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Ding! One Million Hits!!
By John
Not a bad 15 months work, eh!?
Charlie and I started this little blogging project in October of '05 as a method and means to keep our writing up to snuff. Back then, I barely knew what a blog was, and my God did the blogosphere seem a bit....well, overwhelming. So much I didn't know. What the hell is an ecosystem? A sock puppet? A troll? (ugh, found out about those the hard way). It's almost like learning a new language, you know? Today I'm fluent. And what a privilege it is to speak in that web dialect with all the phenomenal readers and bloggers that make up this wonderfully complex 'sphere we call home. And privilege is the key word here folks. Be thankful that we live in a country where blogging is allowed...no, damn near encouraged. Because there are places out there that throw people in jail for this little exercise in free speech. That we can sit down in our pajamas (or a pair of sweats and a Redskins tee :] ) and plug ourselves into the political discourse, hey...that's special. Don't take it for granted.
Now there are three things that I'm incredibly thankful for. The first is our bloggers: Charlie, Lightning, LtCol P, and Bull Nav. Not only do they bring an incredible amount of depth and experience to OPFOR, they all wear the VMI ring. Brothers all of them, and I mean that literally.
Second is our heartless slavemasters at Military.com. Thanks for dedicating your brainy techies to keeping this site running smooth, and saving us from the purgatory of blogspot. Who would've thunk that being a corporate tool would be so much fun!?
Third and most important is you guys, the readers. Thankful for each and every one of you, and I mean that. I can't tell you what a high it is for people to visit you every day, read your thoughts, and respond. Positive, negative...don't care. It's a total rush, and I've got you all to thank for it.
To the other bloggers who helped us along the way: Steve Green, Matt Burden, Michelle Malkin, Glenn Reynolds, Greyhawk, John Donovan, Hugh Hewitt, Mike Yon, SMASH, Schippert, Noah Shachtman, the ER girls, Murdoc, Andi, Roggio, Mary Katharine Ham and the many, many others who sent us traffic.....a big fat sloppy thank you from all of us at OPFOR!
Here's to another cool mil!
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You all are doing a great job here. I'm glad we are able to help.
Congratulations, guys! Thank YOU for keeping us informed - and entertained :-) Keep up the great work.
Congratulations! Thanks for all the info and fun here.
Congratulations.
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'gratz! OPFOR is a wonderful resource and I hope that you blog for many years to come.
~Jeff in NC