OK, first things first: Hat Tip to Yishai over at Digital Irony for reminding me that a search for your own URL in Technorati works as a trackback system for folks using Blogger which, as far as I know, doesn't provide trackback functionality on the individual posts.

Second, a big old "right-backatcha" to Punditmania for giving me my first official Hat Tip.

Let's hear it for the unknown bloggers - one big happy family...