Ragamuffin Ramblings: 2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 7,400 times in 2010. That's about 18 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 170 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 255 posts. There were 204 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 47mb. That's about 4 pictures per week.

The busiest day of the year was May 5th with 125 views. The most popular post that day was If you could make all of one kind of thing....

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, twitter.com, blogger.com, en.wordpress.com, and 1thought2many.wordpress.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for matthew's gospel, god's presence, brian tome, presence of god, and a finger two dots then me.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

If you could make all of one kind of thing... May 2010 10 comments

2

5 Things You Shouldn't Tell An Expecting Couple July 2010 15 comments

3

March: Social Experiment Month March 2010 13 comments

4

How many hipsters... May 2010 4 comments

5

Identity Theft January 2010 3 comments

Why You'll Never Know Who You Are

"These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They're not easy questions because the human being isn't wired to function as an individual. We're wired tribally. We are wired to act as part of a group." - Stephen Pressfield [The War of Art]

"What we don't know is how to be alone. We don't know how to be free individuals."

So the question becomes: To what tribe will I connect?

2 opposing tribes are of The Artist and The Fundamentalist

"[The Artist] believes in progress and evolution. His faith is that humankind is advancing."

"[The Fundamentalist] cannot find his way into the future, so he retreats to the past."

"The difference is that while the one looks forward, hoping to create a better world, the other looks backward, seeking to return to a purer world from which he and all have fallen."

In 2010, which tribe do you wish to attribute your identity to?