Happy blogiversary to me.

This little blog of mine was born three years ago, on January 27th, 2004.

On January 26th, my sister said to me, “Why don’t you have a blog?” “Why don’t I?” I asked myself, and thus a(nother) blog came to be.

My husband said, “You should name it Finslippy.” “That’s an excellent idea,” I said, “and besides, it’s not like anyone who doesn’t know what Finslippy means would ever read it.”

A couple of years before, I had a dream in which I was asked to re-name dolphins. “Dolphin,” said the mysterious language people coming to me for advice, wasn’t evocative enough.

I thought for a minute. “Flipperpuppy?” I offered.

Too hard to say, they said.

“Finslippy, then,” I said, and they said, “Perfect.”

So there you are, all you people who’ve waited so long to know what the name means. It’s not as exciting as you had hoped for, I know.

I can’t even begin to say how much this blog has brought me: so much, and so much more than I ever could have expected. Thank you all for reading, and commenting, and being part of my life.

Comments

[Christie]

happy blogiversary! Hooray!

[margalit]

Happy blogaversary. You've given the internets three years of great writing. Thanks!

[sumo]

I was perfectly happy letting that word be a mystery of fanciful invention on the edge of my imagination, so I was a little sad to see it explained. On the plus side, its origin is cooler than I could have guessed.

[Janssen]

Happy Anniversary. AWESOME to know what "finslippy" is really about now!

[nadarine]

oh, Alice. Thank YOU. You rule.

[islaygirl]

happy blogoversary! Finslippy is one of the very first blogs i read, lo, those many years ago, and i thot, if all blogs are written this well, the book industry is in trouble.

congrats Alice!

[maggie]

I've been wondering that ever since I found you. Thanks. And happy anniversary!

[TSM-Terrifically Superiorily M]

It will forever be counted to my credit that I read your blog daily.

One of my favs. Thank you thank you thank you for writing for us, and inspiring those of us who would like to write like you.

[Matt]

Congratulations & Happy Anniversary. Your blog should be required reading for every BFA candidate to understand how to clearly focus on a subject - and how to cleverly disect whatever you choose to target - while being completely entertaining at the same time. Hope to be reading you for many more years.

[Sueb0b]

Now I can die happy, knowing the True Meaning.

Thanks for your great stories. I also think you made the best Red Stapler model of all time (don't tell the others).

[Bethany]

Happy Blogiversary!

I feel like I've been let in on a great secret!

[betsy]

Thank you! Your blog is a pleasure.

[Leslie]

My mother and I have speculated what Finslippy meant. I'm glad to finally know.

I truly enjoy your blog. You've held a place on my "Crushes" blogroll since I started blogging. You never fail to make me laugh.

Happy Blogiversary!

[Elizabeth]

Thank you for telling us the meaning of finslippy! And thank YOU, for so many years of great writing, and for letting us get to know you and your family.

[cagey]

I like it. I really like it.

Happy bloggity birthday thingie!

[ozma]

I knew it was dolphins! I've been telling people that for years.

Not really. I loved not knowing but the story is good. Now we can't run the 'what is finslippy' contest?

You have been a bright spot in my day too many times to count. Thanks for writing.

[Jessica]

That explanation surpassed my expectations! And it had dolphins! (I love dolphins so much I have one tattooed on my left butt cheek!)

I so heart you Alice - you are a true treasure to the blogging world.

[Krisco]

Far more cool and completely interesting. That's a very cool word, meaning dream. Thanks for finally sharing it with us.

[Martha]

Thanks for writing, Alice. :)

[Guido]

Now I know what it is, and I still like it.

Happy blogiversary!

Love, Guido

P.S. Briane - those guys that figured out DNA (Watson and Crick), stole the info from a lady:)! But she won the Nobel Prize anyway for something completly different.

Yay smart ladies!!!

[Jodi]

...and here I thought it was just a nonsensical name. Yeah! It really MEANS something. There is a God...

[Luthor]

Well, let me be the, um, seventy-second to wish you a happy blogiversary. Did you know that, traditionally, the gift for a third anniversary is leather?

[Leigh]

Thank YOU!

You are one of my favorite moments of the day.

Happy anniversary.

[Sara]

Happy third! Having been reading blogs only a short while, (yours was my first!!) I imagined that everyone else actually knew what Finslippy was and the "you" in your tagline was meant only for me. And now I know that it was a collective "you"! Thanks for your great writing.

[caramaena]

Happy belated blogiversary :)