Well, whaddya’ know… I’ve actually got a subscriber to the feed from my blog.  I have no idea who it actually is, of course, since they didn’t respond to my email when they registered, but hey, it’s something.  Hi, ado****51! (I’m not listing the full name to prevent crawlerbots from harassing that person).

So, I get to wondering who else (if anyone) is reading my minor-league ramblings, and I decided to check my stats page and look up a few IP addresses for location.  I’ve got one-or-two readers in California, and someone in Washington D.C. is reading too.  (The D.C. one doesn’t surprise me  (see edit) … probably a Dept. of the Army rep who’s just making sure I’m not leaking operational details.  Whoever you are, hope you’re enjoying the show, and if you’ve got any suggestions or guidelines, I’d be happy to hear them.  Email me via the address in the “About this Website” page.)  Aside from that, someone in Seoul is reading (again, probably a govenment functionary; that’s the fun of blogging about life in another country, complicated by the fact that I’ve identified myself as a U.S. Soldier).

It’s actually a bit amusing about who takes interest in my writings, and why.  Current SOFA (Status Of Forces Agreements) mandates that U.S. Personnel aren’t allowed to malign the host government or people, Army regs are fairly restrictive about what topics I can speak out on in an official capacity (ZERO… let’s make it clear here, all opinions on this site are solely those of the Author, and do not constitute official representation of the unit, the US Army, the United States Government, or anyone other than myself).

And, as far as Korea goes, the only negative opinions I’ve gained of Korea thus far is that the peninsula gets viciously cold in the winter (we got some snow last night), and those silkworm pupae snacks the street-vendors sell are food that I refuse to eat.

Not much else happening tonight… tomorrow, you’ll get some new photographs and a story.

(Update 24 NOV 07: New info on my few readers via Geobytes ( http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm ), yeah I’ve got a few in California, though the one I thought was in D.C. is actually in New York (that IP is owned by someone in D.C.), and I’ve got someone in Canada who also reads… probably friends J. & E. (& little K!)… Hi, guys!  I can now brag about being Coast-to-Coast and International… yeah… to all of six or seven people.)