{"id":6018,"date":"2019-04-27T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T01:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2019\/04\/27\/plaidstallions-turns-13\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:56:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:56:52","slug":"plaidstallions-turns-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/plaidstallions-turns-13\/","title":{"rendered":"PlaidStallions Turns 13!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Today, 13 years ago, I had just put my (then tiny) daughter down for a nap and with the rest of the family out,  I was that dangerous combination of bored and lonely. <\/span>
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\nSo, I decided to start a blog that I had been planning for months. Not that I had a plan, it was basically me scanning my collection of old wishbooks and adding some humour. It was crude and I didn’t know if anybody would care, also I told nobody.<\/span>
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\nIt changed my life. <\/span>
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\nSince that time, I’ve produced toys, found employment writing about the 70s, gone back to school to make this site better, thrown myself out of my comfort zone with podcasting and Youtube, written a book and made many close friends. <\/span>
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\nI never intended to keep it going this long, five years was my original plan but I just never wanted to stop.<\/span>
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\nThrough the years, I’ve lost family, jobs, friends and even my house for a brief time but one thing I looked forward to doing each day was this, it’s been a rock to me, a true comfort.<\/span>
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I sincerely love and appreciate the feedback I get here, it brings me joy to read your comments, your captions (always better than mine) and your memories. Thank you for making this one of the most rewarding experiences of my life.<\/span>
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\nI am very grateful.<\/span>
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Brian<\/span>
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\nPS-It’s especially fitting I write this just before I drop off that same daughter at an all-night laser tag party. <\/span>
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PlaidStallions Turns 13!<\/a><\/blockquote>