Number of people who asked me for a birthday wish list post: 7
Number of people who swore they’d use it: 7
Number of people from above who used it: 0
Number of people who said “Oh, I saw your wish list post, what a great idea! Sorry I can’t get you anything because I’m broke”: 11
Number of people claiming brokeness who then related recently spending 5-13 thousand dollars: 2
Number of people claiming brokeness who are unemployed: 1
Number of people who said they couldn’t afford anything off the list, but they’d get me dinner instead: 5
Number of dinners received: 0
Number of people overhearing above above conversations who said “OMG, you have a blog?”: 3
Total number of items received off of wish list: 2
Items not from my self: 1
Item received: left earpiece for headset and use of soldering iron.
Amount of time wasted on wish list: 40+ hours
Items that failed to post: Socks, sock liners, laptop memory
Laptop hard drives that have failed since posting: mine.
Number one comment by total stranger in moderation que: “Get A Life!”
Number of times my bloging software has needed to be updated since I began the wish list: twice
