Q: Can I die now?

A: Yes. After three months of futility, one of my story submissions finally made it to Digg's front page. I read those little heathens like a book! Meanwhile, there haven't been so many teenagers on npr.com since Terry Gross interviewed the dude from Franz Ferdinand.

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In other, awesomer news, I recently noticed that Uncle Grambo'd updated his sidebar blogroll — and there amongst the veritable who's who of bloggerati is...T.A.M.S.Y.!?!

Heyzeus Christmas!!! This is an achievement so towering that it requires its own post; I'm going to need room for a Sally Field-esque emotional breakdown. But my original reaction was this: