244623 Visits and Counting

This is a humble blog, as you know. I certainly do not talk about politics here as much as I do in real life, and everyone knows that writing about politics is the best way to gain a large and devoted readership. But I am most amazed and astonished to report that as of this moment, Living the Scientific Life has received more than 244,623 visits (122,499 as of 12 January 2006 at this site and 122,124 since 12 September 2004 at its original blogger site).

Thank you so very much, dear readers, for making me a small part of your life.

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and Thank you!

because of you I was able to say today that "yes I do know that Storks and Condors are related". Ha!

244623 Visits and Counting...
and you deserve every last one of them.

Thanks to you for an enjoyable and informative blog.

Politics blogs get the big traffic because of media coverage, but visitors to the blogosphere are looking for more than political coverage. Politics often becomes irritating or depressing, and when that happens, it is good to have windows to the natural world for relief.

And good writing like yours will always attract readership and make people come back.