When old folks reach the century mark, Willard Scott and Smuckers
make a big, fat fuss.
On the wall, 100 bottles of beer makes for a long freaking song, and the beginning of a road trip (that will never, ever end) with teenagers.
100 is almost enough Dalmatians to make a movie about.
(Three movies, in fact.)
100 is significant like that.
I only mention the weightiness of 100 because yesterday's post was my 100th on the Pirate Dog PDX blog, and I'm feeling landmarky. In that time, I've acquired piratedogs.org and regularly receive over 100 visits a day. It's hardly fame, and it's clearly not fortune, but it's closer to fame and fortune than I was 100 posts ago when I had only written other people's stories. From philanthropic tax advice to motivating prose about global warming, women's health, preserving history, educating the masses, and pet adoption-- prior to my 100 posts, I'd written reams that have nothing to do with what Rico and I think about the world.
And, we've got some opinions. Particularly Rico. As you know, he has feelings about puppies, the French, and though we disagree on this point, musical theater. "Blech," says my otherwise super-gay dog.
As we head into our second hundred posts, I'd like to start a "best of" page to highlight the best posts. I know there are days I've phoned it in. But, I find that the days I think are yawneroos aren't necessarily the same ones you don't love. I never, ever would have guessed that my Lawrence Welk post would have been so popular, but it would appear that there are quite a few lurky Welkies out there.
Bottom line, I'd like to provide one-stop-shopping for those folks who might like to see my shiniest writing samples, without the less brilliant moments. ("All killer. No filler." As my friend Tim likes to say.) Any favorite posts you'd recommend? Feel free to comment on this post or email me your thoughts.
After that, I'd like to give Pirate Dogs some "meat." (It's Shark Week on Discovery Channel. I'm feeling predatory.) Mom, Bonnie, Patty, LB, VA, and some of my Blog 365 pals have pirate dogs, as well. Maybe I'll use the site to provide pirate dog highlights from across the country: Pirate dog profiles and interviews by Rico would keep him out of trouble.
Maybe Pirate Dogs could showcase dog-friendly travel. That would allow me to travel even more with my dog, and I suspect, write it off on my taxes --ooh, and, pitch shamelessly for doggie travel schwag. Rico and I are going to spend a month in Santa Fe in the Fall. Starting with Portland and Santa Fe, the Pirate Dogs site could feature cool dog-travel books, accoutrement, hotels, parks, restaurants, events, health concerns when traveling internationally with your dog, and other cool sites we love. There are dog sites a-plenty out there, but I have yet to find one that's an actual "community." I'd like to provide that.
Finally, gawd, I hate to say it, but since Pirate Dogs is a "dot org," we could probably save a gay black pirate dog for Jesus (or two) with the site. Animal welfare is like the charitable mafia; you can check out of nonprofit work, but you can never leave. Or is animal welfare the charitable Hotel California? Either way, it would be a painless way to stay connected with animal welfare without having to smell like "Chill Room" EVER again.
If I do choose to use the site to support animal charities, I'll likely just link to my favorite animal nonprofits, with no opinion forum. I don't wanna get into whether Ellen DeGeneres is a mutt-saving saint or a spoiled celebrity who considers herself above the rules and used her considerable media time to ruin a group of volunteers doing their flawed best ... so, don't get me started, please. Animal wackos always want to talk about why they're right. Including me. Let's not.
I'm stalker bait as it is.
So, here we are, now at 101. Bonnie and Herb are patting my bloggy head over this baby landmark, with their gazillions of posts and years of experience behind them. There's much more to come. We've got to get our blog on every day this year.
Keep your ideas a-comin'.