The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.
Here’s an excerpt:
19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 160,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 8 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Ha! WordPress told me how many people had climbed Everest and how long it would take that many to climb Idle Thoughts. Or something. I’m a bit of a stats sceptic.
May 2013 be a good and happy year for us all,Ian.
Me too a sceptic, Dinah. And a Happy New Year to you.