At some point right about the time of this posting this note on May 4, 2016, Ordinary Times will pass its eleven millionth page view. At least, 11,000,000 page views since we started keeping track of such things back around the start of the Obama Administration.
I find that sort of thing interesting.
Burt Likko
Pseudonymous Portlander. Pursuer of happiness. Bon vivant. Homebrewer. Atheist. Recovering Republican. Recovering Catholic. Recovering divorcé. Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of Ordinary Times. Relapsed Lawyer, admitted to practice law (under his real name) in California and Oregon. There's a Twitter account at @burtlikko, but not used for posting on the general feed anymore. House Likko's Words: Scite Verum. Colite Iusticia. Vivere Con Gaudium.
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