Comments on: 15 years ago today

By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 07:24:02 +0000

Congratulations on fifteen years!! This was the first site recommended to me (the first after I got online on AOL) by a teammate of mine back when I was playing darts–this was back about 2000 or 2001; it’s my oldest bookmarked site, it’s still one of the places I come on a near-daily basis, and I’m not even in the profession of law! This is always interesting to come to, whether it’s the comments, new stories, or the round-ups. May you have many more years of interesting reading, debates, and success.

By: Rogers Turner

Rogers Turner — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 11:50:34 +0000

Congratulations! Generating daily intelligent content reflects great commitment and hard work…. Doing it for 15 years straight is something else. Keep up the great work. Will buy you a celebratory beverage at some point.
WRT

By: gitarcarver

gitarcarver — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 03:37:58 +0000

As anyone who actually blogs will tell you, it is a lot of work. I would bet that most people don’t realize how much work it is.

Most people stop blogging after about 6 months. More after a year.

Fifteen years is an incredible run and you should be applauded not only for your tenacity, but the great service and platform for discussions you provide.

Congratulations.

By: SmallGovernmentGuy

SmallGovernmentGuy — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 01:44:15 +0000

I only come here to read the entertaining posts of Boblipton…and the veal…

By: Stewart Peterson

Stewart Peterson — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:44:24 +0000

Congratulations and keep up the good work!

By: Boblipton

Boblipton — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:27:47 +0000

This is a legal blog? I thought it was a source of straight lines.

Bob

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:00:20 +0000

I hope I’m reading (and often disagreeing) with your posts in 15 years from now. Congratulations.

By: Igor

Igor — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:52:28 +0000

“It was fourty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the Band to play, they’ve been going in-and-out of style, but they’re guaranteed to raise a smile…”

Okay, so I edited it a bit…

Just thought I’d have fun with you ,Walter. 20 years as a blog is doing rather well, actually…

Kudos

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:41:36 +0000

As Robert Ambrogi reminds us, Greg Siskind, who has been blogging about immigration law since 2007 at least, used scrolling updates with newest on top in May-June 1998 to alert readers to changes in pending H-1B legislation. Did that page, with its updates on top, inaugurate legal blogging? I think it's a matter of definitions. If "scrolling updates with newest on top" = "blogging," then you could call that legal blogging a year before Overlawyered. If by blog you mean a writing project that's intended as ongoing and as involving multiple freestanding posts, then no, not exactly. Whoever came first, Overlawyered remains the *oldest* legal blog anyone seems to have found.

By: Raymond Reichelt

Raymond Reichelt — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 11:26:50 +0000

Congratulations -I look forward to many more years of great posts