This was cool. I started my blog in April of 2011, and, I am having a blast. Starting out, I’m thinking who in the “h e double hockey sticks” is going to read this, and how do you move it forward from there. Truth be told, it was a bit frightening. Now, 8 months later, the fear has disappeared and I have found a lot of good things to keep me entertained, and a bunch of really great people in what is actually a thriving community. Twitter is fun, but 140 characters, not so much. Facebook, Google+, great way to keep up with friends, but blogging, way more innovative, way more interesting, and much more creative. Enough blathering, thanks to all who read this, and I look forward to a terrific 2012, filled with humour, music, travel and whatever else comes our way. We toast you all.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 9,100 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
Click here to see the complete report.
Glad you’re going to keep going John!
And I love coming by to see your posts and the comments conversations.
Have to keep going, I still have 475 Canadian songs and a multitude of places we’ve been and more that we are going to see.
Cool. Just please tell me Celine isn’t on the list…
Surprisingly, just once. I am pretty happy about that myself. Lets make that 474 songs to go.
No no,leave her on the list. But I probably won’t be here for that post. Sadly, I go for my annual nose hair braiding that day…
Buuttt i haven’t told you the day. Are you brushing me off, telling me to hit the road, letting me down gently. I’m going to cry.
I have a sinking feeling I just got Celine-rolled.
Like Rickrolled, but so much more embarrassing…
I had to google that. You be a funny guy.
Actually, Rick Astley embraced it. At the Macys Thanksgiving day parade a few years ago, one of the floats had dancers and recorded music, then the sound of a record needle scratching as the music stopped, and Rick came out on the float and sang.
Rick-rolled the parade
It was kind of cool.
A new word for my vocabulary. My day is complete
I have to agree. Now that I have found wordpress I hardly ever get on my other social networks. I love it.
Exactly. I use those 3 to publicize and rarely spend much time there now as well. I anticipate even less as time goes by. When I think about the others, they are very impersonal compared to this. And the variety and the quality are unbelievable.
I adore your blog, John, and I look forward to reading more and more posts throughout 2012 and beyond! 🙂
Thanks T, the feeling is mutual
“h e double hockey sticks”
I will have to use that somewhere. Useful little stats page they gave you.
You didn’t get one? Looked like they sent one to every blog on their site?
No they didn’t. I guess because I couldn’t sweeten the deal for them with some copious amounts of maple syrup.
ahh yes bribery, forgot i did that.