Two days ago this humble site had its 24th birthday; my first entry here was on the 20th of November in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand.

I had but 20 posts that year. I didn’t get super verbose until 2003, and if I’m honest it’s probably the creeping horror of the Bush administration that did it. You can look over to the right, under the Archives header, and see the productivity curve. Peak was 2007, with 1,147 posts.

There have been 28 this year. Only 44 last year. I haven’t hit 100 since 2016. Habits die, I reckon.

I do regret every long form post or reply I wrote for Facebook or Reddit or Metafilter now, which ought to be instructive. There’s no good reason to write and post anywhere that you don’t own.

Anyway, Heathen limps along. I have no plans to stop.