April was my best month ever, with about 41,000 hits. A couple of referrals from Kevin Drum's new Political Animal site was a big part of the boost. Things have tapered off a bit so far in May, but my weekly running average continues to remain at or above 1200, which is as high as it's ever been on a regular basis. As always, thanks to everyone for reading and for returning. Top referrers are beneath the More link.

Though this will be a very busy summer, with the state Democratic convention, who knows how many special sessions, Texas Tuesdays, and of course that big election in November, I expect things to slow down for awhile here soon, as my posting schedule will be greatly curtailed after the baby arrives. I don't know how long it'll take me to figure things out, so please bear with me. We're still 2-3 weeks away from the due date, but with babies you never know for sure.

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401:  http://www.bloglines.com
236:  http://www.technorati.com/
150:  http://blo.gs/



Weblog referrers

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2850: Political Animal


1842: Daily Kos


856:  Atrios


574:  Pandagon


441:  TAPPED


298:  Liberal Oasis


154:  The Sideshow


145:  Rob Booth


129:  The Burnt Orange Report


122:  Kicking Ass


122:  The Agonist




Top search terms

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  156: american idol tryouts

  134: diane zamora

  121: budweiser real men of genius

  107: xm radio

   92: lea fastow

   81: baseball and steroids

   76: andy pettite

   73: schlitterbahn galveston

   72: prime number algorithm

   70: largest rat

   63: ralph nader proclaim was unsafe at any speed

   58: william krar

   57: girls with glasses

   57: world's largest rat