The cannon sounds, a new year begins, fear nothing...

Well, everyone, welcome to 2008. I hope we all made it here safely, and relatively hang-over free (or at least with a managle hang-over). At any rate, there's some business I need to clean up from last year yet.

Comments: I had a total of 2179 comments last year (yes, it IS rather amazing that a guy who can't even pick his dirty socks up off the floor can keep such precise statistics about comments on his blog, but then I AM a startling misture of polar opposites). And I want to thank each and every one of you that commented. I'd thank all of you that visited as well, but I have no easy record of who you all were tha visited.

Below is my rather anal-retentively completed list of commenters and the number of comments they left. If you find your name on there, congrats! If you're surprised at how low your number is, comment more this year! If you're surprised at how high your number is, well, I probably was surprised as well, so we're even.

Number of comments: commenter

• 273: Ed
• 215: Onanite
• 123: Truthspew
• 119: Bunny
• 70: Valyna
• 69: Sexy Duet
• 63: Susie the Boss
• 61: Doug
• 50: Mark (My Fairy Godfather)
• 49: Exile
• 43: Lady Xandria
• 41: Ag
• 40: TKKerouac
• 37: Chelle
• 34: Tacky Underwear Guy
• 28: Moonspells
  Vixen
• 27: Ryan (of Ryan & Mikey fame)
• 26: Lime
• 24: Freddie
  Tornwordo (From Sticky Crows)
• 23: A Bronx Tale
  Searabbit
  Simply Me
• 22: Blissfully Wed
  Rob
• 19: Lapis Ruber
• 18: Stephan Rader
• 17: Jade
• 16: Becca
  Snow White
• 15: Jeanniegirl
  Jon Galt
• 14: Coisma
  Shibari
• 13: Craig (from Puntabulous)
  Loz
• 12: Amie
• 11: Amorous Rocker
  Bella
• 10: Artful Sub
  Heidi
  Parispeking, David
  The Persian
  Stratcat43
• 9: ~d, M-Filer, Regal, Stealth
• 8: Enyo, Keda, Professor Fate, SignGurl
• 7: MsBHaven, Semi-Celibate Man, ZigZagMan
• 6: Anonymous, Bsoholic, Charlie, Hella, Lushly Me, Tom's Cock Whore
• 5: Blue, Jacky, JP, Sassy One, Smarmoofus, TechyMike, Uncle Gerry
• 4: 24 Crayons, Devilbluedress, Faggot, Felix & Melissa, Jimm, Joana, Moosekahl, NY Diva, One Guy, Sinclair
• 3: BadBadGurl, Barefoot Mistress, BTExpress, Cooper, Cyber Warlock, Isitmike, Jinsane, Libocrat, Lone Primate, Mrs. ZigZagMan, OldfashionMama, Phoenix, Sam
• 2: Bekah, Bittersweet Me, Broken Blogger, Buff, BX, Dan Vera, Danny, Donnie V2.0, Eric, Fermus, Hollz, Jericho, Just Me, Lecram, Lil Bit, Mad Lizard, Mariposa, MSTPBound, Oh.My.Livia., Osbasso, Palm Springs Savant, Sexy Butterfly, Sheen V, Sophia, Toadee, Tricia
• 1: ~Tim, 3:14, Ameritis, Angel City's Devil, Angeleque, Angeline, Bisquist, Bosteen, Brad, Breechi, Burt, ChickeyMama, CJ, Confess, Crimson, Daniel, Desireous, Doghigh, Drew, Dugan, Dummy, Evilicious Blonde, GraalGuy, Izzy, Jaraiya, Jason, Jeff, Jen, Jessica, Jody, Jon Cox, Jules, Junderease, Katie, KD&SS, Kellie, Keyser Soze, Kiki, KithnKate, Lady Roxane, Lestat, Marcelo, Mark Leslie, Meowminx, Middle Child, Mike, Morgetron, My Girlfriend Is Hot, Nice & Naughty, Ogre, Parispeking Susan, Patti Lake, Pip, Princess Pinkday, Renee, Samantha, Sami, Scott, Semiresponsive, Sideon, Slip Of A Girl, SlutX, SM, Sparkles, Steven Novak, Stuckingfupid, Suze, T.Cole, Thru My Eyes, Tickled Pink Toes, Vanessa, VeganMan, Vexxxy, WhoAmI 929, Wil, Zolamide

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Also, a New Year's Day tradition for me is something I saw on someone else's blog a few years ago: you take the first sentence from the first post of each month and list them. It's supposed to give you an idea of what you're year was like.

January 1, 2007, Monday:
Well, happy new years everyone, I hope we're not all too hung over.

February 1, 2007, Thursday (HNT post):
I'm a big Dallas Cowboys fan, and Freddie knows it, so for Christmas, he tried to find me a Dallas Cowboys Santa-type hatd to wear.

March 1, 2007, Thursday (another HNT post):
At some point in the past, during one of Freddie's visits, we were cuddling (probably post-coitally), and had a camera nearby and I took a few photos of us.

April 1, 2007, Sunday:
Freddie was down this weekend (yay! ) (Hence why I didn't post much this weekend) and he showed me this commerical that he's seen a lot.

May 1, 2007, Tuesday:
I feel like crap.

June 1, 2007, Friday:
Don't forget, if you haven't already, see if you can figure out when I'm lying and when I'm not.

July 1, 2007, Sunday:
"You could be standing neck deep in a shit filled sewer, covered with syphilis sores and shoving a crucifix up your ass, and you'd still have the moral high ground over Ann Coulter."

August 1, 2007, Wednesday (a Wife-Beater Wednesday Post):
For those of you who may occasionally enjoy a more mature wife-beater specimen than what is usually presented here at the Palace.

September 1, 2007, Sunday:
Let me give you the rundown on my friend AJ.

October 1, 2007, Monday:
This week, five photos of some guy named Kevin G.

November 1, 2007, Thursday (yet another HNT post):
I know that we had a theme this week: something to do with what we did for Halloween.

December 1, 2007, Saturday:
So yeah, migraines...they suck don't they?
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And there's a final tradition I do each year: I show the past year's calendars and then i show this year's calendars. And without further ado:




Also, since it's now the first, I'm going to start including quotes with my posts again. I don't know how long I'll be able to do this, cause I imagine I'll have more posts than i do quotes from last year, but I'll do my best.

POLT Oil: 96.52 (+.42); Gas: 3.06 (-) Listening to "Walk The Line" by Johnny Cash

"And you crucified a guy! Don't forget that!" "Yes, well, i was feeling hormonal." - Monet, X-Factor #18