Here's a little moment in blogging history. At the American politics/history blog blog Lawyers, Guns, and Money, historian Erik Loomis has been posting entries in a series called "Erik Visits An American Grave" since August 2013, when he had a few hours to spare in Pittsburgh and went to visit the grave of industrialist Henry Frick, "arguably the most cartoonishly super-evil villain in American history."
He has kept at it, let us say. Today he posted the 2000th in his graveside biography series. Two thousand posts in little more than a decade, in his spare time.
You can find the list of 2000 American (and some other) biographies here (the first 1200 or so) and here. He says about it today:
I generally hate navel gazing, but the grave series hitting 2,000 posts is kind of a moment to think about this project. ... I started this as what I considered the dumbest idea I ever had. And then it became a massive part of my career. A few things about it. First, there is nothing like this in the history of the internet.
Loomis welcomes financial support for his project. See practically any of his posts at LGM for details. Congratulations, Erik Loomis. (Maybe all blogs start with a dumb idea.)
