My Fifth WordPress Anniversary

WordPress was kind enough to notify me a few days ago, on the 20th, that it was my my fifth anniversary with them, blogging away the whole time. It's hard to believe. I had come over from Xanga, a blogging site I had been on since 2004 and one I loved desperately. It's just that …

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My First WP Post Anniversary

Today is my fourth anniversary of my first WordPress blog post! Yay! I migrated over from Xanga to WordPress, a little unsure of things, but eventually found my way around and the rest is history. I'm going to post my first post from June 20, 2011. It's short.   ____________________________________________ Hello world! Posted by Scott …

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Xanga Revisited

Well, I see Xanga is still fighting for it's survival. I guess that might be a good thing, but I do think it's a losing effort. They've extended their deadline for continued existence by two weeks to the end of July. They've raised 38K to keep them going, although they still need close to 65K, …

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200th Follower

I just got my 200th WordPress follower and I'm excited. I started this blog two years ago after coming over from Xanga, and it's been a long time coming, but now I've got 200 followers and I appreciate each and every one of them. That said, #200 is Stories by Mercilo Daviss, a blogger who …

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Xanga: The Passing of an Era

I first started blogging in early 2004 on Xanga, a blogging site where it seemed like everyone I knew had a blog. I was living in Knoxville TN and literally every person I met had a Xanga blog. Everyone went by their usernames. I blogged daily, for years. I enjoyed it immensely and found quite …

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