An Auspicious Milestone…
This past Sunday saw the tenth year anniversary of this here humble blog. Yes, Pursed Lips has reached the decade-old mark! My thanks to all of you who’ve followed me on this journey, whether you were among the few who joined me on day one or the many who discovered me after blogs exploded into the web forefront. A couple of years ago, I recalled:
I began Pursed Lips in August 1999 when the blogging community numbered less than two hundred individuals. Most of those blogs where tech-based. A few disseminated cultural tidbits to entertain us. But no one was writing about sex full-time in a blog format.
screen shot of Pursed Lip’s debuit
Oh, one or two entrepreneurial pornographers ran sites akin to a blog where they would post a newsy link, usually accompanied by a NSFW photo and always by links to hardcore material. But no one was writing about sex full-time in a content meaningful way.
So I did. Years before “not safe for work” entered the vernacular.
Ah, the joy of reminiscing!
Today, I’m not as avid a blogger as I was ten years ago. With the advent of new technologies, other competitors vie for my time. Like a quick 140 at Twitter. Or producing a book trailer for You Tube. And promotional give-away productions. Best of all, I’m busier than ever with my fiction writing.
But I’m still nostalgic for my past enthusiasms and I still love this little blog of mine. And to celebrate this modest milestone, I grabbed a screen shot of my first blog post to share with you — my foray into an emerging on-line avenue. Looking at it now, it reminds me of baby steps, good memories all.
It’s so weird that you’re blogging less, and for the first time ever, I’ve blogged daily for three straight weeks!
Oh, and congrats! That first post was written as a plain ol’ HTML page, wasn’t it? I don’t think I built that little micro-blog app until you’d been blogging for a few weeks.
Roger,
You’re right. It was html. And I was so happy when you figured out what I was up to and created that wonderful little app for me.
As for YOUR blogging, well, I think you found your niche. WCBPB is really funny. I’d rather read your blog than any celebrity gossip show on television!