AmP's 4,000th Post

Four thousand posts ....

1,532 this year alone ....

It's enough to make a young guy feel old! I mean, some of those are pretty long. I can't even begin to imagine how much time that represents. For instance, I think it's a safe estimate that only about a tenth of what I read eventually makes it to the blog. So that's 40,000 sources ... at least. Oh, and those blogger tech issues - *shudder*.

To celebrate this marker, I'm going to take a little break. It seems many of us are suffering a little post-election burn-out/postpartum depression, and I'm no different. There's plenty plenty to be done, but I'm confident that He who keeps the world running will do just fine without me watching out for His fingerprints, at least for a few days (which is all I'll be gone).

Mind you, I'll probably sneak in a few posts until the weekend, but over the weekend I'll be travelling home to catch up with family and close friends, recharge the batteries, visit the old haunts, and commiserate over a pint or five. If anyone wants to assist in funding the adventures, there's always that paypal button on the sidebar - jingle, jingle! I'm just sayin'. ;-)

Who knows, I might find some time to update my twitter page, but no hard promises - this is the closest thing I get to vacation these days. And of course, there's always AMP NEWS archives to browse, comment wars to wage (feel free to post news links in the threads) and ... well - 3,999 other posts to read! This tag is a personal favorite. You can also make me happy by subscribing to AMP NEWS. We should have exciting new content for you soon.

Oh and don't cease sending the emails. As I've said, I read each and every one ... eventually. Blogging also tends to be far more email-based when I'm travelling because, obviously, the stories are waiting patiently for me in my inbox (or impatiently - please, no more subject lines in ALL CAPS. I can read small case just fine).

I'm beginning to understand how I got to 4,000 individual blog topics so quickly - it's hard to stop. With devoted readers like you, it's easy to see why. You're not the only ones who have benefited from these 4,000 posts.