How strange that you, of all of us, would prove to be the most hopeful.

Five years plus and over 1700 non-spam comments in, a very happy New Year, from all of us, to all of you:

Abu Alex, Allison, Andrea, and Anonymous;
Barb, Beav, Becky, Blake, Bleeding Heart, bondgirl, and brian;
Charlie, Chris, Chuck, Class A Cousin, and core2core;
d.w., Darkbar, David, Dirtbeard the Pirate, Dr. Badass, Dr. Davis, dr. M, and DS;
Eden, ellen, and Emily;
Fireman and flutteringthings;
Gail, Geoff, ginger, God, guess who, and Guess who?;
Heartless CFO;
j.ko, j.pal, James, Janet, Jay Niflheim, Jenn, Jeremy, Jesse, Jessica, Jill, Jillo, Juli Mac, Jon, and Juli;
Karen, Kate, Kathy, katrina, Ken, Kendra, Kris and kyle t;
Laura, Lisa, and Lurch;
Mad Dog, Marcus, Matt (a.k.a mkultra), Me, MeJuli, missundertood, and Moxie;
Nate, ned, Nick, Nikki’s friend Juli, and Nora;
Paisana, patricia, Pauline, Pete, P-Funk, Pookie, and Princess Fix IT;
Rachel Burton, ReBarb, Remaining Anonymous, Rev. Chris, Rich, Rob, and Rosey;
shatina gilliam, Shylo, Slinkyfarm, someonewhoknows, SoulReaper, stacey, Steve, and Stimpy;
T-bot, Teresa O’Connor, tessa, The Big Man, The Bo3b, The Wild Scotsman, Tommy, and Tony;
vacationwife and van ollefen;
West Side Charlie,
and Zeepdoggie.

If I missed you, speak up more.

Allow me to somewhat surprisedly wish this slopfest called Blood & Thunder a very happy fifth birthday, with an old-school card:

(A little late, I know, but really: what better way to mark a B&T milestone than with an outage?)

For those of you gracious enough to worry/inquire, we are getting out a day ahead of everybody else.

(It’s who you know.)

I waited twenty years for this. It was beyond great. How often does anything work out that way?

I could just about not possibly be more thrilled right now.