Top Ten Posts for January of 2012

Strangely enough, this last month is the single biggest traffic month of this blog's long and illustrious career. This seems strange, given that there weren't a lot of special events or outside sites linking in. I can only assume this means that many of you put "Visit Matt's Blog More Regularly" on your new year's resolution list.

So, here are the top ten posts of the month!

1. Ridiculous Reviewers On Amazon: One Star Review fo... Aug 26, 2011 This is a consistently popular post. I can only assume that some teacher is sending kids to this post to learn that just because she gave them one star on their homework, that doesn't mean that they haven't written masterpieces.

2. Ten Years! Aug 22, 2008 Every time a man is about to have his tenth wedding anniversary, he searches on the internet for something to give to his wife or a funny picture he can send to her. Every single one of those men gets sent to this post. This post alone has generated more traffic in the last three years than all of Los Angeles combined.

3. The full "Ferris Bueller" ad for Honda with Matthe... Jan 30, 2012 Because everyone loves Ferris Bueller, that's why! Also... it's nice that we can now preview Super Bowl commercials. No more watching football just so I can see the entertaining advertisements.

4. Ridiculous Reviewers On Amazon: One Star Review fo... Jul 5, 2011 Another of the ever-popular one star reviews. I had originally planned to do these every week. There are plenty of ridiculous one star reviews. The main problem is that I am too lazy.

5. Guest post from Ryan Cleveland: How to Hide Mt. Ev... Jan 17, 2012 My friend Ryan kindly agreed to share his thoughts about being a minister who struggles with his weight and health. Honest, open, frank... this was a great post and deserves all the traffic it can get.

6. Ridiculous Reviewers On Amazon: One Star Review fo... Jun 17, 2011 What?! Another of these things? Sigh. I really should do more of these.

7. The 300 Pound Pastor: Guest Post from theologian a... Jan 10, 2012 Author Gary Thomas shared some thoughts from his most recent book. I thought this was a great post, as well. Gary does a great job of helping us see our own unexamined beliefs and where they depart from reality.

8. In which my two-year-old tells me something I alre... Jan 29, 2012 People love these posts where I am revealed to be incompetent by my own children.

9. 20 Things To Do When Your Two Year Old Burns Her F... Jul 7, 2011 Speaking of incompetent parenting! I can only assume that a lot of people had two-year-olds get burnt this month, causing a flurry of internet searches.

10. We're on our way to Thailand! Jan 14, 2012 The traffic from this post was caused by five or six people, consumed by jealousy, who kept refreshing the page over and over, reading it out loud, reading it to their friends and saying incredulously, "Mikalatos gets to go to Thailand? Why don't I get to go to Thailand?"

Wonderful Wednesday: The Art of Ben Hatke

I stumbled across Ben Hatke's work last week, and had to go search him out online. Short story: charming, wonderful art with charming, wonderful stories. I just put his Zita the Spacegirl book on my "to buy" list because I think my nine year old would go crazy for it.

Here's a comic he put on his blog last week:

Aaaaaawwwww!

Now, go visit his site and say nice things to him. This... I COMMAND!

You guys do obey when I say that, right?