One Year

Today marks the one year anniversary of my first post on this blog.  That first one was a This Day in History post about the Scopes Monkey Trial.  I copied it verbatim from History.com which sends me a daily email.  Later I added Word of the Day because of daily emails I get from Merriam Webster containing great etymology content.  Eventually I found the Roxhikes category was a good place to park hiking-related stuff.

Although I do sometimes post on Current News, with very few exceptions I avoid politics like the plague.  If you don’t like that choice, well then, you can sue me – or start your own blog.  Or maybe you could throw your hat in the ring for the Democratic presidential primary like everyone else with a pulse and a platform these days.  <Ahem.>   Moving on…

What has happened – blog-wise – over the course of a year?   For one thing, we’ve cycled through a whole year’s worth of history.  As a result I’m now less inclined to find much of historical interest out there:  Been there, done that.  Also, dewconsulting.net/blog has become a bit less derivative.  That is to say, it’s more original, more in my own signature style and voice.  I guess if God is gracious, it has also become a bit more amusing – yet ever informative.  And of course, it’s always free, always 100% safe and secure, and usually a ton of fun.

 

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Speaking of fun, a few words about statistics are order – not that statistics are ever anything but deadly boring.  But the simple fact is this: The most poplar posts on this forum have always been humorous.  Puns, cartoons, and offbeat stories like “The Darwin Awards.”  Oh, wait… I’ve never done a “Darwin Awards” post, you say?  Well, never fear. That’s one oversight sure to be corrected soon.   You been warned.

The most viewed post thus far? It was one about a pun-filled roadside sign at the Indian Hills Community Center.  A close second? That was probably either a New Year’s cartoon titled “Breakfast at Epiphanies,” or one of the many New Yorker humor selections I feel it’s my constitutional right to hijack since I’m a subscriber.  One additional word of warning though:  I recently let my subscription lapse, so if in future you find yourself in need a humor fix you might have to fork over your hard-earned cash to Condé Nast like the rest of the paying public.  Sorry folks, capitalism still rules, even when it comes to a hard-core Lefty rag like the New Yorker.

As I said, fun is the main attraction here, even if that’s not what first comes to mind when you encounter something called “dewconsulting.net.”  If I were to write only dry technical stuff about computers or business instead of passing along puns and cartoons, I bet readership would fall off pretty quick.  Correct me if I’m wrong here?   Hey, there’s always Wired and the WSJ…

 

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Yikes!

 

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As promised….