Congratulations to Scribblingwoman on reaching her first anniversary.
Makes you reflect anew how recent the blogoshpere is and how rapidly it has grown. Kottke recently noted that “A Google search for “blog” returns 46 million items”. “0 – 46 million in five years. Not bad.”
While we’re at it, Scribblingwoman has some commentary about the nature of blogs and the blogosphere comparing this phenomenom to 18th century coffeehouses. The following quote comes from one of her links:

The blogosphere seems less to me like a close-knit community (there isn