Well it's my blog's birthday too, yeah! The original Dohiyi Mir had humble beginnings on Blogger, an astonishing 23 years ago, which makes my return to this platform with the demise of Typepad a funny full circle thing.
I'd gotten home from teaching in Buffalo, of all places, and was doing laundry to get ready for my next gig, wherever the hell it was (funny how I don't remember that detail). Called Grandma to wish her a happy birthday, then decided stuff I was sending to my friend e-mail chain (for you youngsters, that was like a group chat) might as well go up somewhere more public.
My biggest hit back in those days was Queer Eye For The Deposed Guy. Got noticed by the Philadelphia Inquirer (Inky)! It was all so quaint and silly.
Mom eventually became one of my most consistent readers and commenters. Coincidentally, she went into the hospital unexpectedly on this very date in 2006, whilst I was teaching in Anaheim (I was not aware at the time). Yes, the big twentieth anniversary of the most horrible day is coming up.
Life is a rich pageant.
Selah.
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