Greetings, my fellow port swillers, and huzzay, huzzah!!
Why, you may ask? Because as of today the Port has been on the table for fifteen years! And that’s real years. In blog years, I think that’s something closer to eighty.
Like everything else these past couple months, this anniversary caught Ol’ Robbo on the hop, so I don’t really have anything profound to say to mark the occasion, except to thank the two or three of you who still drop in from time to time to scan my feeble observations. I know I don’t deliver the same product I used to (if I ever did) but I still enjoy plugging away here, and am still gratified every time I think I’ve made any kind of difference with something I write.
So, ladies and gentlemen, charge your glasses gunn’ls under! Here’s three times three and no heeltaps, and another fifteen years!!
HUZZAY! HUZZAY! HUZZAY!
UPDATE: The lovely and talented Sleepy Beth also had a blogoversary yesterday, her 19th. (I still beat her tho’ because I started with the Llama Butchers in November of ’03.) She puts into pixels a timeline and synopsis of the whole bloggy experience a lot better than I could. By the bye, Beth is, I believe, the only person ever to claim that Ol’ Robbo was her favorite Llama. Yip! Yip! Yip!
I also wanted to raise a glass to all those blogs in my “Under the Table” column, friends from the past who have drifted away for one reason or the other. Those were good times, indeed, and Ol’ Robbo can’t resist indulging in the fantasy that one day a bunch of them might suddenly reactivate. Sláinte!
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July 31, 2023 at 11:46 am
Old Dominion Tory
Congratulations, Robbo, and thank you for fifteen years of enjoyable and entertaining blogging. Cheers!
July 31, 2023 at 12:31 pm
sleepybeth
Cheers to you! Thanks for hanging in and hanging on. I always look forward to seeing you’ve added a new thought.
July 31, 2023 at 2:13 pm
browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard
…and death to the French!
Carry on…
July 31, 2023 at 6:03 pm
Robbo
Thankee, Thankee!
July 31, 2023 at 7:03 pm
Waterdog
Congratulations and thank you for keeping “the bar” open so long! BTW, you were my favorite Llama too. But all of you were great and the variety in styles, perspectives, and content made that a very special blog. Anyway, I followed you over from there. Can’t believe that was 15 years ago!
July 31, 2023 at 7:45 pm
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July 31, 2023 at 10:47 pm
Hal Duston
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Obituary for Christopher S. Johnson. Found via a comment.
August 1, 2023 at 12:31 am
tubbs
thankyouthankyouthankyou.
keep pouring.
keep writing.