And the blog goes to....

With the comment, "How 'bout now?" at 10:41pm on February 20, the Masi Guy himself, Timothy Andrew Jackson became the one thousandth commenter on little old hee haw. And, although his middle name is probably not actually Andrew, I will be handing him the keys to the haw with faith that he will make good of it. He's cool like that.

So, Tim, it's all yours, my friend. Do with it as you wish.

To every one of you who has commented over the past 7 or 8 months, I send much, much love.

And, here's a special wink to the first 5 commenters, without whom, I probably would have given this thing up a long time ago. You guys fucking rock lots.

1. Noah Kagan of OkDork, who has one of the friendliest blogs in the blogosphere (and needs a home).
2. Mack Collier (also known as Frank Burns) of the Viral Garden, the community guru from Alabama, who gets a special thanks for helping connect me with the BMA.
3. Ann Handley of Marketing Profs Daily Fix, a brilliant writer and someone I don't keep up with enough.
4. David Armano of Logic + Emotion, one of the most complete thinkers I've ever read, and someone who graciously allowed me to steal a graphic this week.
5. Karl Long of Experience Curve, who seems to be taking Nokia by storm.

But, seriously, all of you, first five or not, you guys are what makes the blog go. And, without CK, Gavin, Cam, Lewis, Sean, Vaspers, Roger,  Jaynie, Drew, Katie, Lori, Matt, Clay, Ben, Scott, Marcus, Mario, JC and Brian, the whole thing just wouldn't be much fun. And, damnit, I really hope I didn't forget any regular commenters. Cause then I would feel like a huge asshole.

Comments

[Gavin Heaton]

Damn that Jackson character! On his deathbed and he is still pumping out the cuss words!
I was foiled by Typepad and its policy of blocking my IP address! I almost made it! Almost ...
This is a great idea, my friend. I am sure Tim will provide a post of the quality we have come to expect from the great Haw.

[Clay Parker Jones]

"The Great Haw" ... has commenters that have a special way with words.

Definitely a great idea. Can't wait to see what happens. I hope that Tim's greatness is laced with many F-Bombs.

[Drew McLellan]

Perhaps it is just as well. Every time I think about working up a great string of swear words in one of your comment boxes, I get a mental picture of the kid in "The Christmas Story" with the bar of soap in his mouth!

I can't wait to see what Tim comes up with!

Drew

[noah kagan]

Can I please live with you? I am a great spooner! I prefer little spoon;)

[David Armano]

*sniff,

A tear. A tear just rolled down my cheek. Quick, say something nasty and snap me out of this!

[V-+a%S(p#E*rsT=`hE..]gra_Te[]

The entity that was Vaspers the Grate seems to express his thanks for the appreciation.

[Katie Chatfield]

There's a whole lot of shucks-ing going on...this whole blogging thing wouldn't be nearly as much fun with out the kneeslapping, sweary shoutyness that you deliver. Noice won bruffa.

[Cam Beck]

MAHOGANY SMOCK SEXTANT CAPTCHA!

Oh, am I too late?

[Lewis Green]

Go Tim! Make us proud Man. You represent all of us players. Paul, you da Man!

[Paul McEnany]

Gavin- Good to see you back in action! I don't know what the hell is going on with typepad. They're screwing with my captcha, too!

Clay- For sure, I think Tim will bring his A-game, which means plenty of foul language and jackassery. Or not, it's all up to him!

Drew- Thanks for coming on by! I think you should just lay out a string of curse words. It's good for the soul... :)

Noah- Bring it, man. We can go make fun of people's accents, starting with mine.

DA- Mother fuckin' Son of a bitch! Better?

VtG- The entity that is Hawlicious expresses his gratitude for the thanks paid for appreciation.

Shouty- Much love, sister. Keep bringin’ the noise, and whatnot.

Cam- Fuckin’ captcha man, fuckin captcha