For anyone who knows me, next Monday (September 18) is kind of sort of noteworthy. Even if you don’t know me — and few if any of you really do — if you know my Yahoo! ID (miked918), then you might get a hint (my BIRTHDAY!) of just what that day is.
Now, I try to be a humble man and not really tout myself, nor my blog like . . . oh others do to try to beef up links and the like. (Right, Scott?!)
And, honestly, I don’t expect any presents or special suprises like that.
But maybe . . . just maybe . . . I could get a few more links and new people to link to me.
Now, I don’t want to seem ungrateful. I’m very appreciative of those who I have asked– I think it’s only three people — to link to me (Mike, Colin, Peter . . . any others?).
And, of course, I am also very appreciative of those who have blogrolled me out of the goodness of their hearts. Fine people like Todd, John, Kami, Ed, the good people at NAM, of course AC/BC, Robert, CJ and his Noble Duty Milblogger Coalition, Mike, Peter, Ellee, Lisa Renee, Mike again, Mike again2, the good folks at Hass MS&L, Chris, Mike again3 (gotta appreciate your local bloggers!), Ryan (though, unfortunately, I think he’s on hiattus), Mike again4, Chuck Roast, Amena, Sherrilynne, Tony and Fleishman-Hillard’s CSR blog.
Least we not forget the other fine peole who after — much to my surprise — have also linked to a blog post. I mean folks like Scott, B.L., Jeremy and via BlogRun, Todd, Drew, Doc, Tom, Josh, Phil, Philip, Phillippe, Christian, Matt, Fard, the other Phillippe, the other Todd, Michael, David, Zaid, Craig, Paloma, Don — though you really should visit his cancer-related blog, BlueOvalBlogs, Ian, Marie and the other Michael.
Now, for my birthday, it would be really nice — though not at all expected, mind you — for these kind people to toss another link my way and (sorry, getting greedy here) encourage their friends to link to me. Yes, I’m looking for a few new blog links.
Well, more than a few, I guess.
Plus, what about other equally wonderful bloggers like Richard, Mike and Steve? Or, Robert, Stephen or Heather, Constantin, Richard or Kevin — strike that. I don’t want to be noted there. Make that Kevin’s other. Or, how about it David or David, or Joseph, Shel, Mike, Gary, Paul, Andrea , Susan or Lauren? At least, David?
Just a one-time link — as it’ll expire from Technorati in three or six months — and I’ll be back to where I should be, Technorati-wise.
If I’ve forgotten anyone who has linked to me, I do sinicerely apologize. Please let me know with a comment or e-mail (remember, that’s miked918!), and I’ll add you.
Afterall, I’m not expecting any presents. Consider this post my present to all of the great people I’m fortunate to have met — even if only digitally — and have read.
– Mike
