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Happy Birthday to US!

Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 10:20:38 AM EST

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Update [2006-2-15 11:7:46 by Cho]: Hope you all don't mind, but I am cleaning up the party hats and favors, sweeping the floor to free it of cake crumbs... if for some reason I have been overhasty in removing your favorite animation from your sig lines, email me and I will restore them!

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Happy Birthday to US! | 37 comments (37 topical, 0 hidden)

WoW!!!! Congradulations (5.00 / 2) (#1)

Like the oak tree from the acorn you have grown from a single issue to an all encompassing group.

From Podcasts to Diaries, I look forward to seeing your second year in which you bloom with ever more colour!

by Welshman on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 03:36:02 PM EST

: And thankYOU for your support (5.00 / 2) (#2)

My mind just reels to think about where we were last year and where we are now.
Yes - the wings have stretched out to cover several timely topics. Our series on PTSD, FEMA, Timelines like Katrina and Rita, definitive little exposes' on the political beasts running in the underbelly of the government, book reviews, candidate interviews, Presidential Powers, and - and - and.
Writers, researchers, organizers, cheerleaders - silent supporters, vocal ones too.
We thank you one and all.
Love,
Mom

by kfred on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 04:02:55 PM EST
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Happy Anniversary! (5.00 / 1) (#3)

I just checked my status over at the Investigation site: I've been a member there for 52 weeks and 2 hours! A year to the date that I migrated from the Propagannon diaries over at Daily Kos to the old propagannon.com site... all of you with userIDs below 109, you've already hit the one-year mark, as well!
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by wanderindiana on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 04:14:50 PM EST

Holey Moley (none / 0) (#4)

Wander! You are right.

I have been a member 1 year and 1 day according to my account on ePluribus Investigates!

Happy Birthday, Folks!

by Cho on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 04:29:40 PM EST
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I've always been slow on the uptake.... (5.00 / 1) (#5)

Member for:
52 weeks 2 hours

by kfred on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 04:37:02 PM EST
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Just a kid (5.00 / 1) (#7)

I'm only 51 weeks 1 day old. Does this mean I have to wait another week for the cake and ice cream?

by susie dow on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 05:17:50 PM EST
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I sure hope not! (5.00 / 1) (#8)

At 51 weeks and 5 days, I'd hate to be excluded on a technicality!

by jeninRI on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 05:54:38 PM EST
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: Cake and ice cream all around! n/t (5.00 / 1) (#9)

by kfred on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 05:55:41 PM EST
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congratulations (5.00 / 2) (#6)

and many happy returns. Keep at it, especially with work like PTSD, and if blogs become eligible, someday soon a Pulitizer Prize.

by Captain Future on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 04:49:52 PM EST

: Thank you, Capt'n (5.00 / 1) (#13)

So glad you have joined us !!

by Cho on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 09:53:37 PM EST
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Special hat tip to avahome (5.00 / 1) (#10)

For the original design idea for the cake. Additional hat tips to Cho and Ryan for bringing the idea to fruition.

by kfred on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 07:06:00 PM EST

that cake does look darn good! (5.00 / 1) (#11)

Great decision on the official birth-date too, poifect!

by luaptifer on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 08:07:01 PM EST
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We are proof that there is always a light on! (5.00 / 2) (#26)

It takes a village to keep it lit!!! Ain't life grand.......!!!!!!!!!!!

by avahome on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 01:36:30 PM EST
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Ava home (none / 0) (#27)

Thought you should have the balloons... I took the fireworks.

I will be good and clean up all the cake crumbs, and party favors after the celebration is over.

by Cho on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 01:39:38 PM EST
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I am in awe of all the different gifs! (5.00 / 1) (#28)

I can't even find one! So I do so thank you for all the fun.....love the dragon...must be Puff!

by avahome on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 02:17:23 PM EST
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: It's all that danged ilona's fault... (none / 0) (#29)

(See I can do the Cheney blame the victim too!)
She gave me this link....
http://www.animationlibrary.com/a-l/
you can search for whatever your heart desires!

by Cho on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 02:24:49 PM EST
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Felicidades! (5.00 / 1) (#12)

I join in commending you all for your hard work and tireless pursuit of the research that makes your journalism so solid. Happy Birthday ePluribus! I am proud to support you.

by Man Eegee on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 08:17:43 PM EST

y bienvenido a la comununidad (5.00 / 1) (#14)

en este cumple... birthday celebration. i won't be so rude to attempt the Spanish without the 'enye' key handy :-)

nice self-introductory note you've made.

