My Blogoversary was on October 2nd, and I missed it. (I know, the Sitemeter thingy at the bottom here says October 8th, but that’s when counting started. My first post was on the 2nd).
The other day, I wrote my post # 500, and I nearly missed out on that too.
What I’m not going to miss out on, is visitor number 50 000 – if I’m in luck, that will happen some time today or tomorrow.
I’ve decided all this calls for a celebration, and in true, boring, blogging tradition, I’m having a contest… Well – not so much a contest, more of a raffle.
So – what do I have to do, you ask, eagerly.
There are three rules, and three rules only:
1. To enter, you absolutely must comment on this post. That will ensure you one ticket.
2. If you’re really eager, and in a linky-lovey, friendly sort of mood, you can also link to me from your blog, but please, please tell me about it in comments. (You’ve got to comment regardless, remember?). If you do, you’ll have two tickets. (One for the comment, one for the link – let’s not go overboard here…) You don’t have to write a post – a nice fresh link is all I ask.
3. There will be no tickets issued for subscribing.
Why? I’m overjoyed with every new subscriber, so feel free to do so if you can’t live without my rants. You’ll find the button way up on one of the sidebars here. It’s orange.
What I don’t want is a flood of subscribers (I wish) who unsubscribe after a week. That would be no good for my self esteem…
(Also – I have no idea how to find out who my subscribers are. I assume there is a way, but I’m just happy I figured out how to put the button up, OK?)
OK – four rules: 4. No spam.
And now – to the prize. Silence. Drum Roll. Surprise!
I don’t know. The last time I had a surprise raffle, the prize turned out to be a Norwegian silver spoon, that went to a lucky British Globetrotter. It could be the same again.
It could also be something completely different, but it will be Norwegian. NOT a plastic troll, and NOT a kilo of Lutefisk, although that would be rather fun.
(I guess I could conjure up a plastic troll for the winner, but chances are it would be made in Taiwan, and that just wouldn’t do. Nothing wrong with Taiwan, but it’s hardly local, is it???) Something local, something non-food/non-plastic, and something nice. OK? I promise I’ll get back to you on this.
The draw? I could use that random thingy, but I’m more of a hat person. It will happen on or around December 1st, when the Autumn Birthday Marathon is over around here. (2 down, 4 to go…)
Now, be adventurous and comment away…
Contestants/Ticket winners so far:
Margaret
Sandee
Empress Bee
maryt/theteach
1stopmom
Jaz
Joie
Alison
Chronic Chick
Jessica K
Hana
Bonus!!! To anyone who sees this post – no need to enter the raffle to claim it: A free, no-strings-attached, potentially link-love saturated membership in the 
Blog Directory…
Stumble it!
