Anniversary Post

Somehow, some way, this blog has made it to post #500.
(Granted I cheated a little; Post #499 is written, but it won't be "published" until the 31st.)

I began this because I was increasingly getting asked when new TV shows were premiering or ending, and I thought I could put the info in one place for all the people who asked.

I, obviously, always have something to say as well. Although I think I've failed a bit in those regards as I just can't find all the time I need to do this blog the way I would love to.

But it gives me a voice. It lets me get a little of that "writing bug" out there. Ask my friends, and they'll tell you that once the gates are opened on a subject I am interested in-- and I have a little time to type-- that I will end up writing an essay on most any subject. I hope I can finally bring some of that in the next 500 posts. We'll see.

Thanks to my friends who've stuck through this; even when there was one post a week that just regurgitated the premieres from the magazines I subscribe to.

Thanks to Brian, who probably unknowingly pushed me into this. We'd get into e-mail discussions that could fill a book, so I thought I'd spare him a little by posting my thoughts here instead of filling his InBox (which I still do fairly regularly). He's been my most consistent wall to bounce thoughts off. Brian's been there since the beginning.

Thanks too, to Tom, who I e-mail less regularly, but it usually gets deep when we do. He brings out the thinker in me, and I appreciate it.

And to my friend Allan, who came on a little late, but now that he's got high speed Internet, he's catching up. He's been a fantastic cheerleader. He always lets me know when he likes something I've posted.

And a final thanks to someone I only know as "Equisbuffy", who has taken the time to e-mail me and comment once in a while. I'm glad someone I don't know personally finds this blog interesting enough to read.

Okay, on to Post #501...