Mr. Charles Pierce Celebrates His Blogiversary

He has been blogging with sharp objects under the "Esquire" banner for one year now and wanted to thank some of those who made straight the way:

It has been brought to my attention by the landlords that, one year ago today, the blog debuted in this space to the roaring cheers of several. I had absolutely no idea where it was headed, or what it was going to do when it got there. I first would like to thank all of the People Who Went Before, whose work I read for years before setting up this pop stand, and whose freedom to say what they wanted I deeply envied. These most especially included Digby, The Great Blue Marble, Josh Marshall, Steve M., the LG&M crew, and the redoubtably basset-bound Mr. Bogg, here represented by the funniest thing ever to appear on the Intertoobz. There are dozens of others I picked up along the way — see the blogroll down on the right for details — but these were the first ones I regularly read.

Congratulations, Mr. Pierce. The world changes so fast 

and banging it out five days a week as well as you do is a tough beat.