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alt="told smithsonian"/>


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alt="on the commuter ferry to jersey city"/>


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alt="nj 9-11 memorial"/>


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alt="new years' dinner cruise on hudson river"/>








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alt="shuttle columbia breaks up"/>


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alt="young love"/>


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alt="roadtrip with doggie"/>


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alt="war opens"/>







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alt="meeting the work of a master artist"/>


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alt="goodbye to little soaps"/>


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alt="lonely color camera"/>


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alt="early image fom the color sidekick camera"/>






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alt="wife's pregnant belly"/>


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alt="an artbot"/>



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alt="last day of a five year job"/>


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alt="mosaic of the great hall of the national building museum"/>






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alt="bellies bump"/>


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alt="heartland happy"/>


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alt="one year using the sidekick"/>


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alt="birth class"/>




Today marks two years of moblogging, and my 851st post. While I bought the first Sidekick on October 1st, 2002, the first day it was available in stores, I didn't post to hiptop Nation until a couple weeks later. And over two years, there were times when I didn't post for weeks, but other times, such as my blog-a-thon, where I posted multiple times a day. I spent some time last night clicking though my archives and reflecting on how while some of the things I posted seemed mundane and pointless at the time, are interesting to me now. I believe one of the virtues of moblogging iconic moments from everyday life is the archived posts' ability to serve as catalysts for remembering. Each submission was also a pause to celebrate life. Linked above are some selected images and links to posts from the first year. Post titles appear when you roll over the images. I'll post stuff fom the second year after this entry rolls over onto another page.



- mike lee - washington, dc