central.
• Gulls.
• Sun king.
• Capitol.
• Library dusk.
• Guster.
• Blinded by the light.
• Come to the garden.
• Singing for the Lord.
• Football and streamers.

I hope you enjoyed this little retrospective!