In the past, I’ve used the first post of the year to go over the stats from the previous year. But after eleven full years of doing this, things haven’t really changed. I post about the same number of essays, get no significant increase in the number of visits or views, and the same old posts top the “Most Visited” list. And I always make a comment that I’m surprised that I’ve been able to post fairly regularly, and that I’m still going with this thing.

This year, I feel like doing something a bit different.

In the next few months, expect to see a usual post on the Baseball Hall of Fame results, and another “fantasy” game where I play with the Deadball rules. I’ve got five book and one movie reviews lined up, and I’ll probably do another post or two on my Pond in a Jar.

With luck, that will carry me through to the point where I can blather on about a vacation.

But – I’m also starting to feel that this is more of a chore than anything. Look, eleven years and well over 500 posts is a pretty good run for a silly little personal blog that I do for free. Maybe if it brought in some money I’d be more “inspired” to keep it going. If I do decide to pack it in, I will let you know. And I’ll keep the site up for another year at least – those 80 book reviews and 70 movie reviews are still good, right?

By the way, if you care, 2024 saw 57 posts, over 4000 visitors, and over 5000 page views….