This is where it all begins

No more toiling in obscurity. No more being overlooked. Todds have made their mark in business, science, professional sports and politics, and then received a collective shrug.

As we all know, Everybody Loves Raymond. Frasier. And then there's Maude.

But there is no show about Todd.

So now there is a blog about Todds, what they have done to make the world a better place and how we, as a society, can help them achieve greatness. Or even greater greatness, whatever the case may be.

This is not a blog about last names like Chuck Todd, NBC political analyst, or Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of 16th U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. This is about Todd Lincoln, a native Oklahoman who went to Los Angeles and became an award-winning film director.

What, you've never heard of him? Neither had I, until I searched Google for Mary Todd Lincoln and saw his name underneath hers. Yet Todd Lincoln has been profiled in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Wired and other news outlets. His music videos have played on MTV and Fuse.

He is co-founder and director of Tulsa Underground, an annual film festival showcasing the world's most innovative short films and videos. He is directing a feature film adaptation of the cult comic book series Hack/Slash to hit theaters in 2009.

There are people who want you to think Todds like Todd Lincoln don't exist. I'm here to prove they do, one blog post at a time.