Nothing says "happy birthday!" like a blog!

Back during this past spring semester at Iona, I was keeping this blog for my Online Journalism class, and I had to come up with two new posts every week. Often, I'd end up putting together both of these required posts right before my deadline of Wednesday night - check back for proof - and this kind of last-second crunch left me repeatedly struggling to come up with topics about which to write.

Many times, in these situations, I turned to my lovely girlfriend Kathy (see: right) for help. Her consistent suggestion was, simply, "Write about me."

Surprisingly, perhaps, I never did use this idea. But today is her birthday. And, as we all know, nothing says "happy birthday!" like a blog! The title here even says so.

So this little blog entry is humbly dedicated to Kathryn Anne McIntyre. She turns 20 years old today and embarks upon her third decade on this planet. On behalf of the planet, I'd like to say that we're pretty darn excited about what lies ahead. Or most of us are, anyways.

[Insert laugh track, mentally.]

Happy birthday, Kathy! Can't wait to see you again Monday...

Final note: With Kathy's brief appearance here, this blog just got about 100x more awesome. Which is pretty phenomenal, when you think about how awesome it already was.