Five Years
On the 24th of this month I completed my first five years of blogging. An article in the National Catholic Register by Tim Drake on Catholic blogging first got me following the blogs of Mark Shea, Amy Welborn, Lane Core Jr., Catholic Light and others at a time when you could go through all of the catholics blogs that existed at that time in twenty minutes or less. Like many bloggers I first got hooked by the comment sections which sometimes lead to wanting to establish your own blog. I first started out at blogspot with my first blog Atheist to a Theist and started The Curt Jester six months later.
The strange thing is that when I started my first blog I had never though of doing any sort of comedy or parody. I had intended just commentary as I was exercising my newly Catholic world view on the news of the day. Shows how little I know myself. Though I can slightly blame Victor Lams whose hilarious and creative blog led the way for me. Victor doesn't post that much anymore, except on his myspace page.
I remember being quite happy when I was getting ten hits a day and quite a nobody in St. Blogs (a term coined by the first Catholic Blogger Kathy Shaidle who celebrates her seven years of blogging this month.) Ironically my first post that got some major traffic was my Litany of Blog Humility where one of the phrases was "where That Mark Shea may notice every blog but mine" in which Mark Shea did link to. Mark has been very kind to me over the years as have countless others. This is the part where I thank all the little people, you know the little people who I have enslaved to crank out my RSS feed and maintain my site. Though I don't have my little people sing annoying little songs after I screw something up like those nasty Oompa Loompas. Seriously though, I have to thank my readers, commenters, and those who send me parody ideas and news stories. Being a Jester isn't any fun unless somebody laughs back or at least groans back at one of my puns.
There are lots of things I never intended to do such as being Catholic, writing daily, and considering my lack of drawing skills - spending time doing graphic related humor. So of course I end up doing all three.
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Happy Blogiversary, Jeff. You're the still the best, keep it up.
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Happy anniversary!
Your blog is one that helped push me into doing such things - the influence passes on . . .
(I remember being excited that anybody read me too. 2-3 WOW!)
God bless!
Yes, now it's your turn as the inspiration to new bloggers. Not that I'd have any chance to preach the gospel with humor as you do so wonderfully, but when things turn sour or depressing in the world, we can always turn to you (especially before bedtime) to remind us to end our day with a smile. :-)
Happy anniversary!
Jeff,
Congrats and hopefully you will have many more years. You are an inspiration. So many good Catholic bloggers can tend to the serious side. It is so important that a little humor is added to the mix. Please keep up the great work and congratulations.
Happy Bloggiversary! And may you have many more years of it ... I can't do without my daily Curt Jester fix ya know. :-)
Happy Bloggiversary, C.J!
Thank you for the smiles and guffaws that I have experienced by visiting your site.
Thank you for the inspiration that I have found in your contributions that taught me that someone older than 22 might be able to contribute to folks living tens of thousands of miles distant and times apart from me and also that I might learn much from those same distant folks.
But I'm not nearly as funny as you. Keep it up!
Jeff, congrats on your survival! May you have the energy and creativity to continue. +JMJ+
Congratulations, Jeff! You blog has given me much inspiration and many chuckles! Here's to the next 5 years!
Happy Blogiversary!!! Where's the party?
Happy Anniversary Jeff! You always give me a laugh!
Ad multos annos, Jeff!
Let us therefore recall this important detail from St. Thomas Aquinas:
"a man who is without mirth, not only is lacking in playful speech, but is also burdensome to others, since he is deaf to the moderate mirth of others.... ...mirth is useful for the sake of the rest and pleasures it affords..."
Summa Theologica II-II Q168 A4
Keep up the good work! And God bless you and your family.
Hey Jeff,
Congradulations and Happy Anniversary!
I truly enjoy your site, and have learned alot!
Here's to many, many more years!
Take care and God bless!
Barbara
Thanks Jeff! You obviously have fun while you have something serious to say.
Happy Blogoversary and many more.