It's always a rainy day without you

   Today marks the second anniversary of the creation of this blog. The graphic above represents the past year of traffic here.

Some artifacts of interest:

The huge spike right at the left edge of the picture marks the week I was the Guest Editor.

I think the abrupt canyons in mid August and mid November are the result of AOL glitches that prevented the counter from registering hits. At least one of those was the time all of the data in my about me section disappeared into the ether, never to return. I had to recreate it from memory.

The large depression from mid December to mid February marks the period I was without a working computer, and so not posting any more frequently than once every couple of weeks.

A similar, but smaller depression in what looks like the second half of September doesn't ring any bells with me. I can only assume I was being particularly boring for those two weeks. (Having just gone and looked, I can only say, "hellooooo? You were in Italy for three weeks and couldn't make a single entry during that time, remember? D'uh!)

   The graph only shows one year of traffic because I had just installed my third party counter about ten days before my first blogiversary. I have no stats on record for that first year. According to Journals Editor Joe, and the journals development team, StatCounter.com is one of the websites whitelisted to allow a limited form of javascripting in the future. Hopefully, this means I'll soon be able to track referring sites and search engine strings to find out even more about the people who visit, where they come from, and what they want (although to judge by what my friend Jaquandor regularly discovers about his visitors, that may not be a good thing).
   If I squint my eyes, and turn my head just so, it seems to me that the graph displays a general upward trend in traffic. That would be cool, if true. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who comes by and reads regularly, whether you comment or not. It is rewarding having an audience, even a small one. I appreciate you.

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