Happy Birthday to TIAMH!

This was supposed to be posted yesterday but it took me longer than I had planned to gather the information and create the links.

Here we go again! This blog has officially turned two years old! It was on July 5, 2003 that blogger ate my first post, about Wil Wheaton who inspired me to blog, and The Internet Ate My Homework was born. These days, I compose offline - but I'm keeping the title.

Last year, two days late, I celebrated the anniversary of my blog by posting major events mentioned, and not mentioned, in my blog. Sumarizing the "top stories" from the past year still seems like a great way to celebrate so here goes...

In the past twelve months...

• Isabel Sanford, actress best known as Louise Jefferson on the tv series The Jeffersons, died July 9 at the age of 86
  
• I learned the joy of Competitive Lawn Mowing - an ideal I have all but abandoned
  
• The last of the IT Division's Red Raiders resigned - good riddance.
  
• Kevin and I took a road trip to help my sister move from Tulsa to Kansas City
  
• Jerry Goldsmith, composer best known for scoring films such as The Omen, Alien, and Chinatown, died July 21 at the age of 75
  
• I tried to destroy the Emergency On-Call phone at the office
  
• Francis Crick, codiscover of the DNA double helix, died July 28 at the age of 88
  
• I told you about an adverse effect of drunk driving
  
• I had some fun with blogrolling
  
• Rick James, musician best known for Super Freak, died August 6 at the age of 56
  
• Fay Wray, actress best known for King Kong, died August 8 at the age of 96
  
• I lambasted the superfluously expensive "all natural" weight loss supplements currently advertised on TV
  
• Julia Child, chef, died August 13 at the age of 91
  
• More about the Lawn Mower Wars
  
• Elmer Bernstein, composer, died August 18 at the age of 82
  
• I tried to improve my situation at work and stressed over how it would be received
  
• It didn't work out quite like I expected (with interesting commentary about my manager at the time)
  
• I defended a fellow blogger
  
• We met with the CIO and VP and so began the decline of my work rants
  
• I discoverd the joys of beer
  
• Two words... Positive Action
  
• I lamented not getting James Doohan's autograph
  
• Kevin and I went shopping in Dallas
  
• I remembered September 11 by recalling Where I Was When...
  
• Johnny Ramone, founder of the Ramones, died September 15 at the age of 55
  
• I examine my life a little deeper, wondering if I've had a life stroke
  
• My friend, Eric, was knighted as part of an SCA ceremony... big honor for him
  
• I recounted the failures of the previous year in the OSU IT Division
  
• Janet Leigh, actress best known for Psycho and mother of Jamie Lee Curtis, died October 3 at the age of 77
  
• Rodney Dangerfield, comedian, died October 5 at the age of 82
  
• Before the premier of the last season of Enterprise, I shared what I thought needed to be done to fix it. Fortunately, they did just what I thought they should and the last season was wonderful. Unfortunately, the show got cancelled anyway.
  
• Christopher Reeve, actor best known for his role as Superman, died October 10 at the age of 52
  
• I summarized the Faculty Council report on the OSU IT Division. The realization of several of the suggestions still has yet to be seen - but it is getting better.
  
• I told you about how geeks handle money
  
• I thought about Old Songs
  
• Kevin and I came up with our own Top 10 list related to voting
  
• I sounded off on the issue of same-sex marriages
  
• Howard Keel, actor/singer best known for his roles in musicals like Annie Get Your Gun, died November 7 at the age of 85
  
• My wife became a Certified Research Administrator - I'm so proud of her!
  
• Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader, died November 11 at the age of 75
  
• I started what would eventually become Friday Favorites
  
• I learned a valuable lesson about the workplace
  
• I sounded off about attempts to amend the constitution to allow naturalized citizens to run for president
  
• Memories of a previous job
  
• I told you about my grandparents' house in Vermont
  
• I complained about Vulcan Emotionalism on Enterprise
  
• I let everyone in on my Christmas Season Start Signal
  
• I let everyone know what I think of Clay Aiken
  
• I shared with you my favorite Christmas gift
  
• Jerry Orbach, actor best known for Law & Order, died December 28 at the age of 69
  
