I know that I haven't done this in a few years, but I really want to express how much I appreciate each and every one you stopping by here as often as you do. When I started doing this in May of 2003, I would have thought that you were insane if you told me that there would be as many of you as there are. According to Blogger, 53,047 of you decided to take a look in the last month. That's nothing less than stunning to me.
I really don't know what you get from the nonsense that I put up here, but I know that I get a lot from you reading it. It's really heartening to know that so many people are interested in an independent perspective that you're not likely to find on cable news or the enormo-blogs.
And you know what? I wouldn't trade the audience I have for the world. For the most part, when you folks comment, you often sharpen my own thinking. I don't do this to show off how smart I am. I want you to challenge me, and you very often do. That makes me a better person in process, or at least I like to think so.
I also get that this is often an easy read. Some days I'll go on about an obscure political issue that you might not know about or not want to know about, and on others, I'll write about my love of pornography. On any given day, with each and every post, I know that half of you are going to be infuriated or disgusted with what I do. But the numbers show that you keep sticking around.
A couple of years ago, I faced a legal challenge to my views, and I couldn't have been happier with how so many of you offered to support me. And just as many people who disagree with me regularly offered financial help as those that do. I couldn't bring myself to take your money, but I want all of you to know how much your support meant to me, and still does.
I know that you people are busy with your daily lives, and there are any number of blogs out there for to read. The easiest thing in the world for you would be to go elsewhere and have your own beliefs re-affirmed for you in three of four paragraphs. Instead, a lot of you come here, knowing that you'll frequently be offended by what I have to say.
That means more to me than I'll ever know how to say. But I do want to take this time, on this day, to thank each and every one of you from the bottom of my heart for all of the support and love that you've shown me over the years. I have a hard time believing that I deserve it.
I guess I don't have anything else to say other than Happy Holidays. May the New Year bring nothing but the best for all of you and those closest to your hearts.
Thank you.
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