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Well, I’m not going to sit around any longer, waiting for inspiration for some philosophical milestone appreciation bull honky, so I will dash off my 2,500th post with something that is, ironically, quite appropriate.

My fifth post is up at the Federated Media Fall Shopping Guide, wherein I demonstrate my inability to complete a simple project using my hands and a needle. Picture me hunched over the needlework frame, tongue sticking out, squinting first at the fabric, then at the grid printout, the the fabric again before completing an elaborate lowercase “a” and then ripping out all the stitches because they look like two hedgehogs wrestling in a bowl of licorice jelly beans. And losing.

So over there, I show you what my project would have looked like in the hands of a professional. The one I have is a bit beaten, a bit stretched out from the undoing, and totally off-center. The message, however, is intact:

“Thanks for sharing.”

Really, thanks. For all these years. Thanks for sharing them with me.

Note: About the Fall Shopping Guide
The Federated Media Fall Shopping Guide, brought to you by JCPenney and the new Chris Madden Collection, is debuting for the 2007 season, bringing together the most influential voices in the parenting, women’s lifestyle, travel & leisure communities.The Fall Shopping Guide features authors of the best and most influential independent parenting, cooking & home accessories web sites that exist today, including: Dooce, Celebrity Baby Blog, Amalah Craftzine, Paper Napkin, Sweetney, The Mommy Blog, Confessions of a Pioneer Woman and The Pioneer Woman Cooks, and Parent Hacks.