Who in the world...

I've been looking at our Map Loco. (See the very bottom of my blog.) It tracks locations of people checking your blog. And boy did it baffle me. Please enlighten me. Don't be shy.

I get on average 20-35 views a day here from about 15 different cities. There aren't a ton of people coming, but it is more than I would have thought would have even been interested. True, I've got like 36 links to people on my blog. But more than half of those people are inactive bloggers who I doubt even stop by anymore. And I only get a handful of comments from the same people in the same places. I love that people are reading my blog. I am actually very flattered by it. But I am puzzled by who the heck is out there? Could you be one of my long lost friends? I've seen some pretty obscure places on my Map Loco. For example: Japan.
Wang, is that you?

Also, I might add that it would be nice if people would leave me more comments. It is like the equivalent of 30 people going into a gas station. 25 of those people are only using the bathroom and not buying anything. That's how I feel - like a gas station that's only good for its' bathroom. I don't do that to all your blogs. I comment on every blog I visit. Beat that! If you've got a blog you know the delight it brings to see those comments. And of course I live to please. (If you want to know how to have your computer automatically check all your blogs for you and send the updates to your email server, ask Steve to help you. It's a great time saving tool.)

Back to the issue at hand.
As a little incentive to make yourselves known, I am going to offer a little prize. Every person who comments on this post will be entered into a drawing. The winner will get a gift certificate to Amazon. Think of all you could buy on Amazon. Seriously! So come on people, comment away! In your comments be sure to tell me who you are - for real. The following is just a little sample of the things you could buy with your gift certificate.





And one of my favorite books...All things that many of us use every day or at least one week a month!

To add a little flare to this contest, I am going to start the gift certificate value at $10. For every comment I get past #10 (of real people), I will add .50 cents to the value of the gift certificate up to $18. That would cover each of the treasures above and then some. That is also how much my curiosity being satisfied is worth to me. You all know what a curious person I am by now. However, you may only comment once! Contest ends July 3rd. The giftcard will be emailed to the winner.