As the year comes to a close, I wanted to take a moment to thank those of you who’ve chosen to visit this blog, whether it’s to lurk, to comment, or even to buy something by clicking through to amazon.com. I started the blog as an outlet for some food-related writing for which I didn’t have a proper outlet, and it’s grown in scope and audience beyond anything I expected. I’ll end December with over 10,000 unique visitors and over 150,000 hits for the month, and I can’t tell you what it means to know that I’m reaching that kind of audience.
So thank you all for coming, talking, buying, critiquing, suggesting, and cooking. The more you visit, the more it drives me to write. I wish all of you a happy, safe, and prosperous New Year.
Keith, as a relative new-comer to this site& group, I want to say thank you to you for providing this forum/blog.
Really enjoy this blog and your work over at the WWL. Glad to heard that you’re enjoying this one so much because I’ve come to depend on the food and book reviews.
I live in Houston so if you’re heading to Houston for the Minute Maid/Astros College Classic in February, I can send restaurant suggestions your way if you’ll have time to get away from the ballpark for a bit.
Thank you Keith. I’ve enjoyed your baseball related work for some time and I’m glad you’ve created a space for some of your other interests. Perhaps The Dish can serve as a model for your peers; maybe soon we’ll see Rob Neyer’s movie reviews or John Clayton’s craft blog where he tells us how we can knit our own replica NFL jerseys. Keep up the good work, I look forward to reading in 2008.
Keith
Many thanks for the insight you’ve provided here and at espn. It has been good times.
Happy New Year Keith! Thanks for all your analysis of things baseball and the world outside of it.
Keith, the very best of the New Year to you and your family and friends. I enjoy your work – even when I disagree with it.
Keith-
I’m sure we would all like to thank you too–can’t tell you how many times your work (either here or at the 4-letter) has kept me sane at work while I toil through another 3-hour powerpoint training seminar on the tax implications of wash sales and constructive sales.
Keep up the great work.
Enjoyed the blog as always Keith – And its good to have you on ESPN. Plus, you’re proof to this CMU biz school grad that we can personable and sociable human beings. 😉
Thank you for being honest with your writing and for being one of the only writers out there that actually interacts with its readers.
Happy new year Keith, and everyone else! Thanks for gracing us all with your thoughts on literature, food, and the sad state of the English language in the U.S., among other things. Hope 2008 is great for you, and I look forward to reading your work both here and on ESPN for a long time.
Happy New Year. Hope the new year brings everything you strive for.
Thanks for maintaining the blog. I’m looking forward to reading it all through 2008. Happy New Year!
I just found the site and really enjoy it. Keep up the good work.
Rock on!
Keep on keeping on.