Congrats, Les!  We’re all glad you decided to start this blog--so thought provoking entries, and sooooo many countless hours of entertainment.  <3 SEB

I’ll second that.  What a wonderful playground you’ve provided for us, with swings and slides and lots of playmates (some kinda weird, but what the hey)…

Les: Longtime lurker and recent contibutor. Thanks for all that you do and say here. I’ve enjoyed reading your dispatches from the unemployed. I have just recently returned to world of the tax-paying and I hope to donate soon. (Visa and mortgage, sadly, must be dealt with first.) Thanks man!

Happy blogiversary, Les.

Congratulations Les!  I just love this little sandbox at the corner of Insanity and Reason.  I’ve often described reading threads here akin to watching a train wreck in slow motion. Fascinating and disturbing.

Congrats and Happy Blogoversary!  You have a great blog :D

It’s been a hoot, Les! Glad I dropped by.

Huzzah!

Happy Blogoversary SEB! :D

While insanely jealous of your numbers, I’m also pleased as punch to have been one of your readers over the past year or two.  Happy Blogoversary!

I’m not the least bit jealous of the numbers. A blog might turn into actual work before you know it

Here’s to many more!  Including the post coming soon about your new gig and how thrilled they are to have you. 

Thanks for all you do, Les.

I add my wishes on your fouth Blogoversary--Time sure flies when your having fun!

We had some great times discussing and reading politics and such on your site, Les. And for many of us, you’re probably the closest person we’ve never actually met.

Here’s to the next 4 years. Maybe by then, you’ll host SEB on your own server farm, if page hits keep rising like that

Congratulations, my friend!  You’re an inspiration, and most days my time spent here at SEB is the best part of the day.  You rock

I’d just like to point out it was your (insightful) idea to allow people to post here other than you and Brock (was that all?).

Joyeux Blogiversaire!

Arc, originally the only Guest Bastard was Eric Paulsen who is someone I’ve known personally for years and who has much to say that I thought the world should have a chance to hear. I couldn’t convince him to start his own blog so I got him to participate here on occasion. Later I added Brock and VernR to the list mainly because they were always sending me good ideas for entries (speaking of VernR, haven’t seen him in awhile).

To this day those three people can submit an entry and have it published without it going into a pending mode beforehand. Not so much because I think they’re especially good writers as much as it just seemed like a rude thing to take that away after letting them have it for so long. I added the ability for guest posts mainly because there were so many folks who had good entry ideas that were emailing to me that it just seemed easier to let them submit them as full-fledged entries. I’m glad you think it was a good idea. I’ve always thought it made SEB a bit more of a community.