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July 21, 2006
100 bucks to 1 of 500 commentators
Congratulations to the blog! Here are tonight’s statistics:
Total number of hits: 5,003,941
Average per day: 5,578.93
Last seven days: 55,893
Today since midnight GMT: 9,415
Like Robert Gale at A Welsh View, I’ve been blogging for nearly 3 years, and just hit the 5 million hits. Volume of visitors had been noticeably slower in the last few months, either because of some new Google indexing or because people are simply getting tired of this same ol’ stuff. So I need to thank the folks behind the sites that generate the highest spikes in traffic recently, especially Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing, “Rasbobbo” at Daily Kos and Caddis from Metafilter. (Hello, Cad’). And to all the many other linkers & bloggers and readers, thanks a lot - I blog for you.
Now, if you read this, I’d like you (again) to post a comment below, just “Hello” will be enough. If I get 500 or more Hello’s, I will award $100 cash prize to one random commentator.
Here are the only rules: The 500 comments have to be posted within 30 days of today. The person who leaves the first comment may pick up the winner if they wish. If they don’t, the second commentator may do so, or the third, etc. If no one of the first 10 commentators will be willing to pick up a winner at the end of the “game”, I will pick one reader myself after drinking a couple of shots. The criteria by which this random person will be picked will manifest itself only then, so don't try to figure it out now. I will post the name of the winner here. The reward will be sent via Paypal or a regular check. Please make sure to use a real email address. Your address, obviously, will never be used for any other purpose. Only one comment per household. NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR ODDS OF WINNING. ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS APPLY. (By the way, I planned of composing this little gimmick before reading of Jakob Lodwick’s digg contest, so here, I’m late again)
July 25 August 12, 2006 Update: 101 490 Hello's - Only 399 10 to go!
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August, 15, 2006: Mission accomplished! We have a winner ! (But keep leaving comments here, if you got so far)
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Comments
hi hanan, thanks a lot for your site. i visit it every day and have found a lot of links nice to visit. don´t know how you find them all ... thanks again, uwe.
Posted by: uwe at Jul 22, 2006 2:31:16 AM
I've seen some pretty cool sites because of you. Thanks.
Posted by: Cuidado at Jul 22, 2006 3:39:09 AM
Greetings.
Mr Random Commentator here, A thousand hello's to you Hanan ....
Posted by: dodderyoldfart at Jul 22, 2006 4:01:13 AM
MOre articles on mega-eco-self-sustaining communities of the near future...thanx.
Posted by: doug at Jul 22, 2006 6:16:34 AM
Howdy, great site! Tim
Posted by: Tim at Jul 22, 2006 6:21:44 AM
Hanan, my day just wouldn't be complete without visiting Growabrain, even if I don't comment frequently!
Posted by: Karen at Jul 22, 2006 6:28:10 AM
Hanan, you're part of my daily routine (along with flossing). I love that you respond directly to comments.
Posted by: Marilyn at Jul 22, 2006 6:31:11 AM
Hanan - You know I'd never miss an opportunity to randomly win cash! I read you via RSS these days. I really should click through more often.
Posted by: MJ at Jul 22, 2006 6:53:40 AM
you're part of my 'daily reads' bookmark folder =)
Posted by: cj at Jul 22, 2006 6:57:24 AM
Hey, congratulations. Keep up the good work; this is a daily must see!
Posted by: John at Jul 22, 2006 7:09:45 AM
An everyday addiction... My brain has certainly grown over the last couple of years of links.
I always was a sort of human linkfilter, my brain is stuffed full of random information, now it's overflowing, dammit.
Keep going, five million people and counting!
Posted by: soubriquet at Jul 22, 2006 7:22:58 AM
Most blogs get boring after a while, but not yours! :)
Posted by: flutefish at Jul 22, 2006 7:38:00 AM
HOWDY!
Do I win if I shout?
I've told you this before, but excellence comes with boundaries. The reason you don't get many comments is the same reason people don't want to talk when they come out of a movie that was so wonderful they're afraid speaking will ruin it.
Posted by: Phoenix at Jul 22, 2006 8:05:06 AM
Bonjour Hanan,
Je continue de vous lire sans jamais m'ennuyer. Vous avez créé le meilleur blogue sur le web. Continuez de nous divertir ainsi et merci!
Posted by: Marie-Cécile at Jul 22, 2006 8:13:06 AM
Hanan,
As always, I'm still enjoying your blog tremendously!
Posted by: dustin at Jul 22, 2006 8:16:57 AM
Hello
Posted by: Antonio Gomez at Jul 22, 2006 8:18:30 AM
You da man, Hanan! Your consistent quality blogging is an inspiration and a good healthy kick in the ass for a new blogger such as myself, and co-posting with you was a blast. May your beard grow long and your comments even longer!
Posted by: Patrick at Jul 22, 2006 9:14:00 AM
Love the blog! Check it every day! Hello!
Posted by: Bob Latchaw at Jul 22, 2006 9:24:46 AM
Wow, 5 million visitors, that's amazing, Hanan! Congratulations! Maybe someday I'll hit, oh, I dunno, 50 thousand. :)
Posted by: Elayne Riggs at Jul 22, 2006 10:43:23 AM
you changed the game with this one.
bloggers have a whole new standard to live up to now. good luck to you.
Posted by: nico at Jul 22, 2006 11:08:42 AM
Hey, I'm in - "Hello!"
Posted by: K. A. Pearlman at Jul 22, 2006 11:15:10 AM
Hanan,
Hard to bag Growabrain into any of your typical categories. Just doesn't fit. Oh, wait, this is about real estate, isn't it? One of my favorite blogs.
