22 years of doing exactly this. Year 23 begins today.
The bloggiversary arrives 2 days after my birthday, but I didn't blog about my birthday — though I appreciated the birthday wishes that popped up here and there in the comments section. And it was one of those big birthdays, the 3/4 of a century mark, 75.
Here on the blog, it's the bloggiversary that matters. This is the milestone I choose to highlight. I'm delighted to be here to blog another day, Day 8,037.
Thanks for reading!
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Thanks for blogging…
Happy birthday! 75 is a big one..
I appreciate the thought and discipline you have put into this. Thank you.
Kanpai!
Congratulations
I cannot overstate how great the Althouse blog is. I learn something new and interesting every single day.
As great as Ann’s posts are (and they are uniformly great), I love much of the commentary as there is new and great info and interplay in them. That being said, I could use less of the personal attacks inter sese between commenters.
Last Friday, I filed the *best* brief of my legal career. Ann got a footnote, but much of the text was inspired by this blog. Ann’s blogging style has influenced me to be more creative in brief writing.
So here’s to the Greatest Blog in the Universe! Keep on blogging!
Huzza! Excellent. Congratulations!
She blog-eth therefore she is.
We read-eth therefore we is.
We are glad that she is.
Thanks for the best Blog in town.
Cal Ripken is jealous.
Has it been that long?
Là breith sona dhuit agus Slàinte mhath dhut
Happy Birthday and good health to you!
Thanks and Happy Birthday.
Always interesting, glad you are still going strong.
Thank you for all you do.
You're always my first read in the morning.
Congrats Ann!
You are among the all time greats in this media genre we know as blogging. If there was or will be a Hall of Fame, surely your image would be hanging there. You are the Cal Ripken Jr. of blogging, though you've had more hits.
In all seriousness, we thank you for your unbelievable focus, resilience, determination, steadfastness (or is it stubbornness?), and consistently high quality selection of posts. We all learn something every day from this blog. So, Professor- you're still teaching.
Also- a shout out to the commenters you've attracted over the years. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I've learned so much from so many of them, and...went down more than a few rabbit holes because of some of them. But even when I don't comment, I'm reading it all- every day.
Thank you. Continue as long as it's in you. We're here for it. In celebration, I'm going to wear my paisley shorts today.
Congratulations on your 22-year blog ann-iversary! Muchas gracias. (a little spanish lingo thrown in, in memory of Rush Limbaugh, who was a reader.)
You're welcome, and thank you!
Congrats!! As some one who is about to retire after 40 years at my profession, I am impressed by the longevity of your 2nd act. I've always admired your committment, intellect, and passion, and have gotten much enjoyment from this blog.
Now fewer David French clickbait stories would be nice...
Bloc commenters need exercise.
'Arms bending and stretching!' she rapped out. 'Take your time by me. One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! Come on, comrades, put a bit of life into it! One, two, three, four! One, two, three, four! ...'
I've been following since 2011. Enjoy Althouse, Meade, and comment community. Some years I comment more than others. Everything seems like a tornado lately. Nothing much to say. Just pray.
I wasn't here for the VERY beginning, but I didn't miss out for long!
This is the only blog from those heady early years that I still read daily. It's not the only one that's still around, but it's the only one that has remained on my must-read list.
Thank you, Althouse, for all the news, entertainment, commentary, education, and - to my surprise - social interaction!
Happy Birthday and congrats on the blog anniversary! It's my 1st read every morning and a frequent check-in throughout the day.
Congrads. Never thought when I started reading you 20 years ago, you'd be still be writing. Or I'd still be reading.
BTW, this could go on forever if you could build a robot Althouse with AI intelligence.
Quite an accomplishment, Ann! I’m willing to wager that there aren’t many blogs out there that have flourished and remained relevant over such a long period. You were an early adapter, and will be the last one standing. Cheers!
Happy belated birthday, Ann - cheers!! 🥂
This is the best blog on the internet, and twenty-two year of commitment to anything is impressive. As always, thank you for your respect of free speech. The exchange of ideas is the foundation of erudition, and needed today more than ever.
Forgot to add. There’s a good bit of humor on this blog which I really appreciate.
Congratulations and thank you for this site!
Ok, longtime readers, how do YOU know when you started reading (or at least commenting)? Do you just remember, or have you gone through the Google Takeout thing?
Still my first goto every morning.
