2006

Okay, so this is late. I often don't bother with Year in Review kinds of things. But last year was really exceptional for me when it comes to blogging. Basically I went from being pretty much unknown except to a handful of random people to achieving a level of infamy previously unimagined by me.

At the beginning of 2006 hardly anyone had heard of "mole333." Now, I kid you not, I have had a local judge come up to me after a political meeting and say "Hey, you're that blogger guy." Three rival candidates and the campaign of a fourth rival all read my coverage of the NY-11 race and sometimes even took my online advice to heart. The Republican even took my off hand statement that "the Democrats could run a sponge cake and still beat any Republican in the district" and started to refer to himself as the "non-sponge cake candidate." I have been called by BBC radio twice and interviewed by a NY Times reporter. What happened? What got me noticed?

I am not even sure I know. Probably pure luck.

My favorite bit of recognition, though, came from a high school student who wrote to ask my permission to use a piece I wrote on Health Care in America, for a report she was writing. She somewhat sheepishly asked if I could give her more info on who I was because her teacher might not like it if she referenced someone named "mole333."