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April 16, 2006

Blogs added to the archives of the Bio page, which means I'm finally conceding that the blogs which have represented the majority of my writing the last few years should count at least as much as random CD reviews I wrote when I was 20.  Also added my first humor essay for The Phoenix and links to blogs I started and abandoned.  The effects will be felt for generations.

February 16, 2006

Continuing our vow to become the #1 site for all your Dan Tobin needs, added the 4-issue complete run of the Hustler of Culture failed webzine, as well as all the three Solve for X columns to the Bio page.  Catalclysmic.

January 12, 2006

Added six Boston Phoenix articles and 21 pretty embarrassing Tufts Daily articles to the Bio page, some of that courtesy of the Wayback Machine.  Because that's how much I care.

January 9, 2006

The self-indulgence never ends: I've constructed and posted a 100 Things About Me list.  Definitely a better use of my time than uploading that portfolio I promised way back when (and which I just sorta took down from this page).

September 25 , 2005

Posted a rudimentary version of my advertising portfolio, which seems to change by the day because, well, it does.  Also finally removed the link to the podcast I updated once in five months, replacing it with my Red Sox blogging from Last October.

September 6 , 2005

A blog spinoff with its own domain name: George Bush is my friend collects every email from the President that I already reprint on Surgical Strikes.  Now accessible via georgebushismyfriend.com.

August 8, 2005

Uploaded an organized version of all my Red Sox posts from last October during their playoff run.

August 2, 2005

Added my second failed webzine Ironic Distance to the archives. Having trouble with hosting my own graphics, which has delayed the archiving of my first failed webzine.

July 27, 2005

The grand relaunch of Surgical Strikes, now reconceived as satire (with occasional blogging on the side).

July 21, 2005

As I make the segue out of the comedy circuit, the link to the comedy site gets folded into the archives since, well, in about a week it will be archival only.

June 14, 2005

Added all the fake news articles I wrote for The Weekly Week, not previously online that I know of.

June 12, 2005

Updated the archives with everything I could find of the famous 5's I wrote for the Phoenix.  It's amazing how little has been archived from my era there.

June 11, 2005

A bunch of old movie reviews and other Boston Phoenix articles added to the archives.  Gives you a good window into the kind of crap movies I was in charge of reviewing at $60 a pop.  I'm sad to say that in those days, that was considered pretty good money for me. 

Also added some illustrations that accompanied various pieces, including some by New Yorker cartoonist David Sipress and Maakies creator Tony Millionaire.

May 24, 2005

Useless "Dan Tobin celebrity roast" icon added to most pages. 

May 17, 2005

First entry of the newly restored Flour Hour posted!  A couple of broken links fixed, as well as the mouse-over swap function on the little home stickers.  Garish blue links replaced with confusing gray links. 

May 5, 2005

The world adjusts to Surgical Strikes at a new address.  Organic Comedy site updated and transferred over to DanTobinDanTobin.com, increasing the pressure on me to actually update the damn thing. 

May 4, 2005

Site launched in skeletal form. Pulitzer committee realizes it may have to start considering personal websites now.  Weak plans for publicity begin.