Happy Birthday to me
This blog is now two years old. I’ve enjoyed it. Hope you have too. Some numbers:
Between 255,000 and 320,000 visits, depending on which site tracker you believe.
Average of 647 or 980 visits per day, depending on which site tracker you believe.
One opinion piece published in a newspaper.
Eight dead-tree media mentions that I know of.
3,518 Total Posts
8,436 Total Comments (sorry to all the people who commented at the old blogger site, those were lost in the upgrade to MT)
407,464 Total Words in all posts
465,215 Total Words in Comments
Posts by category:
Blog Matters 420
Civil Liberties 264
Current Events 418
Eminent Domain 20
Guns 870
Humor 290
Media Watch 175
North Carolina News & Politics 5
Notes to Junior 51
Notes to Self 145
Pets 183
Politics 333
Pop Culture 111
Race Relations 43
Recipes 20
Taxes 66
Tennessee News & Politics 291
The Issues 121
I’m on my third blog software package (Blogger, Movable Type, and WordPress)
Top referrers:
Instapundit
FirearmNews
KeepAndBearArms
AR15.com
SouthKnoxBubba
Top search phrases:
Big butts
Playgirl TV
Universal Healthcare
I like big butts and I cannot lie
Bear butt chicken
Political test
Assault Weapons Ban
Types of pit bulls
Crime rates
smoke boston butt
Note: SayUncle doesn’t really have an infatuation with butts but Google thinks I do.
Soon to be number one referring key phrase: Olympic Ass
Changed the minds of at least four people regarding the assault weapons ban.
Countless arguments with several idiots.
Countless arguments with a few smart people.
Countless go-rounds with media people. Many of which responded; two of which issued retractions; two of which were just total dicks.
Total money spent on hosting and other stuff: $319.90
August 30th, 2004 at 10:30 am
Happy two years!
August 30th, 2004 at 11:01 am
Happy birthday.
August 30th, 2004 at 11:18 am
Feliz Cumpleanos
August 30th, 2004 at 11:39 am
i think you should start recouping the money that you have spent, through blog ads or adsense.
congrats, and good luck
August 30th, 2004 at 11:40 am
Happy Blogoversary, Say Uncle!
August 30th, 2004 at 11:57 am
All of the above.
August 30th, 2004 at 11:59 am
Congrats, dude!
August 30th, 2004 at 2:22 pm
Congrats, Unc! Keep on blogging.
(Though I have to say, I only had 1300 posts by my 2nd anniv, but still hit 400,000 words! That, by the way, is five novels.)
August 30th, 2004 at 6:06 pm
Congrats and well done! Love the photo of your baby, too.
August 30th, 2004 at 9:31 pm
Congratulations!