Tuesday, May 3, 2011

WE'RE NO DISNEY/PIXAR, BUT IT'S BEEN VASTLY MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN QUAKER OATS/SNAPPLE:  Today is the seventh anniversary of Matt and Alex combining their independent blogs with what Isaac, Phil and I were doing here.  "For a day or two, anyway," we wrote, we'd refer to the combined "A List A Day"/"Throwing Things"/"Live From Five Minutes Ago" entity as "A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago."  [TPE and Kim joined soon thereafter as well.]

How long ago was it?  Among the things we blogged that week were the season one finale of The O.C. and overall finale of Friends, George Huff's ouster from Idol, and the funny "Debbie Downer" sketch which just aired on SNL for the first time.  Good times, gang.

33 comments:

  1. Seriously: the only title less marketable than A List of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago?  "Urinetown."

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  2. Renee6:45 PM

    Yay!  Congratulations!  Time sure does fly.

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  3. heathalouise6:57 PM

    Congrats!

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  4. lauri7:11 PM

    Congrats and thanks!!

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  5. Maret7:20 PM

    Congrats and thanks to my favorite bloggers and commentariats.

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  6. Andrew7:33 PM

    Holy )%#balls -- that was 7 years ago? Time is flying. Happy anniversary! 

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  7. Alex Gordon7:53 PM

    Wow! Seven years. Yeah, for us!

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  8. Meghan8:03 PM

    Congratulations! The link to this place is one if the best pieces of info I got from DailyKos.

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  9. D'Arcy8:20 PM

    Really? You liked the Debbie Downer sketch? Maybe it's just me... I was never a huge Rachel Dratch fan, and have a hard time watching anything she's in.

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  10. spacewoman8:41 PM

    I want to like her, because my imaginary best friend Tina Fey likes her, but I just can't.

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  11. Thanks to:

    1.  Adam for inviting me and Alex to join up here--two guys he'd never met in person, and it's worked out well enough.
    2.  All of you in the commentariat, who make posting here feel like a conversation and discussion rather than pissing off The Wall into the North like Tyrion Lannister.  I've had the pleasure of meeting several of y'all in person, and you have been just as delightful in person as you are on the Interwebs.

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  12. Maryann9:22 PM

    Congrats! I mostly lurk in comments but this is one of my favorite places to visit every day.

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  13. Emily9:44 PM

    Congrats!

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  14. D'Arcy9:45 PM

    OMG! Tina Fey is your imaginary best friend? Tina Fey is MY imaginary best friend! Well,Tina Fey and Jennifer Weiner. Oh, if only I had moved to the Bay Area - we could have gone for imaginary coffee with Tina.

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  15. tortoiseshelly10:03 PM

    Congrats! Haven't been spending as much time here in a while b/c of work and family drama, but still one of my favorite blogs to read.

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  16. Congratulations!  And thanks for making this blog one of my favorite daily stops.

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  17. spacewoman11:14 PM

    We can still go for imaginary coffee -- it's just imaginary all the way around!

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  18. Congratulations!

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  19. Devin McCullen12:54 AM

    Congrats, and thanks for all the work you've put into it.

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  20. Anonymous7:27 AM

    <span>Just think- it was only 7 years ago you started doing this blog while you you toiled at your day jobs, and now-...uh, you're having lots of fun talking to smartasses you've never met!!  
     
    Good times.  
     
    Congrats and thanks.</span>

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  21. Christy in Philly8:08 AM

    Congrats to you all. Thanks for giving us all a place to read and talk about Broadway, spelling bees, grammar, NPH, Heather Morris' dancing, all things Aaron Sorkin, awards shows, and so much more.

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  22. Congrats!  and at what point will you stop "introducing kim" in the sidebar?  ;)

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  23. Genevieve9:15 AM

    Mazel tov and thanks for my favorite blog community and the place where I laugh the most!

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  24. Boy, I guess I really *am* your audience then.  I paid $90 for an orchestra seat to Urinetown in 2001, and I loved it.

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  25. Congratulations and happy blogiversary!

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  26. Marsha11:08 AM

    I, for one, love the name. And welcome our new alien overlords.

    Mazel tov on the anniversary! I'm delighted to offer my annual congratulations.

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  27. Watts1:41 PM

    Every year I read this it reminds me how much longer ago it was I started reading Jennifer Weiner's blog (which is how I got to Throwing Things back in the day). 

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  28. Congrats! And I'm with Marsha, I love the name. 

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  29. Pirate Cookie2:28 PM

    Congrats! Thanks for being 100% of my recommended daily intake of pop culture deliciousness. :)

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  30. Sheila4:16 PM

    Same here! I miss that she doesn't post as much but I'm glad she pointed me over here!

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  31. cagey5:57 PM

    Congrats!  I so well remember the Union - orginally, I was a reader of Adam's.

    Many happy returns to the ALOTT5MA gang and many thanks for the memories (and laughs and info!)

    Peace,
    Kelli Oliver George

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  32. slowlylu6:12 PM

    Felicitications and thanks for being an outstanding daily visit

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  33. djdebs7:04 PM

    Congratulations!  I'm a newcomer to visiting here (I noticed the link after Adam and I became facebook friends).  When Adam and I were on the debate team together in college, he always came to meetings (and filled up time on long roadtrips) with movie reviews, arguments about music, and all sorts of pop culture discussion.  I was always impressed with how much he seemed to know about everything, and -- usually -- how good his taste was (I never got into Twin Peaks, one of his favorites).  I really enjoy visiting this blog now, so congratulations again and thanks for giving me great reading material!

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