A first blogiversary.

For wedding anniversaries, the first one is "paper." But a blog is all about writing without paper, so the first blog anniversary should be -- what? -- electron?

Anyway, happy first blogiversary to Richard Lawrence Cohen, who says, among other things:

One of the two best things for me about this year of blogging – and the less expected of the two – has been the feeling that I belong to a group of congenial, bright, interesting people – friends -- who welcome and accept me, an unbounded neighborhood of thinkers and writers who come and go, stopping by to chat whenever they like, and who can agree or disagree without rancor. The stable heart of this community is a cozy “pod” of frequent commenters and fellow bloggers, but the community’s borders can expand instantly, infinitely, in any direction, through the amazing network of links that is the blogosphere. Anyone can join immediately just by appearing.

Ah, yes, there's something about a blog with comments. You make a place, and a community develops. How strange and cool that it works so well!