it has become a tradition in the blogosphere to note milestone posts or blog anniversaries…and i’m all about keeping up with these traditions. so this is the official announcement of the one year anniversary of this blog. thanks to everyone who has commented here. i appreciate it very much.

here’s how this whole thing started:
(from random musings on live 8)

perhaps we have lost our ability to believe in something bigger than ourselves. we can easily lose sight of the bigger picture when we get bogged down in the details. we look at the fortunate fools who still believe and trust in the power of a big dream, and we are envious. we are envious because we used to be where they are. we know better now. we are smarter, too smart to believe, to dream, or to act like our lives mean something. here’s to the ones who haven’t become jaded and cynical enough to settle for being ordinary. dreamers with a plan can change the world. we have seen it throughout history. we can’t all be singers, or actors, or people with a great big stage to influence huge crowds of people. but we all have a part to play. we all can make a difference where we are.

here’s a few more of my favorite posts from the past year(will open in new window):

• wanted: republican rock stars
• oppressed minority groups
• my take on the emmys last night
• it’s all the president’s fault
• it’s time to shed the woe-is-me attitude
• president bush: hard-core neo-con
• maybe the world would be better off…
• feeding the beast
• illegals and the rest of us
• you can’t always get what you want

coming up… thoughts on lamont/lieberman, baseball prediction revisions, and more on the plame affair that wasn’t. stay tuned. 🙂