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 March 19, 2012 in 

Defending People started five years ago today. In that five years, I’ve written some 700,000 words in 1,700+ posts and been told 643 times that people don’t understand me.

In commemoration of the day, the traditional fish-related video:

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12 Comments

  1. shg March 19, 2012 at 9:41 am - Reply

    I remember the day Defending People was born. It was such a beautiful baby, and learned to walk and talk so quickly. Really, it was quite the prodigy, and quickly grew into such a handsome young blawg. Over the past five years, it has aged gracefully and become a mainstay of the blawgosphere, and (if my humble opinion is allowed) the finest criminal defense blawg around.

    Happy anniversary, Mark.

  2. Keith Lee March 19, 2012 at 10:03 am - Reply

    Congratulations and happy anniversary!

  3. Dennis Potts March 19, 2012 at 11:25 am - Reply

    Doubtless, your video answers the oft-asked question about the other, lesser-known origin of the scales of justice . . .

  4. Alex Bunin March 19, 2012 at 1:22 pm - Reply

    It is a great service you do. Give it at least another five.

  5. Ric Moore March 19, 2012 at 1:23 pm - Reply

    I couldn’t imagine the world without the Internet, Mark and fish.

  6. Murray Newman March 19, 2012 at 2:20 pm - Reply

    Congratulations on making five years, Mark. Your blog inspired me to create my own.

    I remember distinctly thinking: “Well, hell, if people will actually log on to read what Mark Bennett has to say, then surely an anonymous prosecutor’s rantings could be a tremendous hit.”

  7. Michael Simpson March 19, 2012 at 3:48 pm - Reply

    Can you be more specific about the word statistics? How many “thes”, “Harris County”, etc. I was looking forward to a breakdown.

  8. Michael Drake March 19, 2012 at 4:20 pm - Reply

    Now I understand you.

  9. Mike Trent March 19, 2012 at 6:14 pm - Reply

    Is that you in the corset and wig, Mark?

  10. Ric Moore March 19, 2012 at 7:23 pm - Reply

    Congrats on 5 years, Mark! You’re doing a “Good Work”. Ric

    p/s I have yet to find the fish.

  11. Mark Draughn March 20, 2012 at 9:15 am - Reply

    Hey Other Mark, congratulations on five good years of blogging. You’re always on my reading list, even if I haven’t got a clue about Harris County politics.

  12. Jamie March 21, 2012 at 5:49 pm - Reply

    Only 643 times? So you’re saying I’m the only one that has ever told you that?

    (grats)

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