Comments on: The Juvenile Instructor Turns 2

By: Researcher

Researcher — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:18:39 +0000

Well, I’m even later to the party than kevinf, but congratulations and happy birthday and many happy returns of the day and best wishes for a wonderful upcoming year, etc., etc.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:47 +0000

Thanks everyone for the kind words.

Re: the disparate sex ratio among bloggers here: We are more than open to adding more (many more, in fact) female bloggers. We’ve tried, and if you take a peek at our guest bloggers, you’ll see evidence of that. Unfortunately, because of various circumstances, those individuals were not able to continue as permabloggers.

To any female academic-minded young historians out there (all broadly-defined) who are interested in blogging with us, please (PLEASE) send an email to the admin. account and we can chat further.

By: Bill MacKinnon

Bill MacKinnon — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:28:15 +0000

Congratulations, happy birthday, and best wishes to a wonderful set of bloggers whom I’ve been reading for most of your two years. If you didn’t exist, we’d, er, have to invent you. I especially liked reading your biogs and catching up on what you’re doing and where. It’s a VERY impressive rosster that makes me feel better about the future of the history profession than I have in quite awhile. As for the presence of only one sister on the list that’s a puzzle, but then as the delegate from Sam Houston State will no doubt remind us the informal motto of the Texas Rangers (not the ball club) is: “One riot, one Ranger.”
Cheers,
Bill

By: Kristine

Kristine — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:10:30 +0000

Aww–happy birthday, guys! I wish I could bake you a cake.

By: Chris B.

Chris B. — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38:24 +0000

Congrats, guys!

By: Mark Staker

Mark Staker — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:23:18 +0000

Wow, two years has gone by fast. I’ve enjoyed reading this blog and the comments that are shared from time to time. Keep up the good work!

By: Susan W H

Susan W H — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:36:24 +0000

Add my congratulations to the list. I started reading JI late last winter and now wonder how I ever began my day without it. No one post pops up as a favorite, however, I love book reviews and academic conference reports. Thanks for all the work all of you do.

Let’s see, GQC was my ggfather’s boss for a while, although not on the JI.

By: kevinf

kevinf — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:45:47 +0000

Happy belated anniversary, folks. Work got in the way of my blog reading yesterday, so I didn't get to the party on time. I've been reading since at least the first week, and as a dabbler in history, have loved everything here. I feel like I am getting a post-graduate education in history, without having to pay tuition and spending all that time in classes. Keep up the good work. And as for a favorite post (actually a series) look here for Edje's Galveston Hurricane series, which featured my Grandfather's missionary journals. I also love the transcripts of the live sessions in Utah that I can't get to from Washington.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:17:38 +0000

Haha, fair enough, Ardis.

And I forgot to reply to Todd (#11). Wow. That’s awesome, esp. since GQC is not only the grandfather of this blog but also my actual g-g-grandfather (and g-g-great uncle twice, but we don’t need to get into that here).

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:56:22 +0000

Since you’re all about half my age, Christopher, that had darn well better be true.