Posted by: richard at Jul 22, 2006 11:56:16 AM
Never been much for comments, but, hey, a hundred bucks is a hundred bucks, right?
Posted by: Dan at Jul 22, 2006 12:21:58 PM
Hello - I agree with Dan.
Posted by: Sam at Jul 22, 2006 12:25:23 PM
I say hello with my little trackback and I have always, from the very first, luved the growabrain.
My effort for more hellos @
http://pajamasmedia.com/2006/07/say_hello_win_100_maybe.php
Posted by: Van der Leun at Jul 22, 2006 12:28:48 PM
"Hullo," said Pooh.
Posted by: beajerry at Jul 22, 2006 12:30:35 PM
Hi, I've been a reader of your blof for a long time now. You and a few others inspired me to start www.bitsandpieces1.blogspot.com a couple years ago. I haven't hit 5 million hits yet, but we're picking up steam. Thanks for all your work. Great blog.
Jonco
Posted by: jonco at Jul 22, 2006 12:31:25 PM
hello!
Posted by: Dave at Jul 22, 2006 12:43:16 PM
Hello!
Posted by: guinnesslab at Jul 22, 2006 12:52:10 PM
Hello!
Posted by: Nathan at Jul 22, 2006 12:58:30 PM
Hello! Elayne pointed this out on her blog, so here I am. If nothing else, congratulations on being a part of so many people's daily blog allowance.
Posted by: Mike N. at Jul 22, 2006 1:02:25 PM
Hello, world.
Posted by: Quinn Inuit at Jul 22, 2006 1:02:28 PM
Hello, hope I win.
Posted by: Cameron at Jul 22, 2006 1:03:28 PM
hello
Posted by: Jane at Jul 22, 2006 1:44:40 PM
Hello from Italy
Posted by: Doris Phillip at Jul 22, 2006 1:45:43 PM
Hi! Happy to comment on the blog of the only chap to (perhaps) have seen Jaws more times than I. I love your real estate links, and can't wait for more news of New Zealand. Keep up the good work!
k
Posted by: K at Jul 22, 2006 2:10:50 PM
Hello,
If your reader ship is down it could be because there are so many blogs out there that we can't read them all any more. I do still read your blog. :)
Posted by: Teresa Boardman at Jul 22, 2006 2:59:45 PM
I didn't even know you had a comments section, and I've been here like, 5,000,000 times. :)
Posted by: Dan at Jul 22, 2006 3:36:40 PM
Hello!
This is very interesting. Like to see how this ends up.
Posted by: Tony Collett at Jul 22, 2006 3:55:59 PM
i read your site daily and enjoy it very much. appreciate your hard work.
Posted by: thomas at Jul 22, 2006 4:45:43 PM
Elayne made this sound cool.
Posted by: Eva Whitley at Jul 22, 2006 7:17:10 PM
Mazel Tov, looks like you built yourself a binyan adei ad. :) Thanks for giving me something fun to do every day.
Posted by: M at Jul 22, 2006 7:54:26 PM
Candy for the brain, Hanan, and for that I thank you.
You inspired me to start blogging and have been a template since.
But your politics suck.
Hope your kin are okay amigo.
It's getting nasty over there.
Posted by: Steel at Jul 22, 2006 8:43:15 PM
Hello! I can use the $100.
Posted by: FedUp at Jul 22, 2006 10:12:13 PM
in the unlikely event that my name gets pulled out of the hat and I win the moolah, I'm going to spend it all on weed. thanks in advance!
Posted by: burst rhino at Jul 22, 2006 10:34:31 PM
Hello!
Posted by: NukemHill at Jul 22, 2006 11:09:27 PM
C'mon , people! This is JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Don't make me go make a blog post on your asses... ;-)
Posted by: Patrick at Jul 22, 2006 11:14:58 PM
Or as they say on the "Dylan Pool" -- Hat me!
Posted by: Patrick at Jul 22, 2006 11:16:00 PM
Hello, give the $100 to Steel up there if I win, he "can use it" :-)
Posted by: Ardell DellaLoggia at Jul 22, 2006 11:37:37 PM
I realized, after being fed a link about tampon crafts, that I should have thanked you for your efforts much sooner... :)
Posted by: Andreas at Jul 23, 2006 12:51:34 AM
how kewl. hello world.
Posted by: kewl at Jul 23, 2006 2:22:29 AM
Hello from Bermuda.
Posted by: Adjustah at Jul 23, 2006 4:22:37 AM
Howdy from Ft. Riley, KS.
Dadgummit, html's disabled. Had a good site, too...
Oh well, here it is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_All_about_the_Benjamins
It's all about the Benjamins, baby.
(not really, I just like the rock version of that song - and Weird Al's version, too)
Posted by: TeaFizz at Jul 23, 2006 5:01:48 AM
Thanks for making my own brain grow at least one size (so far), Hanan!
Posted by: Craig at Jul 23, 2006 6:12:39 AM
I really don't know how you do it, Hanan - yours is consistently the most awesomeest site ever. Hey, if you pick me, you can just give the $ to Mercy Corps, OK? In fact, maybe you could give them some $ now! Maybe everyone reading this could! I think I will right NOW! (end of plug)
Your politics and the view of the world you present through your blog are inspiring.
Posted by: lxw at Jul 23, 2006 7:11:17 AM
Yo!
Posted by: dust at Jul 23, 2006 7:58:18 AM
back again for yet another hello
Posted by: Vanderleun at Jul 23, 2006 8:00:56 AM
Show me the money! :)
Posted by: Robbie at Jul 23, 2006 8:12:53 AM
Hi Hanan - I've been visiting your site off and on for years now.
