Two Birthdays

Well, two notable birthdays have just passed by, and I thought I should acknowledge them both.

Most importantly, Little Smoot has just turned 11. As you can see in the accompanying photo, she was very dignified as we celebrated with some of the Smoot clan.

Actually, her birthday has been a rather lengthy celebration these past couple weeks. At last count, she has had something like 27 different parties involving various combinations of family members. She didn't seem to mind the idea of getting presents on a daily basis, either.

Anyway, Happy Birthday Little Smoot! As always, we're tremendously proud of you, and we would like to remind you that you're pretty much done with getting presents this time around.

The other birthday that has recently passed is the anniversary of this very blog. My first post was back on September 3, 2008. And here we are today.

Just think... this blog began as a crappy little corner of cyberspace, bereft of any form of quality control, lacking in direction, and missing any opportunity to make a real impact on society. I'm very proud to say that little has changed since those days at the beginning of last fall. I doubt much will change in the year to come, either.