Approaching 50k hits (officially)

My Sitemeter is creeping up on 50k. Unlike some bloggers, I'm not a blog "ho" who spams his blog and/or posts everywhere he can to up his traffic count. I prefer to live or die by the quality of my material. Additionally, this is just a pastime of mine and not a major focus in my life, so my posting frequency varies greatly. I've had a good number of posts highlighted by famous and infamous bloggers. All in all, I'm happy I've made it this far.