A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED MINUTES; HOW DO YOU MEASURE THREE YEARS IN A BLOG? Three years ago today, we did something smart. Isaac, Phil, Kingsley and I invited Matt and Alex to merge their sites into this one, creating an allegedly temporary and unwieldy blog title that has persisted ever since, though I do like the increased use of "ThingThrowers" to describe our readers.

Our mission remains the same: take the stuff we find fun, say something smart about it, share it with others and learn from whoever else has something interesting to contribute. Oh, and try not to take anything too seriously here. Hopefully, we're succeeding, and I hope you all enjoy coming here as much as we enjoy building this place and reading each other's work content every day, as well as everything our commenters contribute. (And if you're a lurker, become a commenter!)

So thanks to everyone who has made this site what it is, but especially today, thanks to Matt and Alex for signing up to do this thing with people they had never met (and, in Alex's case, still haven't met), and making all this such a joy. Rock on.