What were you doing May 19, 2010? You remember, don’t you? BP had a major oil spill on its hands, Floyd Landis had just accused Lance Armstrong of blood doping on the Tours de France he won, and I was recovering from a stupid hedge trimmer accident.

And, on September 17, 2012?  I bet you were souping up your iOS6 equipped iPhone 5, you were begging for the Presidential race to come to a quick end so we wouldn’t have to see any more campaign ads, and I was counting down to a big monumental post on this site.

Well, today, I break another important milestone in my blogging career – post number 1,500. Wow, I still can’t believe I have put so much energy and effort into doing this blog, and you haven’t called my internet provider and asked them – politely – to pull me off line!

I am so fortunate to know that you have allowed me to become part of your woodworking experience. And, I have to thank each of you that I have had an opportunity to meet – each of you really has demonstrated that the woodworking community is full of caring, heartfelt people who all share this passion we have with cutting big boards into littler ones, than putting them back together in different forms.

I would be remiss if I didn’t thank my supporters – MicroJig, Affinity Tools, Tormek, Infinity Tools and Bell Forest Products, as well as my ever loving and ever patient family. Rhonda, Dominic and Steven, you guys are the best!

This week, I am here at the Governor’s Hurricane Conference, so I am getting ready for the big safety message this year. And, I want each of you to mark your calendars for this coming Friday – which will be Woodworking Safety Day. It’s being hosted over that the Modern Woodworkers Association, so let us know about your safety tips!

There, a few more posts to write!