It's Dean Esmay's Third Blogiversary! Dean's World was one of the first blogs I found and has remained one of my favorites ever since. He's a real inspiration to me and others.

There are very few people who are consistently (literally -- Dean stands by his first post) able to put out intelligent, provocative posts every day, on a wide variety of subjects. Dean is a true Renaissance Man, and if there's anyone here who doesn't read him, you should be. Trust me, you don't know what you're missing. Dean's style just sort of gets inside you, as he's a truly original thinker and never, ever boring! Trying to emulate him while remaining original myself, in a world of mindless conformists, there is only one Dean Esmay.

HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY, DEAN!

UPDATE: I've been waiting for Steven Malcolm Anderson to return from his long sabbatical, and I would have thought that this occasion would do it. Steven has been a frequent commenter over at Dean's World, and I used to suspect that he and the Queen Of All Evil were one and the same, but now I know better.

OK Steven, now's the time to pop out of the cake!