The Liquor Talking

It’s Friday, January 1, 2010 and it’s off to a howling start.

Just like last year, the wife and I greeted the new year while being fast asleep. Just like last year, my neighbor down the street set off a bunch of fireworks, right at midnight and just like last year, Toby the beagle heralded the new year by howling about it. I don’t know how such a diminutive hound can emit so much racket. So I got up, put him outside and let him join the chorus of neighborhood dogs who were likewise howling in the New Year. I offered to let Havoc out, only to be met with a “Are you nuts? It’s like 2 degrees out there!” look.

As before, I’m not gonna do a “Year In Review” bit like pret’near every other blogger. I would however like to share some stats.

NOTE: This blog has existed in this form for only 10 months of 2009. The stats then are based on March – December of 2009.

• This blog has been viewed from 74 countries, including the US.
  
• This blog is viewed daily in 24 countries.
  
• The top 5 countries are:
  
  
  
  1. US
     
  2. Canada
     
  3. Netherlands
     
  4. Russia
     
  5. Germany
     
  
  
• The top 5 US states are:
  
  
  
  1. Montana
     
  2. Kansas
     
  3. Washington
     
  4. Virginia
     
  5. Texas
     
  
  
• This blog averages 8,671 hits a month.
  
• The day of the month with the most hits is the 14th.
  
• The day of the week with the most hits is Tuesday.
  
• The hour of the day with the most hits is 5 PM (MST)
  
• The top 5 referrers are:
  
  
  
  1. Google
     
  2. Google Images
     
  3. FaceBook
     
  4. Windows Live
     
  5. IceRocket
     
  
  
• The 5 most frequently searched for terms are:
  
  
  
  1. 845.709.8044
     
  2. 617-245-9609
     
  3. the liquor talking
     
  4. liquor talking
     
  5. elimtevir
     
  
  
• The favorite feature is “Story Time Tuesday”
  
• The least favorite feature is “Scientific Discovery Day” (Friday)
  
• There are 277 entries.
  
• There have been 316 comments posted:
  
  
  
  • 135 were approved.
    
  • 181 were spam.
    
  
  
• There were 416 reader mail submissions:
  
  
  
  1. 322 were from readers
     
  2. 94 were spam
     
  
  
• The top five characters are:
  
  
  
  1. Karate Man
     
  2. Random Fact Guy
     
  3. Captain Obvious
     
  4. Darth Vader
     
  5. Yelling Dude
     
  
  
• There were 8 reported attempts to redeem Hand Salutes
  
  
  
  1. 3 were win (All at IHOP)
     
  2. 5 were fail (4 at IHOP, 1 at Burger King?)
     
  
  
• There were 0 reported attempts to redeem Swift Kicks.
  

It was evenly split between people wanting more and less political/economic commentary. Given that 2010 is a mid-term election year, we might see an upswing in political commentary, but I will try to confine myself to only whenever someone says or does something absurd. I love absurdity in all forms.

The economy on the other hand is (my prediction) going to rebound and rebound in a big way. Unfortunately, this won’t happen until Q3 of 2010 and it will be both artificial and short-lived. Things won’t really stabilize until Q1 of 2011. There will be much to talk about as this comes to pass.

Hands down, you voted President Obama as Douchebag of the Year. Congratulations. Here’s an award he at least earned.

Second place is shared by Bill Orielly and Barney Frank.

Strangely, the top response to “You should blog about ______.” is my personal life. I barely find my personal life interesting. Why on earth would you? I will however, try.

You want to see more artwork and less words. It also looks like we won’t be doing as many crank calls here. I’ll try to find a way to record them so you don’t have to read them.

So that’s where we’re heading. Hope you hang around for the ride. It’s my hope that I can make you grin more in 2010,