My blog by the numbers

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Just looking over some of the numbers…

I’ve been officially blogging since April 28, 2005. That’s roughly 2557 days.

I’ve posted 4,332 different posts – or an average of 1.6 posts per day.

It probably helps that in November 2006 I had 151 posts that month.

I have 27 drafts that have yet to see the light of day – and maybe never will.

I currently have 11 different pages on this site – a number that changes on a fairly regular basis.

I’ve received 2,741 comments1.

I have 34 different categories on my blog (geeze?!) and Faith is the most populated category with 951 posts.

And I’ve uploaded 769 images to various posts – not including images posted to Flickr or various other sites.

I’ve changed directions on this blog countless times and right now I’m really missing the ebb and flow I used to have with just sharing cool things and ideas on the web. Somewhere along the way I got too focused on trying to be a “serious” blogger and started using social media for the random links throughout the day. Even though that’s also led to COUNTLESS broken links on my site now, I miss having a solid repository of those things that stood out to me over the years. Twitter and Facebook just don’t have a solid way of making those things searchable or accessible in their archives.

So, there may be another shift in the works — again. I’m swearing off Facebook again for a month and hoping to use my blog more and more for the posts I usually share there.

So here’s to the next seven years and wherever the journey takes us.

1I know that number is a bit high because I continually find places where Disqus duplicated comments in my database. #facepalm

Happy Birthday to my blog

Today in 1993 the first website went online. Also, today in 2005 I (officially) started blogging.

I started out on Blogger, moved to WordPress and now I manage four or five different blogs on a regular basis.

Surprisingly my first post was a little future telling:

So I gave in. I got myself a blog. I’ve been fighting this for some time, and I don’t really know why. Maybe it was because I hate fads — even though I love being on the cutting edge of everything. Is it just me or is that really ironic?
And despite what it may look like, this is actually my first posting on this blog. All the earlier entries are simply postings of my old columns that people seem to want to continue to read.
Anyways, I’ll start posting my weekly columns/random thoughts and maybe a podcast in the future.
I’m very intriguied by the whole podcast idea. If you haven’t heard anything about it, check out podcast.net to find a listing of what’s currently out there. I’m sure I’ll jump on that bandwagon as soon as I can find enough content to post a weekly show (sounds like my dream of writing a book). There’s so much I want to do — and so little time and content.
Well, so there you have it. I’m live in the blog world.
Peace!
-stranger in a strange land

Since then I have started a podcast (which has gone through it’s own changes) and written my first book.

As my time, schedules and interests evolve so does publishing online.

There’s no telling what the next eight years will be bring (or even 80) but I’m looking forward to it.

Thanks for joining me on the journey.

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PS: I’ve had the privilege of being on Power Talk several times in the last few months. Always enjoy getting the opportunity.

This week we talked with Steve Knight and Phil Shepherd about issues facing the Church and how we can regain the trust of those outside the walls of the church.

Download the audio.

Talking about forgiveness and second chances

89.7 Power FM

I had the privilege of spending some time on Powertalk this past Sunday talking with host (and friend) Rick Walker about forgiveness and second chances.

The audio is about 30 minutes long.

And you can listen here:

Or download it here.

I’m scheduled to be back on Powertalk in a week or so – Sunday, April 7, with friends Steve Knight and Phil Shepherd. It’ll be an Open Line show so you never know what’ll come up in the discussion. Should be a lot of fun!

If you’re in the DFW Megaplex listen in at 9 p.m. on 89.7 FM or you can listen online at 897powerfm.com or via their mobile apps.

What do you think we should talk about on April 7?