• Artie Shaw , bandleader, died December 30 at the age of 94
  
• Media Monkey became my new favorite MP3 utility
  
• Shirley Chisholm, first black woman in congress, died January 1 at the age of 80
  
• I figured out what was getting into my trash
  
• Told you about the vacation that never should have been
  
• Niki, my cat, did something she has never done before (or since, so far)
  
• Johnny Carson, legendary talk show host by whom all other hosts are measured, died January 23 at the age of 79
  
• I gave you an insight into how my Saturday Morning Wakeup Routine goes
  
• I mused about self-driving cars
  
• John Vernon, actor best known as Dean Wormer in National Lampoon's Animal House, died February 2 at the age of 72
  
• Max Schmeling, boxer, died February 2 at the age of 99
  
• I shared some of my favorite spam subject lines
  
• Ossie Davis, actor best known as Ponder Blue on the TV series Evening Shade, died February 4 at the age of 87
  
• Arthur Miller, playwright, died February 10 at the age of 89
  
• Marlo R. "Bud" Schulz, my father-in-law, died February 13 at the age of 62. Oddly enough, he came into this world on the eve of a holiday (December 23) and went out on the eve of a holiday. We miss him.
  
• Suprisingly, we discover that Bud will have a bowling partner (he LOVED to bowl) in heaven when we hear that legendary bowler Dick Weber died on the same day (Feb 13) at age 75.
  
• Hunter S. Thompson, journalist, died February 20 at the age of 67
  
• Sandra Dee, actress best known as Gidget, died February 20 at the age of 63
  
• Simone Simon, actress best known for Cat People, died February 22 at the age of 93
  
• I moved my web sites to a managed host.
  
• Chris LeDoux, country singer, died March 9 at age 56
  
• John Zachary DeLorean, auto executive, died March 19 at the age of 80
  
• Barney Martin, best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's dad Morty on the hit show, died March 21 at age 82
  
• We bought new furniture
  
• Speaking of spam... I got some that was actually quite interesting to read
  
• We painted the bedroom to go with the new furniture. Pictures here
  
• Johnnie Cochran, lawyer best known for his work on the O.J. defense, died March 29 at the age of 67
  
• Terry Schaivo was finally allowed to die on March 31
  
• Pope John Paul II, Karol Joseph Wojtyla, died April 2 at the age of 84
  
• I received my new Nikon D70. I'm glad she gave it to me on April 1 - I'd still be wondering when I had to give it back. Sample pictures here
  
• Saul Bellow, Nobel prize winning author, died April 4 at the age of 89
  
• Prince Ranier III of Monaco died April 6 at the age of 81
  
• I told you about my adventures on eBay
  
• We got a new puppy. And he even had his own blog
  
• John Mills, actor, died April 23 at the age of 97
  
• Frank Gorshin, actor best known as the Riddler in the original Batman tv series, died May 17 at the age of 72
  
• I relented and went to the Star Wars Episode III Midnight Premier
  
• I decided to help out someone less fortunate. You should help, too.
  
• Howard Morris, best known as Ernest T. Bass from The Andy Griffith Show, died May 21 at the age of 85
  
• Thurl Ravenscroft, voice of Tony the Tiger, died May 23, at the age of 91
  
• Ismail Merchant, film maker, died May 25 at the age of 68
  
• Eddie Albert, actor best known for Green Acres, died May 26 at the age of 99
  
• Some products never really need to be marketed
  
• I got rid of my gas-hogging pickup and opted for a sweet Honda Accord. Pictures here
  
• Anne Bancroft, famous for playing Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, died June 6 at the age of 73
  
• I had a real need for the pickup truck I had just traded
  
• Lane Smith, who played D.A. Jim Trotter opposite Joe Pesci in My Cousin Vinny, died June 13 at the age of 69
  
• I explained a favorite expletive
  
• Trek Expo 2005
  
• Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger, died June 24 at the age of 82
  
• John Fiedler, voice of Piglet, died June 25 at the age of 80
  
• Jumped on the bandwagon and suggest that Tom Cruise catch a clue
  
• I decided it was time to go back to school
  
• Legendary R&B artist Luther Vandross died July 1
  

Thank you all, once again, for reading. If I didn't have an audience, I probably wouldn't do this.