TIM WILSON says I’m worrying too much about counters and numbers. He’s right. It’s just that every damned reporter who calls or emails wants to know this stuff, and I feel stupid not answering. Then there was a John Scalzi piece where he implied that bloggers were inflating their number claims. Hence the public counter.

But hell, I should just give up and install one of these (click on it; it’s amusing):

Life’s too short. I mean, it’s not like somebody’s paying me based on this traffic. In fact, it’s not like somebody’s paying me, period, except via the occasional donation. And I like it that way.