[stats] we all have them, we all lie about them

Those with the ratings sometimes flaunt them like cyberwhores; those without speak of the integrity of the blogger and how we only do it to express ourselves. What’s your attitude to them? I usually post my first three pieces, then the blog-round, then anxiously tiptoe to the unique visitor numbers [largely ignoring hits], then straight to the flags and names like Herzogenbuchsee [Aargau], College Park [Maryland], London [Lambeth], Pilot Butte [Saskatchewan], Torino [Piemonte], Kohlbruck [Bayern], Vidauban [Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur], Paris [Ile-de-France], Kohlstdt [Nordrhein-Westfalen], Nieuwkoop [ Zuid-Holland] - well, are these exotic or are these exotic? The pie chart of country share is pretty vital and I enjoy being beaten into 4th place - the UK, US and Russia usually doing this but lately Australia, Canada, France and Germany are nibbling and the Swiss are so cool with their square flag. Call me a child but it’s knowing I wrote a good piece which was taken seriously after the work which went into it plus the blog-interaction plus this country fun which fuels me up. What about you?