6 Year Blog Birthday

To commemorate my six years of ramblings, here are six  random posts (and one Easter Egg) in no particular order:
Pope Pius XI Spaghetti Western Star: I found a post on Fr Z's blog about the good Pope packing a revolver and speculated on titles for possible Spaghetti Westerns starring him.
Samson and the Destruction of the Temple was a brief post on whether Samson destroying the temple was suicide.
David and Popes is an apologetic post on corrupt Popes.
100 places on my bucket list
My Christmas in Iraq poem

May God bless all who read my ramblings,

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Belated Pentecost Post

OK, so I know that I am six days late on this post, but here it goes.
I am sure that many have wondered about my blog's somewhat cryptic name: 50 Days After. It is named for Pentecost, the birthday of the Church. Hence, of course, the pentecost pic on the right hand side. Even though I started my blog on a different day, Pentecost is like another birthday since it is the namesake of the blog.
I would also just like to add an amusing story about the Pentecost mass that I attended. I was out of town for the weekend in Anchorage, so I went to Holy Family Cathedral. As part of the reading, Jesus said "Peace be with you". As soon as the priest read this part of the Gospel reading a woman two pews in front of me responded back, "And also with you". I chuckled because we've all been there.

1 Year

1 year ago I posted on this blog for the first time. I named it after Pentecost (50 Days After Easter). At that time I was a seminarian wondering about his vocation. Since then I left the sem, went into the Active Duty Army and married. Obviously a lot has changed in that year.
Below are a few of my favorite posts:
Welcome
Peter's Barque
Pray a Rosary for an end to Marxism
Miraculous Medal
What Would Jesus Drive?
Thank you Catholic and GOP for the blog birthday wishes!
Remember, today is National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day.

50 Days After 1 year

When should I mark the one year mark for 50 Days After?
	April 24, One year after the first post
	Pentecost, The blog's namesake
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Catholic Carnival 114

Catholic Carnival 114 is up at profoungratitude.com. Only 20 more days until its my turn to host.
There still time to weigh in on the 50 Days After birthday.

anniversary

My blog is fast approaching one year in age. The question arises then, what day do I consider the "birthday"?
My first post was April 24, 2006. That would be easy enough, however the blog is named for the Pentecost, 50 Days After (the Resurrection). So should I wait a little while after the first post and declare the birthday to be Pentecost?
I am putting it to a vote since I cannot decide. Please vote April 24 or Pentecost in the comments.

-- Contra