…was this blog’s first birthday!
I didn’t start WmWms with any expectations, and it’s been an interesting adventure so far. I’ve tried to let it drag me along a little bit, both out of curiosity and to keep its appetite for my mental and emotional resources nominal.
More than 70,000 different people dropped by at least once in the past year. Several hundred read regularly. It’s a kick to see you in the logs, and I love hearing from you. You bear chuckles, and you shine lights on paths and perspectives that were previously hidden.
And though I’m a guy who usually describes himself as antisocial to some degree, I’ve enjoyed what WmWms has done for my friendships. I’ve reconnected with some old friends, and become part of cool new things with some new ones.
It’s fun to give voice to what’s on my mind, whether it’s stupid crap that occurred to me on my commute or something to which I’ve given a lot of consideration. I’ve learned that there is no correlation between expended effort and resulting reaction. I’ve fired things off in ten minutes that generated 20 comments, and poured my soul into other posts over the course of several days that generated…nothing. That stuff makes a guy reflective, and I dare say self-critical in potentially constructive ways.
However it happens, the majority of the mental stimulation comes from readers. Thank you all for that.
Onward.
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“Onward and upward.”
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Hey Bo, getcha some! 31 hours cross country in a BMW5? These guys claim to have done it faster.
He says they averaged 90.1 miles per hour and still managed to get 17.6 mpg, even with the extra weight of a spare 20-gallon gas tank in the rear. They spent most of the trip in sixth gear, avoiding heavy acceleration and aggressive braking, hitting their highest speeds (up to 160 mph) on stretches of empty road in the late night and early morning hours, assisted by night vision cameras with thermal imaging monitors inside to reveal animals, obstacles, officers, even potholes not clearly visible to the naked eye.
Happy Blogaversary!!
I love blogging for exactly the same reasons you state here – I particularly like your “you shine lights on paths and perspectives that were previously hidden.” – I’m always grateful to my readers for bring thoughts and ideas that would otherwise never have occurred to me.
Keep writing, my friend!
Congrats on the blog graduating from months to years. Congrats even more on posting to it regularly!
You mentioned working in a ’40s era NASA building. Which one? I spent some 35 years — mostly in 4487 and 4708.
Always enjoy your blog. Keep it up.