Wild Card/Monday — 14.50.13

Sometime today, Huckleberries Online will hit 2.4 million page-views for the year. That’s 200,000 less than last year when the blog reached 2.6 million page-views. But it’s still a solid number. Our experience with a finicky Disqus system for more than a month in the spring depressed the number somewhat, as did my decision not to blog on weekends. Still, it’s a far cry from my first year of operation, in 2004, when Huckleberries attracted 173,478 page-views total — or about the number of a lackluster month today. It has been a great ride. I’m lookng forward to Blogfest 2014 in mid-February when the blog celebrates its 10th anniversary. Thanks for following Huckleberries. Now for your Monday Wild Card …