My favorite link so far has been the .wav file of Dylan Thomas reading his poem, And Death Shall Have No Dominion.
Posted by: tom at Jul 23, 2006 9:48:29 AM
Hello Hanan.
Hope you and yours are well and thanks again for the co-blogging thing. :)
Posted by: ILuvNUFC at Jul 23, 2006 10:13:49 AM
As I told you when I first came across your site, I visit it daily and share it with friends. Thanks again.
Posted by: Keetjie at Jul 23, 2006 10:52:39 AM
Nice site. Nice C-note. Does it help that you're on top of my fave list?
Posted by: John Foland at Jul 23, 2006 10:56:31 AM
Hello! Keep on growing brains.
Posted by: Joel Jambon at Jul 23, 2006 1:19:23 PM
If'n it wasn't 4 Grow A Brain; I wouldn'ta grown one. Oh and by the by...Hello, I must be going. Hello I must be going. I've just dropped in to say I'm on my way. Hello, I must be going!
j.
Posted by: Jeff at Jul 23, 2006 1:23:51 PM
I think we both need a real job....tsk tsk.....opie
Posted by: opie houston at Jul 23, 2006 2:12:37 PM
Hello! I've been reading Grow-a-Brain for ages. It can't be only three years old--wasn't there a version before Typepad?
Posted by: Lisa at Jul 23, 2006 3:15:56 PM
Hello! And thanks for the many great links.
Posted by: Arvana at Jul 23, 2006 4:05:30 PM
Ok, I'll play.
.
.
Did I win?
Posted by: Ben at Jul 23, 2006 4:35:01 PM
Gotta do my part to get to that 500!
:)
Posted by: Nickie at Jul 23, 2006 4:52:51 PM
Hi Hanan! Your site still rocks - but websense does not :( Can only see you from home these days... Hope you get your 500!
Posted by: Renee at Jul 23, 2006 6:41:26 PM
This certifies that I do in fact read and enjoy grow-a-brain. I am also not above being sucked into a clever marketing ploy.
Posted by: Richard at Jul 23, 2006 6:45:28 PM
Love your blog!
Posted by: Kelly at Jul 23, 2006 6:47:41 PM
Thanks, everybody. Please spread the word - I want to send out this check!
Posted by: Hanan Levin at Jul 23, 2006 8:54:18 PM
Hello! :) I quite enjoy grow-a-brain, although I read the feed through Bloglines most of the time, so my hits don't get counted on your stats, I expect.
Posted by: Telophase at Jul 23, 2006 10:16:40 PM
I love the collection of links...
Posted by: Cibbuano at Jul 23, 2006 10:23:21 PM
Hello
Posted by: trevor at Jul 24, 2006 4:21:00 AM
Hello Hanan,
Does sucking up help? How about a little "brown nosing" maybe?
Oh, never mind I just read the rules....Darn, a purchase does not increase my odds of winning...there goes my idea......LOL...Just kidding.
Seriously, I have been linked to your blog since I first started blogging (which has only been about a year) but I LOVE your blog. It amazes me some of the strange links you find and things you post about. You are UNIQUE!! That's what makes Grow-A-Brain interesting to read!
Keep up the great work, and here's an early congrats to whoever wins the 100 bucks!
Posted by: Becky at Jul 24, 2006 5:20:54 AM
Nice work.
Posted by: Ubertor at Jul 24, 2006 7:51:27 AM
I like your blog
Posted by: Kim at Jul 24, 2006 8:00:02 AM
I read you every day.
Posted by: mark at Jul 24, 2006 11:33:00 AM
I'm broke.
Posted by: Jess at Jul 24, 2006 11:38:53 AM
Hello. You've linked to me before.
Posted by: Scott at Jul 24, 2006 1:26:36 PM
Hi, Hanan:
Congratulations on your 5 million. And don't forget, some of us read with newsreaders - so your readership may be higher than you think. :)
Posted by: Sarcasmo at Jul 24, 2006 1:57:02 PM
drink a shot for me
Posted by: Drink a shot at Jul 24, 2006 5:30:49 PM
while I enjoy your blog,
growing a brain is too slow.
I want brain replacement surgery.
May I have yours?
-ron jeffries
Posted by: ron k jefries at Jul 24, 2006 8:58:01 PM
You give great link.
Posted by: weezie at Jul 25, 2006 12:04:50 AM
I've been lurking around here about a year now, and this is my first comment. Sure, I'm aiming for the prize; it'll pay for a couple of textbooks in the upcoming semester, aye.
Anyhoos. Thanks again for the year of laughs and knowledge.
Posted by: Kristy at Jul 25, 2006 12:41:18 AM
Hello. I've been reading your blog for about week now. The first one I stumbled onto was July 13. http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/2006/07/wars_massacres_.html I still can't find the name of that painting. From the Spanish Civil War?
Please grow my brain.
Posted by: Chris at Jul 25, 2006 1:27:25 AM
Goya!
The Third of May 1808: The Execution of the Defenders of Madrid.
Well, it was Spain anyway.
I think my brain just grew a little. It tickles.
Posted by: Chris at Jul 25, 2006 1:33:58 AM
Hello. I start my day with this blog--its great.
Posted by: Jeff at Jul 25, 2006 5:20:14 AM
Hello
Posted by: Beck at Jul 25, 2006 5:20:54 AM
Great way to build the comments.
I will, of course, blog about this. I don't know HOW you keep your inspiration levels up to do this but it's very much appreciated!
