One thousand! One grand! 1,000! 1k! A G! M in roman numerals!
Facts about the number 1,000:
– The year 1,000 started on a Monday on the Julian calendar
– The ancient Egyptians represented the number 1,000 as a lotus flower
– The 1,000th richest person in the world is worth just over a billion dollars.
– 1,000 years from now we may finally have flying cars no for real this time.
Also:
This here is the one thousandth post on this blog! And there’s only one thing to say, which is THANK YOU VERY MUCH SERIOUSLY THANK YOU for reading, for commenting (I have read all 110,575 comments), and making this whole blogging thing so much fun for me.
And in honor of the thousandth post, I thought I’d give ONE THOUSAND QUERY CRITIQUES FOR COMMENTERS! Oh. Wait. Got that reversed.
Let’s try that again:
THE ONE THOUSANDTH COMMENTER ON THIS POST GETS A QUERY PLUS FIRST FIVE PAGES CRITIQUE! Which can be done over e-mail at the commenter’s convenience.
Will we get to 1,000 comments? Well, I’m not sure…. But then again, I didn’t ever think I’d get to 1,000 posts either.
Thanks again everyone! Looking forward to 1,000 more.
Kayeleen Hamblin says
I was so busy reading what others said that I missed it. Man.
It's been fun, though.
Scott says
Wow, was going to do a lalala to help things along, but a few hours into the post and we're at 879. Congrats!
Courtney says
You are my dream agent. Here's hoping I win!
SammySosa says
Momma needs a new pair of shoes
Katrina L. Lantz says
Wow! There must be a lot of people online right now! Congrats to Carol!
Nathan Bransford says
Holy cow my inbox is crazy!
Porter Anderson says
Congrats, Carol!
maine character says
Can't stop…
Kayla Olson says
Well, this was a fun party.
Dude.
That went by rather quickly.
Nicole Zoltack says
Congrats, Carol!
John B says
Just tossing this in to mess with you.
Anthony says
Congrats, Carol!
Ishta Mercurio says
Carol, you lucky duck!
Adele Richards says
ARGH. Was I two comments off????
Em says
Oh, good grief– in the time it took to type a sentence & hit "publish," we zoomed well past 1000.
Well, I tried. And the congratulations stand.
Kaitlyne says
Woohoo, Carol for the win?
Yeah it was freezing up on me, too. Took three tries to get something through. 😛
Shawn Kamesch says
By the way, that whole process was hilarious! Good times….
Ermo says
Can we do it again?
Adele Richards says
Ahhh, it's been fun, everyone! Thanks Nathan!
Carol says
Holy crap!
And I mean that in the nicest way! My screen said 970 when I posted that!!!
And Nathan was my very first agent rejection too ;).
Reesha says
CAROL! It was you! You have the lucky fingers.
Congrats!!!!!!
Deb says
Congratulations Carol!
Marilyn Peake says
Gah! Blogger had a glitch. Trying again…
Scott says
Hehe. Just kidding. Already gone way over while I was twiddling my thumbs.
maine character says
Well, we can say we were here.
Congrats, all! I had a blast, and met some cool people.
A.B. Fenner says
Congrats, Carol!
His Lobster says
HOLY COW!!! I posted my last comment before we even broke 900 and now it's at 1052!!!! WAY TO WHOEVER WON!!! Did Ed show up on your door step?
@JohnO–we were both wrong 🙁
Alyson says
Consolation is I was only 3 minutes off my prediction. Well, there's a reason I'm not a mathematician…
Nicole Zoltack says
Thanks Mira, I'll keep your advice in mind. 🙂
cookie says
Congrats Carol!!
Reesha says
I hit every 100 mark I tried for, except for like three of them, and then I was 6 comments off.
6 is not bad. I'm proud.
Thanks, Nathan, for an entertaining afternoon.
Kaitlyne says
Man that was crazy haha. Fun, though. Okay, I've got ten minutes to get some work done. Been fun, guys. 🙂
Scott says
Hey, I have an idea, let's just keep going and going and never stop posting…
Dawn Pier says
And about that Coke Classic comment Nathan – Did you know that in Mexico, you can still get coke in returnable glass bottles that are sweetened with CANE SUGAR instead of that awful high fructose corn syrup? It is truly nectar of the gods…the soda gods, whoever they may be. Classicus Colatus? Fantaphonie? Spriticus?
maine character says
Now we just have to wait for Nathan's 2000th post.
See you there!
Ishta Mercurio says
Congrats, Carol, and congrats to Nathan!
Thanks for the blog party!
Mesmerix says
That was so much fun. I was all around that end number, SIGH!
Ah well. Fortunately, Mr. Bransford (AKA Super Secret Agent B) reads all his queries. So, there's always a chance!
Congratulations and take care everyone.
Scribbler to Scribe
Nina says
Yup maine, come one Nathan. Get on with it!
Reesha says
I was only 2 minutes off my prediction! Huzzah!
Good guessing, Alyson, btw.
Adele Richards says
Congrats to Carol!
Mira! No blog? Fie! Ah well, I'll join the forums and catch you there maybe…
My blog is a couple of years out of date!!!
Goodnight all
Sweet Dreams
Katzie says
Congrats Carol!! Thanks for the fun Nathan! I think Blogger had a slight heart attack when everyone rushed for 1000. ^_-
William says
Woah, it jumped from like 890 to 1080! I guess we had some lurkers.
Christauna Asay says
What a party. Time to go run off some of this adrenaline. Congrat's Carol.
Cathi says
That was fun! Congratulations Carol!
Marilyn Peake says
Darn. I tried to post when your Blog said Comment # 970, but Blogger gave me a weird message that the site was being edited and couldn’t post a new comment.
Ruth says
Congratulations, Carol!
& Nathan of course. Yes, we want you that much…
Porter Anderson says
Carol, if he rejects you again, we'll withhold his deli shipment.
Reesha says
Dawn – I love the Mexican coke that's made with real sugar.
I also like the fact that all the bottles actually say "Retornable" on them. It's been several years and they have yet to fix the typo.
Nina says
carol: Well that's Karma for you
Nathan: What's going on with your inbox?
Nathan Bransford says
dawn-
Yeah, Mexican coke is the best!