MemeMachineGo!

Today at 1700 PST is the exact moment of the vernal equinox. Spring is here, spring is here. Happy Ostara. It’s the Great American Meatout. And, an event rather sure to be overshadowed by world events, but still of note to me, it’s the first anniversary of MemeMachineGo!

I’d like to say some thank yous to Boing Boing and LinkMachineGo for links early on that brought me most of my initial readership (I frankly did a lousy job of advertising it to friends and family.) To Mena and Ben for Movable Type — I mightn’t be blogging without the efficiency, convenience, and control it offers (and all for an optional $20 registration I gladly paid.) To everyone else who’s linked here, who’s posted comments or suggested links, and, especially, to everyone who reads it. My interests are so eclectic — I so completely violate the conventional wisdom that a blog must focus to succeed — that sometimes I’m amazed I have any repeat visitors at all.

To express my appreciation, I pledge the following: original content every day for the next calendar month, through April 19. And I’ll be giving away two copies of Susan Blackmore’s The Meme Machine — one simply raffled off — drop me mail via the contact form to enter, the other to be awarded to the poster of the best comment between now and then (as determined subjectively and arbitrarily by me.) You’ll have to submit an email address with your comment, but you can obscure it from public view by including also a URL, any URL will do. Winners will be announced April 20 (well, unless they prefer their name not be mentioned — this ain’t the Publisher’s Clearinghouse Sweepstakes.)

Take good care of yourselves, and let’s hope for brighter days.