Very glad that you've been around this way for over two decades Althouse. Thanks! I haven't left much in the comments. However as a goal, I do try to pop something on here once or twice a month - just to make sure that I still can. It's the ONLY place that I leave any kind of comment . . .ever! I've read this and Powerline ('cause I"m a Minnesota guy) for a long long time. So even though you are a Wisconsin woman, I still respect and admire you a lot.
Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday!
Started reading during your Act 10 coverage.
How far we have come since then.
Thank you.
AI says my first comment here was Feb. 6, 2013.
Congratulations! I've been a reader for over 20 of those years--I used to read many blogs, but these days my only daily check-ins are you and Instapundit. Remarkable longevity.
My favorite entries are your close readings of news stories. Analyzing the language and exploring the possible reasons behind the choices made. No one else does that--not just no one does it better, no one dos it at all. The day you hang up your spurs, the genre will die.
Ocean: "this could go on forever if you could build a robot Althouse with AI intelligence."
Althouse Blog Robot In the Year 2326 says:
Should a criminal defendant be allowed to use tachyon time travel to undo the crime? And how would we know?
What would you time travel to undo? Bob Dylan albums are reserved for the hostess.
Althouse Blog Robot Poll: Should I order a Zeus Ghola XCIII, or just get another dog?
Photo Essay: Meade AI Robot keeps mowing the lawn, even though we know have genetically-modified self-limiting grass.
President Hegseth XIV announces we have finally eliminated all fat people, through a combination of gene therapy, android body transplants, and volunteer euthanasia.
SCOTUS again declares it is settled law that transplanting your consciousness to an android or clone makes you a different person for 22nd Amendment purposes. Discuss.
I am not Laslo. CC, JSM
Happy birthablogday!
Do you just remember, or have you gone through the Google Takeout thing?
I think I came in 2010, but I want to know how i can use Takeout to find out for sure.
Happy blogiversery!
Your blog gives me hope that human discourse can make things better. Thank you.
Hard to top what some of my most excellent fellow commenters are saying, Professor. I entirely associate myself with their observations and add my own humble Thank You!
Still one of the best places online. Posts + commentary. Thank you!
Congratulations. I first got here via Instapundit links back in the early days. Instapundit also publicized several writers, Correia, Scalzi, and Hoyt come to mind. The blogging dawn, written, not photographed.
Thanks Ann, appreciate you and your gang of misfits. Happy anniversary!
So, Althouse for her 23rd year is once again posting in her prime. Might be somewhat odd posting, too, after the past year of being cruelly neutral, or as one might say, evenly treating all sides back in her 22nd year of posts. i, for one, also look forward to a year from now, when she will even the score, plus four.
Long may it run.
Congratulations and thank you!
’Ok, longtime readers, how do YOU know when you started reading (or at least commenting)?’
I started reading here about twelve years ago when it was referenced by some peeps at JustOneMinute, including narciso. I probably started commenting eight or nine years ago.
Congratulations, and happy birthday!
Cheers and congrats to the blog and blogstress.
Happy anniversary Althouse! Thank you, Ann!
A wonderful place to explore the wide variety of humanity. A cultural treasure. Effort much appreciated!
Jamie said…"Ok, longtime readers, how do YOU know when you started reading (or at least commenting)? Do you just remember, or have you gone through the Google Takeout thing?"
I went back and tried to find my first post, but I haven't succeeded (yet). It's complicated by the fact that I changed my name and google account (I started out as just "Mike"). I know it was very early. I got here via Instapundit, who I was following from the beginning.
What's the "Google Takeout thing"?
Happy Bloggiversary and Happy (belated) Birthday! Thank you for this forum and for your dedication to free speech and thoughtful commentary.
Happy Anniversary, Althouse! I love this place you’ve built. The decor is simply smashing!
I asked ChatGPT - takeout.google.com enables you to download your data from any Google product or service.
And Jamie, I've been here since the egg-salad sandwich days (2007).
Happy Blog Birthday!
I was here when the professor was single!
You're my first go to in the morning, mainly for your sober and interesting takes. Happy Anniversary!
Commoner Captures Princess, Blog Version
Okay, so this cracked me up. AI is fucking with you, Althouse!
Law professor and blogger Ann Althouse married her frequent blog commenter, garden designer Laurence Meade, in August 2009 after meeting him through her blog, a story that garnered attention from The New York Times and the broader blogosphere. Meade had been a regular commenter on her blog for years before they connected offline and eventually married, a unique intersection of online interaction and real-world romance.
Now imagine a robot in shorts.
I discovered Althouse Playhouse in 2004, before the election. Have been here off an on through the years, also under some other usernames I cannot recall.
Earliest post I recall was when Ann described how and why she voted for president during her lifetime.
