It's a coup! "Time" names you person of the year

No, you're not Bill or Melinda Gates, or George Bush, or Rudy Giuliani.

But you, yes you, have something in common with them.

If you're stopping by this blog before moving on to write in your own, or if you're planning to visit YouTube or update your Myspace profile later today, or if you regularly contribute to your favorite online forum or advertise your goods and services online -- you've just been named Time magazine's 2006 Person of the Year.

Time has chosen ordinary citizens who are revolutionizing the Internet, and at the same time the concept of a global community, to wear its annually appointed badge of honor and join the likes of Giuliani, Bush and others who've earned the nod in recent years.

In last week's edition Time's editors wrote, " ... for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, Time's Person of the Year for 2006 is you."

Read the entire article and related stories at Time's website here.

And then give yourself a pat on the back.