Side Salad

THE SALAD BOWL TURNS 1

So, today marks the anniversary of Side Salad. That a year has passed and Side Salad is still here amazes me as much as I'm sure it does you.

During that time, I've had plenty of stumbles, both verbal and technical. And yet, I've been able to overcome my own stupidity enough to find friends to help me along the way.

That this thing attracts any readers at all is somewhat of a mystery to me. But when you mix sombreros, chicken wings, Hulk hands, mullets and whatever else you can throw into the stew, you're going to attract attention.

For the morbidly curious or pathologically bored, here's a look at the Salad bowl's first year by the numbers:

Number of posts: 659 (including this one)

Number of times the word "goddamn" was used: 7

Number of times the word "fuck" was used: 11

Number of times the word "fuck" was used because of a Blogger-related malfunction: 10

Number of times the word "shit" was used: 31

Number of times the word "shit" was used to describe a Blogger-related product: 30

Number of posts with the word "sombrero": 12

Number of posts featuring the word "wings": 17

Number of times the blog went on hiatus: 2

Number of official hissy fits: 2

Number of "Your Moment of Britney" posts: 13

Number of posts featuring Alan Snel, publisher of Hudsonian.com: 25

Number of posts including Willie Drye, author of "Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935" and senior correspondant at the Side Salad Doppler 2000 Weather Center in North Carolina: 12

Number of times the name "Rommie" appears: 12

Number of times the name "Mitch" appears: 14

Number of posts featuring the word "booger": 3

Number of site visits: 6,570

Number of people who found the site through a browser by searching for the word "salad": 6,569 (approximate)

Most consecutive days without a new post: 58

Number of mentions of the Olsen twins: 2

Number of mentions of the Olsen twins as a ploy for increasing site traffic: 2

Number of hits generated by mentions of Olsen twins: 412 (approximate)

Number of times the word "skank" has been used: 3

Number of times the word "skank" has been used to describe Paris and Nicky Hilton: 1

Number of times the words "flash mob" appears: 9

Number of times I regret using them: 9