by luaptifer on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 10:19:44 PM EST
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: thanks luaptifer (5.00 / 1) (#25)

you have all built a great thing here and I'm happy to share in the celebration.

by Man Eegee on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 01:27:37 PM EST
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Let's Not Forget (5.00 / 2) (#15)

To give Cho and StandingUp and Ryan and the BOD and all the inspiring writers ,editors,poet laureates(yes that means YOU Luapt), graphic artists,humorists(ahem,Tood), wild men and women a champers toast! This is beginning to feel like a true meeting with remarkable men and women (ala Gurdjieff). Now I know what it was like in San Francisco with Ginsberg, Kerouac, Cassidy et al. or at the Algonquin round table. The energy, the neuronal particle accelerator and the enthusiastic support-cool. And Tood, I'm not putting on pants for this either! I hope you will post that inspired raison d'etre in the next few days for all to see. Coolsville.

by DEFuning on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 10:50:48 PM EST

: I second that! (5.00 / 1) (#17)

A special thanks to all the behind the scenes folk who keep us chugging along from day to day!

by jeninRI on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 11:20:13 PM EST
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: She speaks of (none / 0) (#16)

Gurdjieff --
I knew you were an ole hippy chick.

by Cho on Mon Feb 13, 2006 at 11:10:04 PM EST
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: Thanks to you and to the folks I think of as (none / 0) (#30)

the vertebrae of ePM you've very explicitly not forgotten! I can't forget thanking you for honoring my blurting keyboard, it's pretty remarkable just what synergy may produce :-)

On that note and mostly, thanks and Happy Birthday to the mob that made itself ruly, that makes ePluribUS!
yeeehaaWWW!!!!

by luaptifer on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 02:47:14 PM EST
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Happy Birthday, All... (5.00 / 1) (#18)

Here's to all the hard work you all have done. Congrats.

Well done, ePM.

by NYBri on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 01:36:49 AM EST

Hippo Birdy! (5.00 / 1) (#20)

I've been out-of-sorts of late, but a birthday party's always a good reason to get bak into the swing of things.

Let's do some writing, shall we?

by Timroff on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 11:37:32 AM EST

: Tim -- Here's some cake... (none / 0) (#21)

Woo hoo! Writing...
Researching...
As Matt Hogan said in Kfred's post, on to our terrible twos!

by Cho on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 11:44:45 AM EST
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Whoa! (5.00 / 1) (#22)

An entire YEAR!?

Keep going folks, you're doing fantastic work!

Here's to year 2. [raises cup for toast]

by mataliandy on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 12:45:59 PM EST

: Wow... and cheers to you too! (none / 0) (#23)

All our voices sure pulled together!

by Cho on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 01:01:42 PM EST
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Congrats and Kudos (5.00 / 1) (#24)

On a great frist year. Keep up the GREAT work.

by Duke1676 on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 01:25:55 PM EST

Who'd have believed it (5.00 / 1) (#31)

Oh, and stop crediting Gannon before he comes looking for money.

Visit the GutterWire.

Please. Because so far, it's only RenaF and me.
They said, "kick all the illegal aliens out, then build a super-fence so they can't get back in." And I went, "Um, who's gonna build it?" --Carlos Mencia
by txj on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 03:32:27 PM EST

oooooo todd... (none / 0) (#32)

Avahome is gonna love your candlelit "l" ...

pretty cool!

Hey... I visited Gutterwire gobs of times... what am I, chopped liver?

by Cho on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 03:54:31 PM EST
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: Yeah, me too. (none / 0) (#33)

And when I tried to get a user account it coughed up some error message. Many moons ago...
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by wanderindiana on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 04:02:11 PM EST
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: How cool is that??????????????? (none / 0) (#36)

I love it! It's a keeper!!!!!

by avahome on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 05:04:09 PM EST
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: Unless you add some content (none / 0) (#37)

or commentary you are in fact, chopped liver. Otherwise the GutterWire is a rather boring hangout.
Just what we all need -- another blog to keep track of...;-)
todd
They said, "kick all the illegal aliens out, then build a super-fence so they can't get back in." And I went, "Um, who's gonna build it?" --Carlos Mencia
by txj on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 05:40:06 PM EST
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The flame on ePluribus (none / 0) (#34)

... is that because we are a beacon of truth?

by Cho on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 04:19:08 PM EST
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: or just (none / 0) (#35)

Hot! Hot! Hot!?
I have candle-envy, nice doing!
fwiw, at least three people have actually made it into the Gutter by now ;-)

by luaptifer on Tue Feb 14, 2006 at 04:21:39 PM EST
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