Well, I guess that's it, then

Here it is, the last day of NaBloPoMo, and I still haven't gotten around to posting anything really serious or profound. But you know what? I suspect that I'm just not that kind of a blogger. I don't know why I thought I might do that. I guess that because I think about serious and profound things from time to time, and I occasionally talk about them with friends and with colleagues here at the rocket surgery plant, I thought I could write about these things, and post them here for youall to read. You know: stuff like the economy, farm subsidies, urban sprawl, the ethics of animal research, what it means to live in a rape culture -- I'd probably wanna throw in a little epidemiology now & then to lighten things up a bit.

Maybe next year.

But, as I mentioned the other day, I'm glad I participated in this little exercise, and more than a little relieved that I didn't bail out or -- especially -- forget. I actually am taking a break from work to post this last one so's I don't forget it. I'd feel particularly silly to forget to post on the last day. And anything could happen once I leave the office.

Plus there's the fabulous prize aspect. I know that there's a random drawing involved, but I'd like to point out for the record that this is my 37th post in November, and there are only 30 days in the month of November. Which is to say that I exceeded my NaBloPoMo obligation here, and also rather wildly exceeded all of my previous posting efforts.

It hasn't been all that difficult, to be honest. I've had a couple of notable slumps, but I did manage to crank out 28 posts in April 2006; 25 posts each in October 2007 and July 2006; and 23 in March 2006.

For my next trick, I will attempt to post a greater number of posts in 2007 than in any previous year. Which I guess means that I need to add 12 more in December to exceed 139, which is how many items I posted in 2005. I think I can do it. I've already exceeded my 2006 efforts by 28 posts!

And so what if Mrs. Kennedy and her friends don't send me a prize? I'm not in this for money or prizes. Participation is its own reward, right? I have had so much fun doing this, in fact, that I'm going to give out prizes to you!

If you are one of the first eleven people to send an email containing your snailmail address* to me at xmasCD2007 -at- alphabitch -dot- org, I will send you a CD copy of my annual selection of festive holiday music. I'm not sure what's on it yet, as I'm still listening to all of the songs on the Christmas/holiday playlist, and trying to delete whatever I sent out last year. Plus I can see there are some recordings that I've acquired in the past year that need to be added to the mix.

I'm planning to mail them out early next week, so let me know if you want one. I think I still have a few copies of last year's if you want that too. It's got Joni Mitchell, the Be Good Tanyas, the Flaming Lips, Big Star, Bruce Cockburn, the McGarrigles, and Maddy Prior, among many others.

*Your address, if you send it to me, will not be used for any purpose other than sending you this one item; it will never be shared or sold or added to mailing lists for organizations you are likely to disagree with, or to subscribe you to publications you'd rather not get. Word of honor.