Now, gimme that $100 and I'll re-invest in some worthy web thing! (not sure what yet, I'll leave that to my readers.. if I win of course).
Posted by: Gordon at Jul 25, 2006 6:58:46 AM
You are the digg, fark & delicious before there was a digg, fark or delicious.
You are also the BEST at using images on a blog---simply the BEST.
How you keep your brain growing is beyond mine.
Posted by: jf.sellsius at Jul 25, 2006 7:09:24 AM
Hi - I read your blog every day (when I'm at my "real job"), and I don't care about getting $100 from you. I found your blog about a year ago, when you posted a link to my site of sculpture and custom hood ornaments. I just completed a new piece you may be interested in. Have a look:
http://judturner.com/new_work_gal/new_gal14.html
take care, and keep up the good linkage !
- Jud
http://www.judturner.com
http://www.customhoodornaments.com
Posted by: jud turner, sculptor at Jul 25, 2006 7:42:07 AM
Hi, Just stumbled on you page. I like the content. And I really hope you randomly pick me! Any chance you can change the $ for a £ instead?
Posted by: Andy at Jul 25, 2006 7:43:07 AM
This is, by far, the best website. I visit it every day and can not live without it now. Thank you.
Posted by: Jane at Jul 25, 2006 7:44:06 AM
Hello
Posted by: CJF at Jul 25, 2006 7:57:07 AM
Oh goody, a chance to win $100! Thank you for your site, thanks for your link, I will refer to you often because you post interesting and awesome stuff. Congratulations on hitting the 5M mark!
Posted by: Maggie Knowles at Jul 25, 2006 8:03:09 AM
Hi!!!! :D
Posted by: Ana at Jul 25, 2006 8:10:53 AM
Awesome idea, hello by the way :)
Posted by: Rhys at Jul 25, 2006 8:12:03 AM
You need to do something, looking at your alexa chart, it is all downhill.
Posted by: Larry Cragun at Jul 25, 2006 8:31:10 AM
How very generous. Splendid.
Posted by: izb at Jul 25, 2006 8:39:22 AM
Hello
Posted by: John at Jul 25, 2006 9:25:41 AM
Stumbled upon your blog a month or so again, and am now visit daily. Keep up the great stuff.
Posted by: KARYN at Jul 25, 2006 9:43:50 AM
Great blog Hanan-first one I read every day.
Posted by: jeff bates at Jul 25, 2006 9:55:39 AM
Hello. You know I love your site. Keep it up please.
Posted by: Dianne at Jul 25, 2006 10:38:22 AM
Hello from Nashville TN where the finest brains are grown right here at Vanderbilt University, the people are nice and the livin' is easy.
Posted by: Kerry Woo at Jul 25, 2006 10:54:21 AM
Hello!
Posted by: Pete Ashton at Jul 25, 2006 11:25:15 AM
hello
Posted by: mazhalai at Jul 25, 2006 11:27:03 AM
Howdy!
Posted by: Stephen at Jul 25, 2006 11:34:20 AM
Hello, and many thanks for linking to us! :)
Posted by: jinnet at Jul 25, 2006 11:43:07 AM
Tēnā koutou!
Thanks for the great links. Found one of my favorite blogs ( http://www.oftwominds.com/blog.html ) off of your site.
Posted by: Tyson at Jul 25, 2006 12:07:52 PM
Hello (and thanks in advance for all the fish).
Posted by: Brian at Jul 25, 2006 1:21:48 PM
Hello!
I sent your mom birthday wishes...does that increase my odds of winning?
Posted by: Chris King at Jul 25, 2006 1:24:04 PM
Hello. I visit this site once or twice a week. Love your links.
Posted by: Lynn S at Jul 25, 2006 1:54:07 PM
Hey, I read somewhere that some dude is giving away £100 for commenting?!
Oh, it's only a hundred DOLLARS. Bugger that.
Posted by: matthew at Jul 25, 2006 1:56:17 PM
I've been away a few days without internet access and yours was the first site I came to as soon as I got home! I get withdrawal symptoms. You already know just how much I love your site. So many smiles, so many laughs and quite a few 'Hmmm...makes ya thinks'.
Posted by: Julie at Jul 25, 2006 2:23:40 PM
Hola! being read and spreading the word over other tropical places. Sunny thanks (x3) for our daily dose of ´net programming!
Posted by: espinoza at Jul 25, 2006 4:39:40 PM
Hello! I love reading your blog. It is always interesting and i dont have to find all this stuff myself. It's great having someone else do it for me! I visit this thing nearly everyday!
Posted by: Nichele at Jul 25, 2006 6:40:32 PM
Hiya!
Thanks oh-so-very-much for plugging breakfastblogger.com the other day! You rock my world..
Cheers to you!!
Posted by: Peabody at Jul 25, 2006 7:59:06 PM
Hello! I enjoy your blog a great deal (and I'm not just saying that!)
Posted by: Michelle at Jul 25, 2006 8:52:21 PM
I think the reason traffic may be less is the fact it's summertime...let's go outside...
Posted by: shoprat at Jul 25, 2006 10:24:38 PM
Hello...Vienna calling...
Posted by: Wavelet at Jul 25, 2006 11:05:39 PM
bitter, single, cynicism.
*mutter*
Posted by: nick at Jul 25, 2006 11:24:14 PM
Hello from Scotland.
Posted by: Steve at Jul 26, 2006 1:15:09 AM
hello brother.
loves and kisses from all of us
Posted by: dafna at Jul 26, 2006 1:16:34 AM
Hello! It's my birthday in two days, does that mean I win by default? ;D
Posted by: Brian at Jul 26, 2006 2:07:12 AM
Hello.
