Today is Friday, January 7, 2011.

On this date in 1948, American Singer Kenny Loggins was born.
On this date in 1957, American television host Katie Kouric was born.
On this date in 1964, American actor Nicolas Cage was born.
On this date in 1977, Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel “Screech” Powers in Saved by the Bell, was born.
And in 1999 on this date, the US Senate trial in the impeachment of President Bill Clinton began.

But, for you readers here…
On this date in 2002, I wrote my very first blog post. Ever. It’s not much, but it was a start. Here’s a glimpse of what the blog used to look like back in 2002, courtesy of the Wayback Machine.

Journey Inside My Mind Blog from 2002

Since then I’ve created over 12 other blog sites and mainly spend my time at danieljohnsonjr.com these days.

Here’s to another great year of the Journey Inside My Mind and to blogging in general!

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