Celebrating 2K

Warm + Fuzzies On A Cold Kinda Day

Feb 16, 2025

This morning, I woke up feeling under the weather—again.

On the bright side, I’m feeling better than yesterday, so the day of rest did my body good. Once I wrap up a couple of things, I will be returning to my fave recovery spot: the sofa.

The sniffles and body aches are real, but so is my excitement about reaching over 2,000 subscribers on Substack. Wow! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has cheered me on so far.

A special shoutout to

(Okay McKay),

(Gay Buffet),

, and fellow Substackers who have recommended COLLIDE PRESS to their subscribers.

Check out my recommended publications and show them some love too, boo!

And this is my second “milestone” celebration in less than a week. On Tuesday, my YouTube channel hit 15K subscribers—a big milestone for a relatively small channel.

At the end of the day, it’s not about the numbers. It’s about the people those numbers represent. It truly warms my heart to have so many fans, followers, and friends.

So, even though I’m fighting off a cold, the warmth of this community keeps me going.

Thank you all—again—for being a friend!
Clint 🌈✌️

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ON THIS DAY = FEBRUARY 16

BIRTHDAYS

1740 = Giambattista Bodoni = Italian publisher and engraver
1884 = Robert J. Flaherty = American filmmaker
1893 = Katharine Cornell = American actor, writer, and producer 🌈
1901 = Chester Morris = American actor
1909 = Hugh Beaumont = American actor and director
1909 = Richard McDonald = American McDonald's co-founder
1926 = John Schlesinger = English actor and director 🌈
1934 = August Coppola = American author and academic
1935 – Sonny Bono = American actor, singer, and politician
1951 = William Katt = American actor
1952 = James Ingram = American singer-songwriter
1954 = Margaux Hemingway = American model and actor
1957 = LeVar Burton = American actor, director, and producer
1958 = Ice-T = American rapper and actor
1959 = John McEnroe = American tennis player and sportscaster
1961 = Andy Taylor = English singer-songwriter
1978 = John Tartaglia = American actor, singer, and puppeteer 🌈

EVENTS

1886 = The term “Boston Marriage,” which describes a long-term cohabiting relationship between two women, is written for the first time. Novelist Henry James uses it in his book The Bostonians.
1923 = Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
1978 = The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
1990 = Keith Haring dies from AIDS-related complications at age 31.