This post is number 44 in a series.

And it is also a tribute -- an unforeseen one, as it happens -- to Blue Girl. She posted her 50th yesterday and, magnanimous to the last, her very next act was to encourage those of us she inspired to copy her. She also posted a scan before I did.
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If you write something on your own site that links to this post, you can send me a Webmention by putting your post's URL in here:
I very much regret that Russian spammers have made my comment system unusable. If you want to email me a comment, it is easy enough to find the address and I will be happy to do the needful behind the scenes. Webmentions remain available (for now).
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