For what it's worth, I've read consistently since March 2003. So, surely you have some loyal readers.

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You should NOT beat yourself up like that. I've also been a fan since this spring when a buddy introduced your site to me. I think you're great!! Sometimes I still go back to "Outrageous Yarn", especially if I'm having a crappy day... Just for a good laugh!!

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

I wrote to you once, did you not like it?
Yeesh you're demanding........

I really screwed up the tone of this whole post. I did not mean it to sound as "poor me" as it does. Ah well! If I took down everything I wrote that didn't work as I intended . . . I'd have some very skimpy archives.

And Lala--Happy Holidays back atcha. Never let it be said that I ignore my site comments.

May be losing it? May be?! I don't think there's much doubt there, bucko.

Happy new year. Hey, think about making an appointment to see a financial planner.

F*ck em' all, Skot. You're a genius in your own mind (and mine) and you know it. Your "lost" readers probably have the reading level of sixth graders anyway.

I didn't take it as "poor me". I took it as "70 less losers wasting my bandwidth". I'm sure that's how you meant it.

I've only been reading for a year. I'm not saying you "complete me". I'm not saying life is box of chocolates. And I don't think great responsibility comes with great power. But, some days, your blog is the best read I get all day.

So thanks.

What Skot doesn't realize is that I changed the metrics on his logfiles ages ago. Lemme check something...

Yep, 38 readers a day. Sorry, dude.

I don't think great responsibility comes with great power.

Actually, that's "With great power comesh gribba baltoods."

Not having a message really will get you 38 readers a day. This I know. Ah well. Happy New Year Eve of the Eve of the Eve.

Dude, you're the izzliest of any pfaff! You are def phat shiznit! (Well, if that's a good thing, you are--I don't actually know what those "words" mean.)

According to what you write, as an actor, you appear to be a talentless, drunken lout. However, as a writer, you are phantasmagorically talented. So f*** the wallowing in self-doubt crrrrap and git a-writin'!

Don't read the stats. That way madness lies.

Also, what Squidley said.

Actually, Skot is a phantasmagorically talented actor and a drunken lout of a writer. That's why he doesn't git-a-writin' more. He drinks to drown out the clamor of our demands. The loss is definitely ours.

Speaking as a Happy Lurker, I wish you continued *ahem* success in the coming year. For purely selfish reasons, I sincerely hope you never stop blogging, because I'd hate to have to search for another writer who routinely makes me laugh my tits off as you do.

Have a Happy New Year, Skot. And, if you can be bothered, send the same to the Missus in a note under the door to the closet where you keep her.

Cheers!

P.S. I never thought this was a 'poor me' post; I only thought it was as good a time as any to poke my head in here.

The gin helps, too.

skot: i've been reading for about 2 years, and i've forced several of my friends to do the same, and they haven't murdered me horribly with blunt objects as yet so i have to assume they like this stuff too.
Keep on writing, and thanks (sincerely) for the laughs in the last year. All the best.

Hi Skot,

Tina Kunz here. I read your blog very often and I fully enjoy myself when I do it. That said, what's the deal with that houseboat thing?! I want to do that! What're they called or who's the guy or how do you get a hold of them?

Bollocks, I only started reading a few months ago and have remained a very regular visitor. What can I say, I think I'm in love with the wife.