Two years on

I’ve been blogging for two years now. I started Forget the Footnotes in January, 2006. The first year was an exhilarating, exhausting, roller-coaster ride. I got a book out of it though — and experiences that produce books are never in vain.

The Mangoes has been running for a year. I’ve written 113 posts and visitors have left some 225 comments. I’m much obliged. In fact I’ve had 46,345 visitors during this time (including 115 visitors yesterday!). Not bad for a little blog. It’s still great fun to write online.

Btw, these are some of the Google search terms that take readers to the site in the last couple of days:

* chinese ancestor worship
* sexual arousal in sauna
* the emperor’s giraffe
* the best universities
* imperialism in China
* LSE sucks lemons
* “no altars on this long and lonesome road”
* durian
* being and time
* meaning and nothingness
* Hong Kong desserts
* Obamania
* john madeley
* whack my butt and make it runny
* the ubuntu revolution

A pretty eclectic mix, I’d say. I’ll try to keep it that way.