Laurence Simon has the dubious distinction of being the first blogger to be recognized by one of the big boys without them actually mentioning his site by name:

Some participants take Friday catblogging very seriously. Laurence Simon, a 35-year-old Houston technical support engineer, decided a while back that with so many people catblogging, it would be good to have a weekly compendium of the best of each week's entries.
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For a while, Mr. Simon was the host of Carnival of the Cats, but he decided to pass along the honor. Now, a different person handles the Carnival of the Cats each Sunday, compiling a healthy group of Friday postings for that groggy Monday morning audience.

Well considering the paper itself is so full of crap it fairly sloshes when you hold it, it's not that much of a surprise they wouldn't mention a website with that same name. But they did mention the Carnival's main site, so it's not too damned difficult figuring out who's in charge.

Congratulations!