Posted by: Marcel at Jul 26, 2006 7:34:06 AM
If I say hello twice, does that double my chances of winning?
Hello twice.
Posted by: Marcel at Jul 26, 2006 7:35:11 AM
Hey Hanan, thanks for all the links you have ever posted! This site is one of the few sites I've frequented daily for the past couple of years, and you've even linked back to my old site once. :)
Once again, thanks for the great site.
Posted by: hy at Jul 26, 2006 9:22:20 AM
HELLO!
Posted by: jau at Jul 26, 2006 10:52:39 AM
$100? That's better than a sharp stick in the eye any day. Love the blog...read it daily!
Posted by: Betty at Jul 26, 2006 10:59:49 AM
Hi! Great site. You know what else is great? A HUNDRED DOLLARS. Man, that's a lot of tacos.
Posted by: Kevin at Jul 26, 2006 11:08:21 AM
Cynical-c alerted me to your presence. If it's good enough for Chris, it's good enough for me.
Posted by: Corey at Jul 26, 2006 11:46:09 AM
congrats! good blog, too.
Posted by: jenni at Jul 26, 2006 11:54:00 AM
Hi
Posted by: Caleb at Jul 26, 2006 12:11:28 PM
This is one way to drum up some more traffic. How's this, if I win I'll have an identical contest on my blog :D This way, we'll just pass around the same C-note (and the commenters who go with it.)
Posted by: Raffy at Jul 26, 2006 12:14:54 PM
Love the idea. Love the site. Love the money.
Posted by: sllab at Jul 26, 2006 12:25:41 PM
Er, help...I'm a student! A MUSIC student! in GRAD SCHOOL.
Posted by: KGorn at Jul 26, 2006 1:14:21 PM
Show me the money !
Posted by: Sam Io at Jul 26, 2006 1:24:14 PM
hello. Enjoyed browsing once I was directed here. Thanks.
Posted by: wren at Jul 26, 2006 1:26:04 PM
beer
Posted by: Russ Miller at Jul 26, 2006 1:32:47 PM
STAY GOLD!
Posted by: Grant at Jul 26, 2006 1:37:13 PM
Haha great site amigo. I know of more than a few people who should visit and grow their brain, for I believe they never had one to begin with...
Posted by: DaFox at Jul 26, 2006 1:41:27 PM
Yo. I love your blog. I don't get the chance to read it as often as I want, but it is a regular on my "check it" list when I've got time.
Posted by: George at Jul 26, 2006 2:13:13 PM
Congrats, Hanan. Grow-a-brain has been one of my favorite blogs for ages.
Posted by: garrett at Jul 26, 2006 2:16:04 PM
Congrats on getting so many hits on your blog!!!!
Posted by: ally at Jul 26, 2006 2:27:05 PM
Howdy. Found this via A Sweet Familiar Dissonance [http://www.lynnspace.com/b2/]
Just hoping to win a hundred bucks.
That's about it. Cheers.
Posted by: Stephen V Funk at Jul 26, 2006 2:27:50 PM
5million!!! thats like ....5million people congratzulations...now ah about that 100 buckaroonies :)
Posted by: leo at Jul 26, 2006 3:10:39 PM
Hello, is this thing on?
Posted by: Jorge at Jul 26, 2006 3:39:56 PM
Woot woot!
Posted by: Xaostica at Jul 26, 2006 3:42:41 PM
i think this is something more blogs should do :)
that way, i could have the chance to make money doing what i do the most--read blogs :)
Posted by: Charlie at Jul 26, 2006 3:46:10 PM
Hey, never even seen your site before (got to be honest) looks good, pick me and I'll share it 50/50... ok maybe 60/40 ;)
Posted by: MadFox at Jul 26, 2006 4:28:07 PM
Great site !
Keep it up.
Posted by: David at Jul 26, 2006 4:34:23 PM
Hello from a J-Walk regular!
Posted by: Wendy! at Jul 26, 2006 4:36:09 PM
The Toronto Humane Society gets my $100.00 if I win, if I don't I'll write a snotty letter to William F Buckley.
Posted by: Trev-o-verT at Jul 26, 2006 4:39:51 PM
Oh man, sweet!!
congrats
Posted by: adam at Jul 26, 2006 4:50:15 PM
Hello CFC comment for ca$h
Posted by: paul at Jul 26, 2006 4:54:08 PM
Hello.
Posted by: jestem at Jul 26, 2006 4:54:37 PM
How much can I win if I don't comment?
Rats! Too late.
;-)
Posted by: George Bradley at Jul 26, 2006 4:56:20 PM
Hello from Helsinki, where it has never reached 90 Fahrenheit. Aren't you just a little bit envious?
Posted by: F.Baube at Jul 26, 2006 5:24:27 PM
Hello!
Your site looks nice. It was mentioned on j-walkblog.com that you wanted 500 hellos. Hope mine wins the $100.
Posted by: Jim Richter at Jul 26, 2006 5:26:00 PM
Wow, $100 it should be mine because it´s my birthday today 26/7 and if not so I just wish me happy birthday....
Hanan I think one of the resons for lack of visitors, is me....I didn´t visit for the last 2 months... I´ll try not forget from now.
Posted by: Eitan at Jul 26, 2006 5:26:26 PM
Hello!
I need money to support my drug habit!
Just kidding.
(maybe. it can't be proven whether I am or not)
Posted by: Cai at Jul 26, 2006 5:33:04 PM
Hello. Random cash is always good. Plus, I like your site.
