@earthling1
is definitely a lot grayer.

Time flies when you're having fun.
Congratulations JtC.

@jakkalbessie
I just entered the witness protection program until Friday.

I don’t do well waiting. May just jump in my car and come find you and get the info one way or the other. This is a great time to be out on the road!

@humphrey
glad to have you here with us.

I originally landed elsewhere after voluntarily leaving the Great Orange Satin. I appreciate your efforts and those of the members in keeping ones hopes alive and now consider this site as my home.

@QMS
been longer than 10 years. There was a year or two before the actual blog was created that we (the original group) wandered the cyber wilderness.

I'm a persistent old fart!

seems like a life time line.
Thanks for persevering old man!

@lotlizard
before the blog. We started as a Google Group, then two iterations of phpBB forums, and then finally the site as we know it now. And it's been great having you here with us the whole time.

Yeah, TOP showed its true colors but we saw it early on and got out a year or so before the Edict from on High.

Thanks, lotlizard.

nature as what might nowadays be called just one further appendage / psyop-pseudopod of The Blob.

@studentofearth
I still had the stamina that I had 10 years ago. The technical issues are always a pain in the butt, but the problems with some site members always bothered me more than I let show.

Thanks for all you've done for c99 over the years.

10 years of dealing with technological issues of a site, PLUS all our differences being expressed on the site.

Thanks for a place to express wandering thoughts in a supportive community.

@Linda Wood
and thank you for reminding me that it hasn't been a one man show.

Thanks to all of you, for your contributions, comments, and your participation. This site would be nothing without you all.

for the hope that you and all of the contributors bring every day.

@crescentmoon
I have to admit that I considered wrapping it up a few times, but the thought behind your comment is always what kept me from doing it:

I am grateful y'all are here doing the work to keep me and many others from feeling all alone on the margins of public thought.

Thanks for hanging out with us all these years!

As I have voiced previously, I am grateful y'all are here doing the work to keep me and many others from feeling all alone on the margins of public thought. Thank you.

@Socialprogressive
thank you for your yeomans work on the Friday Night Photos, it's always been one of my favorites and I know you put a lot of effort into it.

I don't know what you have in mind but I hope I don't disappoint.

Thanks, JtC for all the time and effort you have put into running c99. I came across c99 a year and a half after its launch and since then have considered it home and all the members as family.

PS: Waiting in anticipation to see if your Friday announcement is what I hope it is.

@enhydra lutris
some day I need to write about what it's like running a blog for so many years. All I'll say right now is it changes you.

Several of us here go back further than 10 years. I started hanging out at The Evening Blues when it was on DKos around 2010 or so, so we go back at least 15 years. And a few of us go back even further to my Docudharma, writingintheraw, Wild Wild Left and Firefly Dreaming days. Wow!

Thank you, you've been a good friend.

It's a nice place ya built here. Diez años, wow.

be weell and have a good one

@aliasalias
hanging on the doorknob.

Thanks for hanging with us, aa.

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@Snode
you're pretty good at finding the right words, you always make comments in my essays that I wish I had thought of.

One of my concerns as well:

I only hope the powers that be don't shut down sites like this for some stupid bipartisan reason, or to please Musk or Zuck.

Thanks, man.

Maybe by the 20th I'll find the right superlatives. You done good. I only hope the powers that be don't shut down sites like this for some stupid bipartisan reason, or to please Musk or Zuck.

@BORG_US_BORG
Early on I asked the other admin, Joe, and the moderators what kind of demeanor they'd like for the site, it was overwhelmingly "respectful". We've try our best to comply with that decision.

Thanks, my friend.

This is the only online community where I can consistently find rational respectful dialog regarding the affairs at large in our wildly uncivilized society.

@joe shikspack
for all you've done and still do.

I remember back on all the conversations you and I had behind the scenes that started this ball rolling.

There would be no c99 if it wasn't for The Evening Blues and that's a fact.

Thank you, Joe.

10 years already?

thanks for all the work you've done to keep the lights on and make the site run all this time!

@Dawn's Meta
I very much appreciate it.

I think the owner of DKos thought he was going to be a DNC insider and player, that's what fueled the Great Purge and the Great Migration. Some of DKos' best writers came here and as far as I know, he isn't an insider or a player. His loss.

I love your perspective from France.

Happy New Year, DM!

from the bottom of my heart.

I too was at GOS and participated with admin for awhile. I am so greatful someone here invited me over.

When it was working DK was a great place to hone writing and integrated media skills. The ecology diaries were great. I have seen the insanity take over even the most talented eco writers and am filled with sadness and frustration.

This planche in the sea has built a strong and diverse community which provides so much opportunity for learning, communication, sharing and trying things out. Sanity.

Thanks JtC, Joe, Open Thread writers, commenters and so many others.
Happy New Year!

@janis b
dear friend.

Ah, The Evening Blues - Weekend Edition, I remember it well. I also remember how much work it was and how much respect I had/have for the amount of effort Joe puts into The Evening Blues. He's amazing!

Heh, the jukejoint, I still have that image somewhere. We sure had a lot of fun at the EBs.

Thanks, my dear, and cheers!

Thank you dearly for your dedication. This is truly a place that supports life and wellbeing, as well as being informative and often fun.

I remember with fondness your evening weekend blues 'juke joint/blues shack' from that other place. I went way back there just now, and sure enough there was a diary from you ten years ago, titled 'ten years after'. I’m guessing you had no idea where life would take you 'ten years later' ; ).

Thank you for persevering, and may we all continue to share such a welcoming place for much longer.

Cheers!

@snoopydawg
just having you here is words enough for me. You've been a great contributor!

Cant Stop's username was liberalinMD or something like that.

Great idea, I hadn't even thought of that:

And for the people who are lurking here without commenting please say hi now and then and tell us how you’re doing. You too are part of our happy family.

Thank you snoops, and Sam!

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to describe my gratitude for this site and all your efforts JTC. Alas I haven’t found any that says more than what others have already said.

So thanks so much for keeping the lights on for us and giving us all a place to call home with like minded other souls.

I still remember the joyful day that I got my invite to the site from CTSM who was liberal someone back then. I didn’t know what I did to deserve it, but was just so happy to get it.

And for the people who are lurking here without commenting please say hi now and then and tell us how you’re doing. You too are part of our happy family.

@usefewersyllables

Thanks UFS, glad to have you aboard all these years.

the thanks and well wishes. You are the best cat-herder out there, JtC…

@Battle of Blair Mountain
good to have you here Blair!

Happy Anniversary!