Almost a third of my life...pretty impressive.
This had been a daily read since very early on. Thanks!
So the NYT has a wall, and they don't want you jumping it and reading their stuff for free. But they also do not enforce it. Webpage archive gives us old archived web pages. Very handy. Other websites block Webpage archive, so you can't jump their wall. NYT is like the Joe Biden administration. "Do not jump our wall. But if you do, that's fine."
"I discovered Althouse Playhouse in 2004, before the election.""
Oh, that puts a pin in it! I was here in the days before that election.
Thank you, Althouse.
I think I'm entitled to the 10 Year Pin but could be wrong.
Best blog around, and the only one I frequent daily or comment on.
This blog is my daily re-set to sanity. I am very grateful for it, every day.
AAA+
Did Meade see Althouse in her birthday suit? A belated Happy birthday! On your tri-quarter anniversary.
Congratulations on your blog anniversary, and thank you for doing this. I am not much of a commenter, but I do try to read your blog every day.
And a belated Happy Birthday.
8,037! Correct me if I’m wrong. I think that’s 8,037 days straight. Not a day missed.
> posting in her prime.
Oh dear, that makes me think of Miss Jean Brodie
I've been here 17 of them. Great run.
“I was here when the professor was single!”
Same!
“Did Meade see Althouse in her birthday suit?”
Every day and twice on Sunday. One word: Spectacular.
22 years. You are a badass.
This place has been my first stop practically every morning for most of those 22 years.
Thank you, Ann.
Thank you.
Thanks for the memories.
My first read in the morning. It wouldn't be as rewarding to me if I didn't know you enjoy it. Keep it up! (For as long as you want.)
First stop every morning for 16 years. Thank you so much.
"...birthday wishes that popped up here..."
Here is looking at you Chip Ahoy.
Congratulations. I stop by almost every day. I believe I was first brought here by an Instapundit link.
Oh wow, congrats! Nice work. I can't recall when I first discovered your blog -- linked to here from a WSJ article, maybe a Reason magazine article. I couldn't tell you what year that was but it has been many now.
I wish I had your discipline to write everyday. Keep it going. When you get a chance, can you do some more rat doodles again?
Thank you. I am grateful you've created and maintained this enterprise - I especially appreciate that, even when we might disagree on a given topic, you are never disagreeable. We could use some of that here in Minneapolis about now.
Many thanks. I've been reading your blog daily for 20+ years, and have no plans to stop. Here's to another 20 (for both of us).
Kudos! And a happy belated Diamond Jubilee
AI can't pinpoint my first post. November or December 2009, January 2010- it can't figure it out.
...and people trust this stuff to drive their car...
I was an instapundit reader starting around Bush v Gore and 9/11. He linked often to Althouse which was much more sane and offered comments which Glenn Reynolds offered only later.
This is a great place to quickly take the news pulse if the world while offering light dopamine hits from the comment confrontations. So thanks to Althouse and You People.
This blog is on my daily list. Thanks for blogging.
I'm certain I first came here via Instapundit too
You're still one of the best on the interwebz! Thank you for all of your insights & your dedication to the cause of giving us weirdos a place for the airing of our grievances on days other than Festivus!
I check in multiple times a day & when I commented for the first time hunter-gatherers and woolly mammoths still roamed the Siberian steppes.
Thanks for blogging!
Instapundit was always reposting and talking about Althouse, so I started reading. I've never gotten a better recommendation. Thank you for all you do to bring clarity to an obfuscated world.
I can't quite remember for certain how I first came to the blog but it was probably in following a link- it was definitely during the blog's first year. I only contributed, maybe, 100 comments or so during that first 10 years under "Unknown" but I was a regular reader of the blog and the comments by mid 2005. I started commenting more frequently during the primaries of the 2016 election. Still my favorite blog and pretty much the only blog I still read that isn't on substack.
Happy bloggaversary! Please keep it up -- we love it!
Congratulations, and thank you!
Congrats! I love this blog! Unlike other conservative blogs (Legal Insurrection, Powerline, Instapundit, Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Candace Owens, Alex Jones, and many other "always Trump" blogs,) this place has always been a refuge where you are not required to be part of the "hive," part of the "Borg" (you must be assimilated!), or part of the Trump echo chamber. Please keep it that way. And all the best to you for providing this forum/blog. Please don't change.
I've heard that the first 8,000 days of blogging without a single day off are the hardest. The next 8,000 will feel easy by comparison.
Thanks everyone!
Happy Birthday Aunt Ann
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