Posted by: Michelle at Jul 26, 2006 5:36:58 PM
Hello! I am also from the j-walkblog.com.
Posted by: Fred at Jul 26, 2006 5:38:15 PM
hello, let the randomness pick me.
Posted by: cathleen at Jul 26, 2006 5:38:44 PM
Pick me! Pick me!
Posted by: ~Q~ at Jul 26, 2006 5:39:09 PM
Hello,
J-Walk sent me also. Maybe I will grow a brain.
Posted by: Carl Johnsen at Jul 26, 2006 5:42:00 PM
I figure if I lose at this one, it's got to help out my chances to win the Powerball Lottery.
Posted by: MayorBob at Jul 26, 2006 5:42:01 PM
hello. Please send me $100.
Posted by: joestan at Jul 26, 2006 5:52:04 PM
J-Walk from J-Walkblog.com told me to stop by and say "Hello". Hello. J-Walk links here from time to time, I suspect one of the regulars at J-Walk will figure out the secret criteria for your "hello" contest. Given that the winner will be "chosen" leads me to believe that the criteria is not too specific, e.g. the longest or shortest post. No "choosing" involved there. Hmmm....let me think what you have in mind for criteria that multiple comments will satisfy. You say you want 500 "hello"s? Obviously, I'm not going to sit here and type "hello" 500 times, but I can help you get closer than some of the commenters who have not in fact actually said hello. Hello, hello, hello*500.
Posted by: Tombraider at Jul 26, 2006 5:54:07 PM
Usually, I trust your wisdom, but the cow was the wrong choice. Peace
Posted by: Doc at Jul 26, 2006 5:55:51 PM
$100 could buy me that glass eye I always wanted.
Posted by: Nick at Jul 26, 2006 5:56:18 PM
Hello hello. I should obviously win the $100 because you linked to a joke on my blog once about 2 years ago. We've got history together, man, ain't that worth somethin'?
Posted by: jm at Jul 26, 2006 5:58:55 PM
Hello Hanan, Good Blog keep up the good work.
Posted by: Fritz at Jul 26, 2006 5:59:01 PM
hello, 'allo? ...anybody there? ...hello I say, is there anybody there...'allo, 'allo there... speak up! I know you're in there...why doncha answer me dammit...now ya done got me blood pressure up...don't make me git up outta my chair now...answer me... "just me ma, don't get excited, it's just me coming home from town." oooh ua gave me such a scare....Hello.
Posted by: arthur at Jul 26, 2006 6:02:13 PM
hello! a blog i read anyways, might pay me to do so? awesome. keep up the good work, always an interesting (and original!) set of links here...
Posted by: adamc at Jul 26, 2006 6:05:51 PM
Hello
I need money to buy food so I can eat and draw cartoons so that I dont need to find a proper job.
Posted by: Baggelboy at Jul 26, 2006 6:14:04 PM
how many is this? you need a comment counter.
Posted by: black domina at Jul 26, 2006 6:21:13 PM
Hello
Posted by: south at Jul 26, 2006 6:22:12 PM
Hello from an occasional J-Walk blog reader...Time to go take a look...
Posted by: Mark Overton at Jul 26, 2006 6:22:46 PM
Hello. Hello. Hello.
(Three Stooges style.)
Posted by: sasha at Jul 26, 2006 6:24:32 PM
Oh! This is wonderful...I get to read an interesting blog AND get a chance to win 100 dollars. I really need the money. My goldfish Timmy has a terrible hernia and needs an operation. If it doesn't work out, I can use the left over money for tartar sauce.
Posted by: Sanford Manley at Jul 26, 2006 6:33:02 PM
Howdy from Montana :-) I'm already a loyal reader of your blog, but for the record, followed JWalk's link here today in the hopes of winning $100. I'll be turning 40 in a couple of weeks and need beer money ;-)
Posted by: Paula at Jul 26, 2006 6:37:26 PM
Hello!!
Posted by: Tom McMahon at Jul 26, 2006 6:37:33 PM
$100... nice! I'd like to say I'd give that money to the cancer research, but I'd probably just end up squandering it on cystic fibrosis research.
Posted by: Ben at Jul 26, 2006 6:39:37 PM
This is a comment.
Posted by: Spek at Jul 26, 2006 6:41:16 PM
Hello
Posted by: Chris at Jul 26, 2006 6:44:57 PM
hello
Posted by: josh at Jul 26, 2006 6:47:54 PM
$100 would buy a lot of chinese food
Posted by: Dan at Jul 26, 2006 6:51:14 PM
Hi! If I win the money donate it to a favorite charity. Maybe one the helps kids. Peace.
Posted by: RMF at Jul 26, 2006 6:51:22 PM
just like nathan lane in "the producers":
please god, I want that money!
Posted by: maledei at Jul 26, 2006 6:54:40 PM
Hey, Y'all! From HOTlanta, Georgia!
Posted by: Marty at Jul 26, 2006 6:58:09 PM
Hey buddy! You rawk!
Posted by: Nillin at Jul 26, 2006 6:59:07 PM
Hey there.
Posted by: Average Jane at Jul 26, 2006 7:03:07 PM
Hello and congratulations !
Posted by: Farx at Jul 26, 2006 7:06:50 PM
Hello. And just a reminder:
The pivot table feature is perhaps the most technologically sophisticated component in Excel. With only a few mouse clicks, you can slice and dice a data table in dozens of different ways.
If you haven’t yet discovered the power of pivot tables, this chapter provides you with an introduction, and Chapter 35 continues with lots of examples that demonstrate how easy it is to create powerful data summaries using pivot tables.
