So very tired....

But ground was broken (and no chickens were present, more's the pity...), dignitaries have spoken, and 715 visitors later (and I feel like I spoke to all of them) we have a project from which there is (blessedly) no return.

To those of you who have been with me so very long - Addie, Melody, Anneliese, Lexy, Richard, Adrienne, the folks at Frank's APA and the denizens of Diaryland, et alia...had I known how monumental this day was going to be, I would have extended to all of you an invitation. Sadly though, when one is right in the thick of it, one does not realize how important some events can be.

But in any event, 143 years after the keel of the Monitor was laid at Greenpoint, we have turned earth at the Monitor Center.

There's no turning back now, kids....