I was somewhat surprised to realize that I have already composed 500 posts here on ActiveRain since starting here in August 2007. I will celebrate one year in "the Rain" on August 4th. Since I had one post before actively participating, I decided not to count that one, so this is actually #501. My profile shows 515, but some of those were directly to groups and some were deleted (testing different stuff).
At any rate, I would like to thank all of my friends, regular readers, and subscribers, and some who are in all three of these groups, sort of like a Venn diagram, right? Since I made a relatively obscure and nerdy joke there, I must now post a photo of a Venn diagram in an effort to explain:
So sue me. I was a bit of a math geek in high school, having won the algebra AND geometry awards in 8th and 9th grade. Yes, really.
Lest I allow this post to devolve into a math lesson, I would like to share a few facts with you about the number 500, just because I feel like it, and because I have a history of doing this during my milestone posts.
Speaking of history, THAT was a subject that I did not enjoy in school. Enough. On with the fascinating trivia facts:
Thanks for stopping by to read my half-millenial post (I know that probably isn't a real phrase - so what?).