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2,000th Comment!

/ Shane / 1 Comment

Thank you to Alexis, who just provided the 2,000th comment on my blog!

This is very exciting to me, you have no idea. I’ve been watching for a month or so, as all the important dates in my life came and went (the year I was born, the year I graduated high school, etc.). And now we’re up to the 21st century! (Yes, I am aware that technically we need to get to 2001 comments for the 21st century.)

So anyway, thanks to everyone who comments on my blog. I love to hear from you! And special thanks to Alexis, for (unwittingly) being my 2000th. To thank her, how about we all go read her blog? Or better yet, we should all go order something adorable from her Etsy shop. I’m partial to the “Arrgh, Kiss Me Booty” onesie and the “I’d Rather Be Nursing” bib, but perhaps you would prefer a customized Pillow Sham (in other words, I don’t think she forces you to get the one with the picture of Jackson, Elliot, and Ayla on it, even if it is pretty awesome).

500 Comments!

/ Shane / 3 Comments

There have been a lot of milestones on the blog here recently, including my 5 year birthday and my 500th post.  Well, now we can add another milestone, my 500th comment, courtesy of my brother! The comment was actually a pingback from a post on his blog (which has supposedly resumed operation)

“LeVar was on The Soup not “Talk Soup”!(great TV show btw) which caused Big Brother to post about it. He says pretty much I could want to say here.  https://erith1.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/levar-burton/”

Sara had the idea to see who had the most comments overall, but that was trickier than I expected.  Back in the LiveJournal days, if you didn’t have an account you had to post anonymously and then (hopefully) leave your name in the post (although many people forgot). Also, it is amazing how many different ways people will write their name, for example you might have Jackie, Jackie Parker, InteractiveReader, Interactive Reader, etc. So I’m sure I missed counting some of the comments. And, of course, some of you have been with me longer than others. 

So, without further ado, the rankings are as follows:

  1. Myself – 87 comments
  2. Jackie – 85 comments (but I bet she has more than 87 because I’m pretty sure I missed counting some)
  3. Jen – 37 comments
  4. Meg – 32 comments
  5. Anna – 31 comments

Notice that most of the top commenters have blogs or webpages to link to, except Anna…time for someone to get a blog…

If you’re wondering where Sara came in, it was very near the bottom at 6.  That was actually more than she thought she had. I guess she can comment to me more directly if she feels the need.

So anyway, thanks everybody for your attention over the years, but thanks especially to the 500 times you bothered to actually comment! Even after all this time I still get excited when I see I have a new comment and I rush to read it first thing in the morning.

Now, if only there was a way to get the total word count that I’ve published so far…