SYLG's First Anniversary

One year ago today, Support Your Local Gunfighter descended upon the blogosphere like Kirstie Alley on a Twinkie. I would like to think that I have come a long way since my first post, but I would be kidding myself. There are much funnier bloggers out there – Dave from Garfield Ridge comes to mind, and there are smarter bloggers out there – The Man from GOP and the City and Pam from Blogmeister USA come to mind. Hell, there are even more entertaining bloggers out there – the rest of my sidebar comes to mind – but I keep plugging away in the continuing struggle to make people laugh.

The past year has been an eventful one. People I Hate was resurrected, then buried for lack of interest, then re-resurrected to its current weekly slot. SYLG received its first scathing hate mail, and the e-mail was proudly posted in its entirety shortly thereafter. The Site Meter went crazy after Finnish figure skating babe Kiira Korpi’s picture became The Olympic Babe O’ The Day. And the runaway highlight of the year was when SYLG won Best Personal Blog at The Best So Far Blog Awards, January, 2006. Winning this award meant so much to me because the voting was done by all of you. Readers and fellow bloggers alike cast votes for this crummy little blog, and I appreciate it.

Which brings me to my final point: more than anything, I want to thank each and every person who takes a few minutes out of their day to stop by my little slice of hell. In the past year, SYLG has received nearly 38,000 visits, and I appreciate every single one. While I still write for myself, I am always concerned about what the readers think. Without you, I am nothing. I hope I can continue to entertain you for years to come.

Thank you.