The month of January makes everyone retrospective. We look back and take note of events and accomplishments and the look to the future to imagine what may be. For Beer and Blog, this January is especially affecting…it’s also our 2nd Anniversary! So, what did we do last year? Here’s a little run down of blog post titles we published last year: End Bloglessness – A half day workshop to get your blog up and running We had 3 End bloglessness events last year! Down with bloglessness! FREE Redux: Win hosting for life at Beer and Blog Several beer and bloggers are hooked up sweet now! Heard AboutUs? They’re 3 (and They’re Buying Us Beer!) We helped AboutUs celebrate three years of stellar web indexing by helping them drink the beer they bought. Awesome! Off-site topic: Intellectual Property I attended this event and walked away with a copy of Facebook’s patent application. Purr! What the Shit? Twitter. Dramatic. Reading. We had two What the Shit?s last year, Melissa Lion’s very popular dramatic Twitter oration. Frakking hilarious! We hope to do more this year! Free Beer for Twitalyzer’s Top 100 Influencers There was a huge, jovial turnout (and a teensy bit of controversy) for this summer patio party. Awesome! Enter to Win a Beery Big Prize this Friday (This is my favorite headline.) Cyan PDX is hosting this Friday’s meet upThis one was super fun for me…it’s where I met my lit agent. Drupal Magic Animal Farm I enjoyed writing this post about my friend Nate “Dante” Angell. <3 The Women of Beer and Blog This one got 10 comments! Wow! End Joblessness – A mini job fair About 70 people showed up for the mini job fair and several people made contacts that led to employment. Wah-hoo! It’s a very impressive list for a two year old community based on the premise of bloggers helping bloggers over beer, don’t you agree? To celebrate our accomplishments we’ve secured the best in entertainment for our beer and bloggers: SexyNurd! Join us, won't you? This Friday, January 8, Comedian SexyNurd is performing at 5pm at the Green Dragon. For US! Not only that, he’s giving away tickets to his “RockStar Trapped in a Nurd’s Body” show that starts January 22 at Curious Comedy Theater. SexyNerd is such a rock star that the paparazzi will be there, of course, to capture him mingling with us beer and bloggers. Pose with SexyNurd in your best Sexy or Nurd and you’ll end up in the tabloids and on the SexyNurd blog. You’ve been warned! That’ not all we have lined up in January to celebrate our 2nd Anniversary. For your beer and blog entertainment:

1/15 – Alaska Airlines is sponsoring food and drinks 1/22 – GoTime is sponsoring 1/29 – Mayor Sam Adams appearance

Yes, you read that right. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you! Mr. Adams will be in Beer and Blog attendance on January 29. Stay tuned for details on this historic event.
On the cusp of a new year, and on behalf of Justin and Christine (Mr. and Mrs. Beer and Blog) and the rest of the Beer and Blog crew, I wish you prosperous experiences in 2010! See you Friday at the Green Dragon after 4pm!

So much is going on, and I’ve just got back from Vegas to blog about it all! Speaking of Vegas, Christine and I attended Beer and Blog Las Vegas this past Thursday while we were there. We had an awesome time and they had a great turn out with at least 30 people attending! This Friday we’re going to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of our first Beer and Blog meet up. Naturally, this calls for a celebration!! So, we’re going to have a cake and maybe some party hats
At this Friday’s meet up, Legion of Tech asked if they could set up to record 15 Seconds of Flame videos for the upcoming Ignite Portland 5. They wanted to make it easier for folks that want to make a video, but may not have the equipment or the skillz. I told them hell yes we want you guys to record some 15 Seconds of Flame clips!! So, make your hair look pretty and wear your Friday best cause you might have enough beers to feel like stepping in front of the lens. Also, this Saturday we’re holding a mini job fair at the OTBC from noon to 3pm. I will do a follow up post with more details either later today or early tomorrow. If you know people that are hiring, have contract work, or are looking for sweat equity opportunities; have them contact Michelle so we can give them 2 minutes to share their opportunity with our attendees. Similarly, if you know someone looking for a job, project, or opportunity; please invite them down too. As usual, you may RSVP on Upcoming or Calagator.