The Carpetbloggers Celebrate 1 Year!

We've been alive in one form or another for a year now.

Cool!

This blog has been my way to stay informed about current events and to sharpen up the ol' writing skills a little(although, at times, entries turns out to be an abbreviated link dump)--much less expect somebody to actually read my tripe. I know you're out there. . .the link counter tells me so; thanks for not hauling off and dressing us down in public.

I've been informed not by the media, but by the vast numbers of really good folks out there who write, thoughtfully (and sometimes not so thoughtfully) on a variety of topics. To those people (who probably will never read this) I owe thanks for the contribution of their time to my continued learning. Some of these good people are found over on the right in the links.

It's been a year of ups and downs, there are times when blogging is too much fun and there are times when it's just sheer Drudge-ry (ba-dum-bump) to get out something that is thoughtful. At those times I usually just yell at Andrew or r g to write something and, God bless them, they do.

Here's to hoping that we make it another year.