And the winner is...

First off, many thanks to everyone who entered my birthday contest. There were 28 entrants, which was around 10-15 more than I expected. A couple of the names were ones that I hadn't seen for a while, so that was nice too.

The list of entrants, before being randomized, was as follows:

Dennis

Vrooomed

The Angels In Order

Nick

Johnnys Trading Spot

kcjays

The Diamond King

karsal

defgav

GTT

Angus

hockey kazi

Bo

FiresNBeers

Brett Alan

RJ Sahl

Mark Zentkovich

CrazieJoe

POISON75

Matt

Derek

Nick Vossbrink

Crocodile 

John Sharp

Michael D

bbcardz

Laurens

Jafronius

Before I randomize the list, please remember that I said #17 would be the winner, provided of course that there were more than 17 entrants, which there were, so that's who'll be taking home the eBay gift card.

Okay, after eight mixes from the old randomizer, here's how those names shook out:

Congratulations, Gavin! When you get a chance you'll have to let me know if you want the card mailed, or if you just want the activation code sent via email (I think that this is the safer of the two options).

To everyone else, thanks again for entering (and all of the well wishes). Until just last week, I didn't know where the best place locally to go for gift cards was, now that I do, I think that this will be the route that I go for future contests/anniversaries. And speaking of anniversaries, this blog will be celebrating one in less than two months, so...