STALKER!

Seriously, if you have a blog and you don't use Google Analytics, drop everything and...um...Google it.

Here's the cool stuff I learned today: I can actually tell which states AND WHICH CITIES in those states have read this blog. And for how long. And how many posts. So if I want to see which of my long distance friends across the globe are LYING about having read (I'm looking at you, Colorado!), I can. Cool, huh?

Illinois is in first place (Chicago, Glenview and Glen Ellyn are top readers); followed by Michigan (Livonia and "Washtenaw County") and Arizona (mostly Scottsdale, though a surprising number in Tempe, too). And Florida is only beating out Georgia by one visit!

I only mention this because those of you who live in those places might find it interesting. Or not. I don't really care, because I think it's the coolest thing I've learned all month. Which basically means that I need to go back to school.

But hey, what I really want to know is, who is reading in Wisconsin, Texas, and New Hampshire? Because I can't think of who it would be, and I'm kind of a sucker for anonymous readers--that is, people who read that aren't related to me by blood or friendship.

SQUEE! Our readership is growing! (I'm such a Nerd. Ooh! Foreshadowing....[rubs hands together with anticipation of new post])