This week, the Creative Think blog celebrates its one year anniversary! I'd like to thank all of you who have visited and made comments over the past twelve months. An extra shout-out to my subscribers! (If you'd like to become a subscriber push any one of the top three buttons in the next column at the right.)
To mark this milestone, I'd like to share with you something that's really, really hot! As many of you know, I grow chili peppers (here's a post from earlier in the summer). This past weekend, I did my first harvest of habeneros.
Look at these babies. Each one packing nearly 300,000 Scoville units of sweat-inducing heat. I'll bet you're drooling now.
This is what they look like all chopped up and ready to put on your favorite dish. Yummy!
Hi Rodger!
Congratulations and Happy Birthday and Anniversary!
Your site certainly is hot! I wish you the very best for another hot year of hot posts :-)
Posted by: Thomas Clifford | 24 September 2007 at 04:16 AM
Roger, congratulations on the milestone!
Can't stay long - my eyes are watering and lips are already burning from seeing the photos of those killer peppers! :-D
Posted by: Robert Hruzek | 24 September 2007 at 05:25 AM
OOoooh, nice. I love using those in my salsa. What did you use to chop all those? They looks like they came out really evenly chopped. (I haven't found a chopper I like for them, but if I chop more than 4 by hand, I can't touch my face for a few days!)
Posted by: Maria Helm | 24 September 2007 at 07:37 AM
Those habaneros look really DELICIOUS! Congrats for the anniversary and for the harvest!
Posted by: Jorge Castillo | 24 September 2007 at 11:46 AM
Congratulations Roger and thank you for sharing so much with us via your blog! I once did bite one of these left by mistake with sweet peppers in a summer salad. Terrifying experience. Now simply looking at them is still scary. ; )
Posted by: Luc Debaisieux | 24 September 2007 at 03:07 PM
Congrats, Roger! Seems like just yesterday...
Posted by: Paul McEnany | 24 September 2007 at 03:28 PM
Tom: Thanks for the kind remarks.
Robert: Thanks as well!
Maria: Well, I didn't chop them with a knife when I cut three or four habaneros. For this larger job, I used an electric chopper.
Jorge: Muchas gracias.
Luc: Habs are hot, that's for sure.
Paul: Thanks for the best wishes, and thanks for all the help a year ago getting things set up!
Posted by: Roger von Oech | 24 September 2007 at 07:33 PM
Congratulations, Roger. Buon compleanno to your blog. Those do look yummy!
Posted by: Valeria Maltoni | 25 September 2007 at 08:25 AM
Roger,
Congatulations and thank you for all the wonderful posts over the past year.
Posted by: Lewis Green | 25 September 2007 at 11:53 AM
Roger,
Congratulations!
John
Posted by: Shakespeare's Fool | 25 September 2007 at 10:01 PM
Roger,
Congratulations!
John
Posted by: Shakespeare's Fool | 25 September 2007 at 10:01 PM
Congratulations Roger! Many happy returns.
The pic reminds me of the time I was daft enough to take part in an informal chilli eating contest... probably the kind of thing you only do once!
Posted by: Mark McGuinness | 26 September 2007 at 10:05 AM
Mmmmm...Mama!!! I've got a hot mouth, but cool enough to say happy blogiversary!
Posted by: Robyn | 26 September 2007 at 06:04 PM
Lewis, John, Valeria, Mark, Robyn: Thanks for the kind wishes!
Posted by: Roger von Oech | 26 September 2007 at 06:55 PM
Congrats on your one year anniversary! I remember finding this blog early on and being very excited for it.
L.
Posted by: L.Vazquez | 28 September 2007 at 11:32 AM
A year already?!?!?!?! (sniff... sniff... they grow up so fast)
Congratulations Roger and here's to many more years on the blogosphere!
Posted by: Timothy Johnson | 29 September 2007 at 05:15 AM
Roger, congratulations on the one year anniversary.
I've just come across your blog but was an early reader of "A Whack on the side of the head".
And best of all I love hot food. Your pepper photos are wonderful. Keep sending out some virtual taste treats to the blogisphere won't you!
Posted by: Eric P | 30 September 2007 at 05:06 AM
I'm sure it's because you are so good at blogging, but I honestly thought your blog was 2-3 years old. Here's too many more successful years, as Creative Think has been a bit of fresh air in the blogosphere!
Posted by: Mack Collier | 30 September 2007 at 11:03 AM
L. Vasquez, Timothy, Eric, Mack: Thanks for the very kinds words. Much appreciated. Good luck to all of you!
Posted by: Roger von Oech | 30 September 2007 at 03:48 PM
How the heck did I miss this? I must have "too much on my plate" or too many belt loops. Either one.
CONGRATULATIONS!
I still remember the first day we connected Roger. Totally out of the blue. And you didn't even have a blog back then!
You've come a long way. And the peppers look great. Send some my way :)
Posted by: david armano | 03 October 2007 at 06:12 PM