Posted by randfish

I'm just going to go crazy with this one because I have so much to be thankful for (note that a lot of this will be Pubcon-centric due to the timing).

• Getting out of debt and turning SEOmoz into a profitable company - I owe almost all of it to the people who read this blog (and the rest directly to Danny Sullivan).
• Mystery Guest - I know we struggle when I'm on the road but she's everything to me.
• Joe Morin who's been a friend through thick and thin
• My team here at SEOmoz - Matt Gillian Si Rebecca Scott Brandon Jane & Jeff; you're all amazing.
• Chris Hooley's Drinkbait - that Bombay Sapphire will get me through a hard day next week :)
• Great people like Todd Malicoat. I can't believe what a geniunely good person he is.
• Rae Hoffman - for showing me the wonders of Paigow Craps & high-priced call girls at the Wynn (and for being incredibly sweet to me during all of Vegas)
• Stanford Publishing - I had a fantastic time with Leslie & Beth (photo) in Monterey.
• Brett Tabke for the invitation to speak at my first Pubcon
• Scott Aaron & Andy for organizing a terrific lobster & steak dinner in Vegas (despite the fact that I got berated for being a white hat)
• Mike McDonald from Webpronews who posted a nifty video of me four beers into Pubcon chatting with Lee & Todd about links. Note how I say "like" and "you know" much more frequently than normal - it's practically embarassing :)
• Kim Krause who's been struggling to balance work and family but still writes one of the most captivating and personal blogs in the tech world.
• Three pro football games on Thanksgiving - thanks NFL (even if the first game is Miami v. Detroit)
• Wil from ThinkSeer with whom I exchanged only a few words at Pubcon but was thorougly impressed and blown away by his kindness.
• Lee Odden who's terrific staff members Karen & Jolena were incredibly friendly and warm throughout the conference (Lee also shot this short video of me and has a whole set of great videos from the conference here).
• Google Yahoo! MSN and Ask who've given all of us a profession.
• Barry Schwartz's keen photographic skills (and Flickr on the whole for being such a great photo resource).
• Bob Rains who flat out rocks.
• Maybe most of all I'm thankful that tomorrow I get to spend the day with my family eating talking and sharing time together. You can't ask for more than that.

I'm sure I've forgotten a ton of people and will have to make amends next week. Until then...

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