Another reminder: Your Preview feature is broken. :)
Posted by: J-Walk at Jul 26, 2006 7:24:42 PM
Well, here is my $100 hello! I hope it works. I could use the money. Thanks!
Posted by: Frank at Jul 26, 2006 7:26:05 PM
Hello! One hell of a marketing gimmick ... !
Posted by: Jan at Jul 26, 2006 7:26:33 PM
Hello!!!!!
Posted by: wally the duck at Jul 26, 2006 7:29:20 PM
hello
Posted by: Jery at Jul 26, 2006 7:30:22 PM
Hello. How many is that so far?
Posted by: qiktriq at Jul 26, 2006 7:45:48 PM
Hello and good luck.
Posted by: jolemon at Jul 26, 2006 7:49:02 PM
Hello,
Your site is fun and interesting. I gave your page a browser tab in my "home" folder, so I'll be seeing be seeing a lot more of your site in the future.
Posted by: TandCC at Jul 26, 2006 8:15:10 PM
Hi! I don't expect to win the $$$, but a friend linked to you on her blog, and things she links to are generally worth checking out. Oh dear, now I've got another blog to read....
Posted by: Ghod at Jul 26, 2006 8:24:24 PM
I'm hoping to grow a bank account.
Posted by: Brent at Jul 26, 2006 8:26:27 PM
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say "hello."
Posted by: Curtis at Jul 26, 2006 8:28:08 PM
another j-walker. Hola!
Posted by: robin at Jul 26, 2006 8:36:09 PM
Have enjoyed your blogg for a while now. Always looking for interesting websites
Posted by: Hogman69 at Jul 26, 2006 8:38:28 PM
Hello there.
Posted by: Mary from J-Walk at Jul 26, 2006 8:48:26 PM
'allo 'allo
Posted by: eJ at Jul 26, 2006 8:50:36 PM
hello.
Posted by: damian at Jul 26, 2006 9:00:57 PM
bullet in the brain pan, squish.
Posted by: litreofcola at Jul 26, 2006 9:35:50 PM
Hello! A.K.A. "Al salaam a'alaykum!"; "Ni hao!"; "Nazdar!"; "Päivää!"; "Bonjour!"; "Guten Tag!"; "Kalimera!"; "Aloha!"; "Shalom!"; "Szia!";"Selamat pagi!"; "Buon giorno!"; "Konichiwa!"; "Annyong ha shimnikka!"; "Ba'ax ka wa'alik!"; "Sekoh!"; "Bom dia!"; "Buna ziua!"; "Zdravstvuite!"; "Hola!"; "Jambo!"; "God dag!"; "Merhaba!"; "Bore da!"; "Tchum-reaup Suw!"; "Hola!"; "Bok!"; "Ahoj!"; "Hallo!"; "Saluton!"; "Salut!"; "Terve!"; "Kem Chho!"; "Namaste!"; "Dia duit!"; "Ciao!"; "Namaskaara!"; "Annyeong haseyo!"; "Sillaw!"; "Salve!"; "Sabaai-dii!"; "Labas!"; "Hai!"; "Namaskaram!"; "Tēnā Koe!"; "Dzień dobry!"; "Ola!"; "Sat sri akal!"; "Sabbinirica!"; "Ahoj!"; "Zdravo!"; "Hujambo!"; "Hoy!"; "Sawat dii krap!"; "Merhaba!"; "Assalāmu 'aleikum!"; "Xin chào!" There are more, but these are the only ones I know by heart! ;)
Posted by: Quasimike at Jul 26, 2006 9:43:07 PM
many more -
http://www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/hello.htm
Posted by: hanan levin at Jul 26, 2006 9:51:31 PM
Cool idea: I could always use free money!
Hello.
*holds out hands and waits*
Posted by: Angela at Jul 26, 2006 9:56:32 PM
Hey - how r ya??
Posted by: Chris Mason at Jul 26, 2006 9:57:54 PM
Hello
Posted by: Steve at Jul 26, 2006 10:09:42 PM
Hello
Posted by: Steve at Jul 26, 2006 10:10:38 PM
Dont give me the money.
Posted by: Dan at Jul 26, 2006 10:26:33 PM
Hi,it is me! Haha!
Posted by: Stella at Jul 26, 2006 10:29:39 PM
Another HELLO via j-walker.
Posted by: Jim at Jul 26, 2006 10:34:04 PM
And yet another HELLO via j-walker.
Posted by: stephan schneider at Jul 26, 2006 11:02:49 PM
Yet another hello via J walk. Congrats on 5 million hits
Posted by: Hal at Jul 26, 2006 11:03:17 PM
Hello! Coming from j-walk.
Posted by: Ali at Jul 26, 2006 11:15:04 PM
Hi Guys
I got here via J-Walk, . . . .Nice Blog
"I'll be Back" . . .
Posted by: Josef Van Nel at Jul 26, 2006 11:19:24 PM
I saw this link on cynical-c blog website, and all I can say is "please, show e the money!" I am a cardiac ICU nurse who does not get paid enough for all the love and care that I provide to my patients and their families. Therefore, anything would be greatly appreciated!
Posted by: Michelle at Jul 26, 2006 11:23:19 PM
¡Pick me! ¡Pick me!
Yes, I know that"cathleen" beat me to it. But hey, at least I made the effort to check before duplicating her comment. And you'll notice that I put in the cool upsidedown exclamation marks.
Posted by: Will at Jul 26, 2006 11:32:49 PM
hello
Posted by: bill at Jul 26, 2006 11:44:45 PM
Hello.
