Way to deflate my balloon, Mr. No Name Guy
So, the 50,000 visit milestone came and went. The sad news is that it wasn't a regular. Pity, because I was prepared to give out a new car. And not like Oprah, where you'd still have to pay taxes, I was gonna give you the car under the table. But no.
Instead, it was someone who I don't recognize. (I may have mentioned this before, I check StatCounter fairly regularly. In fact, I don't know any of your names, just your IP addresses. Hi, 128.171.47.102!) The 50,000th visitor was an unknown, though it was someone from my hometown. Probably one of the ladies from the pool. How many times do I have to say that I'm not interested?! I'm married.
Rather than have a party for an unknown guest of honor, I'll chill the champagne until the 4,000th comment. At least that person will be able to enjoy it.
Oh, and thanks to all of you regulars who were responsible for most of the first 49,999 visits. I'm not gonna get all "teenage girl the night before graduation" on you or anything, though. Let me just say thanks, give you one of those one-armed, pat-on-the-back hugs, and be on my way. Gangstas don't show emotion, so it's the best I can do.
Comments
cadiz12 said:
you know why you're so cool, omar? because you put something new up at exactly the moment when i thought i'd take this multipurpose office telephone cord and string myself up from the ceiling right here in my office.
bless you. sorry, the wind got knocked out of your 50,000 sail-abration.
sorry, i'm not responsible for any bad puns; i'm in a dungeon.
Viking said:
Are you sure it wasn't me?
I hope I can return these 50,000 balloons...
Radioactive Emo said:
Tragedy! Argh! And I *so* wanted a car small enough to fit under a table.
I need a minute to compose myself.
demosthenes said:
I, like my role model Derek Zoolander, had already stepped up the stage to accept the award. You, like out-of-fashion rocker Lenny K, have just ruined the illusion...
smt said:
Here is some geeky information regarding the 50,000th visitor:
- IP Address -
128.171.47.102
- Hostname -
jayb.its.hawaii.edu
- ARIN Results -
OrgName: University of Hawaii
OrgID: UNIVER-25
Address: 2565 The Mall
City: Honolulu
StateProv: HI
PostalCode: 96822
Country: US
NetRange: 128.171.0.0 - 128.171.255.255
CIDR: 128.171.0.0/16
NetName: HAWAII
NetHandle: NET-128-171-0-0-1
Parent: NET-128-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Assignment
NameServer: DNS1.HAWAII.EDU
NameServer: DNS2.HAWAII.EDU
Comment:
RegDate: 1988-06-06
Updated: 2000-10-25
RTechHandle: ZU32-ARIN
RTechName: University of Hawaii Keller Hall202
RTechPhone: +1-808-521-2879
RTechEmail: netcontact@hawaii.edu
cadiz12 said:
that's some scary stuff, omar.
I said:
SMT, I should have known your first comment here was going to be of the geeky variety.
That IP wasn't actually from visitor #50,000, I just picked an IP from StatCounter from someone who was searching my site for the "formula 410 commercial."
#50,000, according to my sources, was an upstate New Yorker running Mac OS X.
Katie said:
Oh man... I really need a new car.
jasmine said:
so my lurkers work at raytheon and halliburton. and i think that's weird.
Nadia said:
Congratulations, Omar!
I so need to get my StatCounter back up.
X said:
Comment #3665! Do I get a prize?
---X
wendela said:
Most of my lurkers are from the government, not the pool. Does that mean something? Should I be worried?
Anyway, I'll keep commenting. One of these days I'll win something.
Lia said:
How sad. But as long as the champagne stays cold, there's hope.
Just don't put the champagne under the table. It's a good way to start a furniture fight.