Today is the second anniversary of omarphillips.net. Before I get into how awesome I am, I want to take a moment to be humble and gracious: thanks to all you readers and commenters.

OK, enough of that. Let's get to talking about me. In a review of this past year's posts, I've found that I've had a lot of "this is why I haven't been blogging" posts. It's been a very up-and-down year. There has been very little vole talk, which I know has upset a few people. Primarily, it's because I no longer seem to have a vole problem in my yard. We got rid of a bunch of ground-covering shrubs, and one of our neighbors got a cat. When the snow finally melts, usually early-mid March, is when I had typically seen the most vole activity. This year, I've seen none. The vole hasn't been a part of my life, which is why he's not as much a part of the blog.

Also, there have been a lot fewer posts about the boy or parenthood. It's kind of a shame, because he's funnier now than ever. There are plenty of things he does that would make good blog material. But in the past year, he's really started to become his own person. Not that he wasn't a person as an infant, but you know what I mean. He's a person, with his own personality traits. And he has a right to privacy. I wouldn't blog about the wife without asking her first, why shouldn't my son get the same respect?

Given that I don't blog about work and don't blog that much about family anymore, 95% of what I do in a given day is not bloggable. And the other 5% is either boring or covered under my government non-disclosure agreement that I signed when I became a volunteer secret agen-- never mind. My point is, this is why it has been so much of a struggle to post regularly over the past year, or to come up with new fresh and funny stuff.

That's not to say year two was without the funny. I still crack myself up when I watch any of the volumes of The Chase, or when I look at this Curious George post. Creating these Photoshop posts has been a lot of fun. And of course, you all have never stopped bringing the funny in all of your comments. So I don't want it to sound like I haven't enjoyed year two, because I very much have. And I look forward to year three.

Anyway, thanks again. The blog wouldn't have lasted even two months without you guys reading and commenting. High fives all around.