July 11, 2004
Four Years Already?
Scrubbles is four years old today. If it was president, it would be serving out its first term. If it was a high school student, it would be graduated and preparing for college (or the swing shift at Burger King). Back in July 2000, this was the first thing I wrote:
Welcome to my blog.
Some rules are in order here.
My first rule is to never use the word "blog" again. I don't like that word. It conjures up images of some vaguely unappetizing snack of the future, to be eaten with Slurm. Yuck.
My second rule is to always be different, readable, fun and interesting. Most pages of this type are too self-absorbed, whiny and clique-ish. If you're looking for more of that, go somewhere else. This page will have a few links, but will also be content filled and nutritious, too!
And I stuck with it, even if I'm not quite as prolific now as I was then. The so-called blogosphere has grown so much, this place comes across like a quaint country cottage surrounded by skyscrapers. But I'm happy that scrubbles still has a measure of uniqueness in a crowded field, and I'm going to keep on truckin' with this thing as long as there's diverting enough stuff out there to comment on.
Posted by mhinrichs at July 11, 2004 03:09 PM
Happy Anniversary, Matt!
Four years = eternity!
(On the Web, at least.)
Here's To Four More!
Well done.
Have browsed your "blog" for many an appetising link and item. It's never easy to admit a link to the bookmarks. Yours was a shoe-in.
Congratulations! I haven't been reading you all four years, but I like you a lot!
happy birthday! here's to four more great years!
Congratulations. I can't imagine a day without Scrubbles.
Four more years! Four more years!
Ugh, I hate that word too! I'm not even saying it.
Happy Birthday Scrubbles!!
Four years? Wow. That makes most of us seem like amateurs! Happy birthday, Scrubbles!
hey... ive been reading this blog for a while since weezer had linked it from thier site back when they rocked... the rampent blogging may have hurt some of the better blogs out there but yours still stands the test with origonality and a consistant style. good show.
Excellent work!
I will drink several glasses of Slurm in your honor this evening.
