ITEMS WITH THE MOST PAGE VIEWS AND MY FAVORITES - IX

Herein is my ninth annual summary of posts on my blog "Reunite Gondwanaland."  November made the 10th anniversary of the blog.  As of the end of 2019, the blog had over 114,000 page views and contains more than 1150 items of which 101 were published in 2019, compared to the all-time high of 202 in 2017.  The peak year for interest in the blog was 2017. Although there was a general decline in interest in the blog starting in 2018, several items entered the top ten of all time in 2019, (given below).  All the top posts for 2019 came before August and exceeded 100 page views.  The listings follow with all references given at the end of the section.

Much to my surprise, though the posted article with the most page views, all time, is very short (2 sentences) and titled simply "What Does This Mean?" (published August 28, 2012) with more than 980 page views, number two with 711 page views is "On How Much Is Spent On Entertainment" originally published on June 30, 2013.  The post originally got about 70 page views which is pretty good for me, but it was rediscovered in 2019 with a lot of activity, more than 600 page views.  Now dropping to #3 with 629 page views is titled "Teenager" an 8 line poem from January 05,2017.

(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-does-this-mean.html).
(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2013/06/on-how-much-is-spent-on-entertainment.html)
(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/01/teenager.html).

Top page views with some page views in 2019 (greater than 500 page views):
“Break Even Price Of Fracking (547 page views), October 8, 2014
"Michael Flynn" (522), February 13, 2014
“Parallel Government” (508), July 3, 2017
“Pugnacious Politics” (503), July 4, 2017
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2014/10/break-even-price-of-fracking-oil.html
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/02/michael-flynn.html
https://pcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/07/parallel-government.html;
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/07/pugnacious-politics.html


Top page views with some page views in 2019 (greater than 400 page views):
Three more items have over 400 page views,
“Illegal Immigration” with 496
 “Infrastructure Program,” with 466 pageviews from November 23, 2016
new in 2019, “Parallels Between American And Israel Histories” (417), March 9, 2019).
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/02/illegal-immigration.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/11/infrastructure-program_23.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/03/parallels-between-american-and-israel.html

Top page views with some page views in 2019 (greater than 300 page views):
Three posts have over 300 page views:
“Detroit” (365) from October 26, 2016
new in 2019“Buying Politician’s Votes” (366), March 10, 2019
“Remarkable Wilma Rudolph - A Tribute" (337).
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/11/infrastructure-program_23.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/03/parallels-between-american-and-israel.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2016/10/detroit.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/03/buying-politiians-votes.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2014/08/remarkable-wilma-rudolph-tribute.html

Top pageviews of 2019 (greater than 200 page views):
None

Top page views with some page views in 2019 (greater than 100 page views):
General Zinni: Resigns As  Envoy (197)
Conservative And Liberal Straws (157)
Rod Rosenstein, Hero, Announces Coming Resignation (117)
Richest Zip Codes (114)
Let Them Eat Cake (113)

http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/01/gen-zinni-resigns-as-envoy.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/07/conservative-and-liberal-straws.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/05/rod-rosenstein-resigns-again.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/03/richest-zip-codes.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/01/let-them-eat-cake.html

My personal favorites are somewhat different.
I consider "Corporate Tax Cuts: Unintended Consequences" to be one of my best publications, but it got only 71 page views(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2017/11/corporate-taxes-cuts-unintended.html).

It is right up there with" Effectiveness Of Taxes" posted way back in May of 2010 and is my personal favorite.  While this piece ultimately has received 131 page views, which is nice, it hardly competes in favorability with many others published since. (http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2010/05/effectiveness-of-taxes.html)

I would also like to mention one additional poem, though it got only 19 page views "Upon the Second Anniversary Of Apollo 11," the first landing on the Moon [http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2010/01/upon-second-anniversary-of-apollo-11.html]. Normally a couplet or more just pops into my mind and I construct a poem around it. The second anniversary of Apollo Eleven, however, was little noticed which I thought was terrible so this was the first time I sat down to compose a poem from scratch

I would also like to add two other poems, one called "Earthquake." (April 21, 2014) with 44 page views.  I like this because I feel I capture the power and emotion I was striving for in the poem.
and the other "Seagulls Of Myrtle Beach" (11-29-2009) with 25 page views.
https://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2014/04/earthquake-poem.html
http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2009/11/seagulls-of-myrtle-beach.html

Also among poems, my favorite couplet that I have ever written is in  "So How About An Asteroid" (Poem) [http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2011/07/so-how-about-asteroid-poem.html] (July 20,2011) with 89 page views:
Who could possibly be annoyed
About the study of an asteroid?

My favorite stanza is from  "On Age 82" (Poem)  (September 20, 2013 ) with 179 page views.[http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2013/09/on-age-82-poem.html]:
I do not text
And do not tweet
I'm 82 years old
Feeling kind of beat.

See the 2018 report for other items with more than 100 page views and additional information:(http://stopcontinentaldrift.blogspot.com/2019/01/items-with-most-page-views-and-my.html))