Posted 2:44 PM by Blah blah

Happy 1st Birthday to Tiger Cafe

This blog is 1 year old today! Based on my statistics from last October,

Number of pages written per week: 15 to 22.
Number of pages per year: 780 to 1140.
Number of words per year: 600,000!

I set up HaloScan comments here last Oct. 7. From October till now, this blog received 1319 comments. Only four months. Projecting that, we could have gotten 3900 comments in a year.

Of course, the best thing about blogging is meeting and making friends with all of YOU! You have all expanded my world and heart, in China, the Philippines, Thailand, Canada, Los Angeles, New York, Connecticut, Texas, Europe, Japan, and more.

We've churned through a huge harem of cowriters, 21 in all! Here they are in order. Tiger Cafe Cowriters: Christina, S X, J A, Halo, Esther, Sylvia, Rasee, Mira, Cheshire Dave, Charlie, Raven, Michelle, Duke, Ang, Ben, Mona T., Jian Shuo, Sandy, Mona V., Stephanie, and All2Swift.

Some of our best entries are here.

My favorite or more notable posts from the year, in chronological order:

1. God as Alan Greenspan, Take 2 (Thoughtful)
2. Blogspot Blues (Funny)
3. Jiang Zemin Photos (Funny)
4. A Guy Hits on Both Nick and Christina (Funny)
5. More Crazy Photos (My photos)
6. TV Dating Shows. Asian Version of Blind Date (Funny)
7. Creationism vs. Evolution Debate (5 Parts) (Thoughtful)
8. My First Love (Romantic)
8.5 What I Look For in a Woman (Revealing)
9. Tonight. Forever. Taste. (3 Sexy Poems) (Poetic)
10. Who is 25 and Over? (Funny)
11. I Choose Banter and Intellect Over Looks (Relationship)
12. More about Bantering, Brains vs. Looks, and Strong-willed Women (Relationship)
13. Raymond Goes Bald (Funny)
14. Pix of My Housemate and His Girlfriend (Photos)
15. Conan O'Brien's Speech to the Harvard Class of 2000 (Funny)
16. Funniest Sites (Funny)
17. 40 Things a Man Should Know By 40 (Relationship)
18. Reading a Girl's Intentions (Relationship)
19. Stolen Kiss/Sexual Harrassment (Relationship)
20. Suicide Threat (3 Parts) (Scary)
21. Top 10 Things a Young Single Woman Should Know (Relationship)
22. Flirting Advice (Funny)
23. Winnie's 50 Questions (Revealing)
24. Purpose of Tiger Cafe (Thoughtful)
25. My Asian Stereotype Experience (Painful)
26. Leaving Technology for Religion (Thoughtful)
27. My History with Racism and Sexism (Thoughtful)
28. 28 Questions (Revealing, Funny)
29. Torn Between Engineering and the Humanities (Thoughtful)
30. A Western View of Dating "Chinese" Chinese (4 Parts) (Relationship)
31. Harvey, James Stewart, and the Need for Faith (Inspiring)
32. The Odds on Shamu and Me (Relationship)
33. Becoming a Stripper (Racy)
34. TV: Where the Content Creator is Rich (Business)
35. 10,000 Tears and None the Richer (Revealing)
36. Bette Davis, on Acting (Thoughtful)
37. 3 Articles on Japan (Shocking)
38. Accidental Playboy (Revealing)
39. Sandy's Worst Date Ever (Funny)
40. Should Men Look as Good as Women? (Funny)
41. Multi-level Marketing Scam (Business)
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42. Joe Club: Joe Millionaire Blog. Why Do Smart People Make the Best Trashy Entertainment? (TV)
43. My Ex Got Married (Relationship)
44. Should We Have a Two-Tier System to Preserve Quality TV? The Hours (TV)
45. Used Bookstore (Thoughtful)