And because I'm way too lazy to come up with original praise, I'm just gonna wave vaguely at all the comments, and say, "what they said".
Posted by: William at Jul 27, 2006 12:21:06 AM
I won't lie, I like money.
It's fun being a poor college student, really....
Posted by: Dori at Jul 27, 2006 12:38:37 AM
Hello, and thank you for keeping me entertained during my long night at my graveyard-shift job.
Posted by: Amanda at Jul 27, 2006 12:41:08 AM
Hi,
Keep it up, you're in my "fun" rss folder and that's my favorite!
Posted by: Yayo at Jul 27, 2006 12:51:15 AM
I wander to this site like people who find their feet taking them to bars or chocolate shops .. not quite intentionally, not quite accidentally. Love being among people with brains.
Posted by: richard d at Jul 27, 2006 12:59:28 AM
Hellooooo! I ready your blog sporadically - it is mainlt my reading of J-walk that brings me here!
Posted by: mAz at Jul 27, 2006 1:59:32 AM
Hello hope you get all your Hellos
Posted by: Mike Norton at Jul 27, 2006 2:01:10 AM
Better late than never : )
Posted by: Dr. Special at Jul 27, 2006 2:06:42 AM
Hello!
Posted by: Aldabra at Jul 27, 2006 2:25:03 AM
pick me! pick me!
Posted by: Mat at Jul 27, 2006 2:37:10 AM
I have no idea how I found this, but hey! I need to grow a brain. Ha ha.
Posted by: Josh at Jul 27, 2006 3:15:40 AM
Hello
Posted by: Aaron at Jul 27, 2006 3:44:32 AM
Yeah, Hello from me too
Posted by: Kyle at Jul 27, 2006 3:56:08 AM
hi from a Cynical-C reader...
Posted by: ewok at Jul 27, 2006 4:32:53 AM
Congrats on you 5million hits!
Adopts air of innocence, whistles nonchalantly. Money? What money?
Posted by: Joe at Jul 27, 2006 4:46:54 AM
Hanan:
This is an interesting concept for a web site, I did not think that my brain could grow any bigger. But as long as I stick around your site, it will!!
Posted by: Robert Tatum at Jul 27, 2006 4:47:41 AM
Sawubona and Shalom from South Africa.
Posted by: mrock at Jul 27, 2006 5:00:34 AM
Plutôt qu'un hello, un bonjour! Je me suis dit qu'un petit commentaire en Français ne pouvait pas faire de mal, assorti d'un bon conseil: ne venez pas au Maroc (sauf pour du tourisme)!
Rather than a hello, a bonjour! I thought a little comment in french could not hurt, along with a good piece of advice: don't come to Morocco (except for basic tourism)!
Posted by: Antoine at Jul 27, 2006 5:32:34 AM
I check this website every day while trying to kill time at work. It's never failed me. Thanks alot! Keep up the good posting.
Posted by: Dan at Jul 27, 2006 5:34:25 AM
Hellooo.
Did I weeeen? Did I weeeen?
Posted by: Ed at Jul 27, 2006 5:38:53 AM
hellohello :)
i love your blog + stop in whenever i can. if i win the $100, please keep it and do something fun with it. or you might want to give it here, to the charkhas for africa project: http://jumpsheep.blogspot.com/2006/05/introducing-charkha-to-women-of.html
Posted by: linda at Jul 27, 2006 6:05:33 AM
a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men
Posted by: the elk master at Jul 27, 2006 6:11:30 AM
You know sometimes when you're with friends and you tell a stupid story? Well, you're supposed to say, "...and then I won 100 dollars." at the end to make it all better, 'cause, hey, winning 100 bucks makes anything better. But I hate lying to people when I say that. Winning this 100 bucks would mean I don't have to lie anymore. And then I can finally live in peace.
Posted by: Dumbsheep at Jul 27, 2006 6:14:47 AM
www.pkmooney.com loves growabrain!!!!
Posted by: pkmooney at Jul 27, 2006 6:16:16 AM
HELLO!
I'm new around here, re-directed from cynical-c's page. Nice blog... 5 million you said? Congratiolations!
Excuse me my bad English.
Posted by: _MK_ at Jul 27, 2006 6:27:29 AM
A J-walk reader saying, "Hello". To paraphrase Marge Simpson..."Long time hello-er, first time reader." Ahll, be bock.
Posted by: Debb at Jul 27, 2006 6:28:19 AM
I've noticed a traffic slowdown as of late too. Considering that I get maybe 100ish visits a day, a slow day means somewhere around 40-50 visits and those usually people via search engines looking for obscure things.
Congrats on hitting the 5 mil mark. At my current rate I'll hit that sometime before March 12, 2037.
Oh, and hello. :)
Posted by: Chris at Jul 27, 2006 6:52:06 AM
Congrats on reaching 5,000,000 hits. I look forward to seeing much more of this great blog.
Posted by: Gareth Edwards at Jul 27, 2006 6:52:48 AM
Hello!
Posted by: Toli at Jul 27, 2006 6:54:52 AM
free money, where do sign-on?
congrats on hitting the Big 5!
Posted by: cybexvisine at Jul 27, 2006 7:01:06 AM
I sure hope I win a hundred bucks. I plan on spending the money on beer, video games, and probably food too.
Cheers.
Posted by: Jo4nny at Jul 27, 2006 7:06:23 AM
Congratulations on your wide readership! And what a sentiment--given the state of the world today, if we would only grow-a-brain, think how much our world would improve. Keep up the good work, people need thought-provoking content.