| Many of you have written over the last 24 hours or so about the story in the Times. I've not posted about it yet as I'm not so big on self promotion. But, I do have to point out the utter hilariousness of finding myself (and my pooch) on the front page of the Sunday Style section. Me. STYLE section. Those of you who know me personally will get the humor there. Those of who don't only have to look at the picture:
The Year of the Political Blogger Has Arrived
Jacob Silberberg for the New York Times
As Susan put it last night over at dKos:
And as an aside, it's hard to imagine anything more hilarious than Phillip Anderson of The Albany Project--aka Daily Kos's own lipris--posing with a brew, a dog, a Mac, and a baseball cap in his usual (how shall we say this?) casual apparel under a blazing Fashion & Style masthead.
This isn't exactly something I ever imagined would happen to say the least.
That said, the real focus of the story is about how bloggers such as myself and Pam Spaulding (of the terrific Pam's House Blend) and John Odum (of the Vermont blog Green Mountain Daily) have been raising money for the trip out to Denver. We're really just stand ins for hundreds if not thousands of other folks doing the same thing, though often in very different, ever creative ways.
Which brings me to the big thank you. I'm currently packing for a flight tonight to Denver. I would not be making this trip if it weren't for the generosity of so many folks in this community. I mean what I say in the Times article above when I say that it was truly humbling when people were willing to pitch in to make this possible.
Thank you all so very, very much. You made this happen.
Next stop, Colorado! |
