Overall, posts were down this year. In 2020, I spent a lot of time out of work due to
COVID-19. Happily, I spent 2021 hard at work.
Posts on fitness and cycling were way up this year. COVID-19 posts remained in the top
spot, though 2021 saw only half as many such posts as did 2020.
- Art posts were up. Laurel gifted me a pair of Tarkay's and one or two Barnes this year!
- Books were down this year, which likely reflected my general exhaustion with all things
politics — particularly following the attack on Congress in early January. There were a
couple of books I wanted to buy, but never "closed the deals."
- COVID posts generally reflected the progress the United States had made against the virus
during the spring and summer months. I posted 32 times about COVID-19
during 2021, with no posts ocurring between May and July. Contrast with 63 COVID-related
posts in 2020. Posts to the topic began increasing late in the year, with the arrival of
the omicron variant.
- Posts about fitness/health shot up this year, and for good reason: I decided to finally
get my shit together and be an adult — to stop eating like a 17 year old and ignoring
my diabetes. To say 2021 was a transformational year for me is underselling it — I got
healthy in a VERY big way, dropping from about 275 lbs down to 219, and reducing my
astronic A1C measurement to 7, earning the description "well-managed."
- Gaming posts dropped signficantly over the year, too. I haven't spent much time on the XBOX
this year, except to use it to play DVD's... but I've been loving Grand Theft Auto III
on my PC.
- Geek posts were also way down in 2021.
- Movie posts were flat, though we did go see a few this year. Theaters were prety much
closed throughout 2020. Music posts were also flat, though I played a LOT of guitar
over the year.
- There were several politics and national interest posts over the year, but one of them,
recounting the aftermath of the Presidential Election, ran from Election Day through
to Inauguration Day.
- Several posts to the Texas Life topic were made in February, when the state saw a
terrible snow storm that took out power across the state and killed hundreds.
- No posts on whiskey this year, which is hardly surprising since I gave up drinking like
two years ago or more.
| Topic | Count |
|---|
| art | 1 |
| cycling | 4 |
| COVID-19 | 32 |
| family/kids | 1 |
| fitness | 9 |
| gaming | 3 |
| geek | 5 |
| nation/politics | 7* |
| texas life | 4 |
|