It just hit me: today is the first anniversary of my initial foray into online writing. Hard to believe so much time has passed so quickly, and even harder to believe that I was initially worried about finding enough subject matter to make this blog worth the effort. If anything, I have far more things that I want to write about than time to write, but I suppose that’s a standard complaint from writers and people who just plain talk too much, like me.

In case you’re the sort who’s interested in statistics, I’ve made 179 posts in the last twelve months — 180 counting this one — and have received 408 comments, including my own replies to other people’s remarks and discounting spam comments. I wish I had some way of determining the total word count of all that blather, but, unfortunately, the Movable Type software doesn’t track that statistic. (I suppose I could copy and paste it all into MS Word, which is capable of counting words, but that seems like more effort than it’s probably worth…)

Simple Tricks and Nonsense hasn’t exactly gone the way I imagined it would — I’ve done far more linking to other material and far fewer Top Ten lists than I originally planned on — but it’s been fun for me, and hopefully for everyone who’s been reading. I joke about having only three loyal readers, but I know that I actually have a few more than that, and I thank each and every one of you for your interest in my egocentric ramblings.

One final observation: I never did get around to writing that entry about my all-time favorite movies. Maybe sometime this year…