Contrary to recent rumors, I am alive, and my short blog absence has had nothing to do with the movie "Nacho Libre."

And while I'm not 100% back to blogging just yet, I did want to note two things:

1) StatCounter shows that my hit and visitor counts have been HIGHER than normal over the past 5 days. I'm no statistician, but I think that means you guys like it better when I'm not around.

2) StatCounter also shows that omarphillips.net is approaching 50,000 non-Omar hits! So keep an eye on the counter on the sidebar. My legal team hasn't ironed out the details yet, but there may be something in it for you* (there have to be conditions, as I don't want the guy searching for "gelatinous baby poop" to win something).

Carry on.


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* Note that the "Cate Clause"** is in effect for any contest related to the 50,000th hit.

** The "Cate Clause" states that if, when within 100 hits of the milestone number, you register more than 5 consecutive hits, you are disqualified.