Exactly one year ago Monday, I posted the first awkward entry to Che Underground: The Blog. This tiny corner of cyberspace was originally intended as a little online gathering point for a few old friends who'd been chatting on e-mail to swap MP3s and photos and maybe tell each other stories about our salad days. My statistics software shows me we had a total of 28 people look at the blog in February 2008.
Fast-forward precisely one revolution around the sun: Our audience grew to more than 8,500 people in January '09 -- but a much, much more important statistic is the sheer wattage of joy and love generated by being all together, All Grown Up. (A little jolt of pain here and there, perhaps ... But that's just part of the refining process, right?)
Here's a space for Che birthday wishes and reflection: What have you given and received here this past year?