100K

It appears that the odometer on SDA is poised to turn over the 100,000 visitor mark sometime later today.

It seems like the right time to acknowledge and thank some people - picking a name at random from the sidebar one day at Scrappleface led me to Outside The Beltway. What better gateway to the blogosphere? It's safe to say that while there are many writers who have influenced the evolution of my blog, James Joyner is most responsible for inspiring it. So, if you must blame someone, blame James.

When I decided it was time to move my commenting addiction to my own bandwidth, Kevin Aylward agreed to do the tech work and, shortly afterwards, invited me to guest blog at the wildly popular Wizbang - at a time when few had even heard of a strangely named little blog from Saskatchewan (????).

And of course, the Commissar has been inexplicably generous in sending readers my way. Danka, Comrade. More naughty photos are on the way.

As have others too numerous to mention (but they're on the side bar), as well as the regular readers and commentors who pass along links and ideas.

I'm not sure how I'll celebrate. I do know though, that cherry ice cream is on the menu. Thanks, Jeff.