As per my tradition I look back on the past year and report on the doings here at IST.
As I have written it has been 18 years since I started my blogging journey and in that time there have been lean days and occasionally some really excellent days…..I have written 18,937 posts and have 3670 subscribers (although only a hard core few have stuck it out) and in that time I have gotten 490,000 hits (not earth shaking but still something I am proud of for all my hard work).
Today is a day of relaxation for Sue and myself as we ready for the influx of family for the traditional first meal of 2025.
I thought I would do what I seem to always do….look back at the past year here om IST….
My stats for the past year….
Total number of posts for 2024–619
A total of 403,000 words posted
Total ‘likes’–4520
Total comments for 2024–5720
Not a bad year in retrospect….I may not be breaking any records but I am satisfied with what the year brought.
Moving On!
For the post on this the last day of 2024 I want to give a look at what was predicted about a hundred years ago for 2025.
Look around you. The future has arrived.
Nearly 100 years ago, a group of deep thinkers dared to imagine what life would be like in 2025. Some of their prophecies were completely off target, while others proved to be weirdly accurate.
Join us now as we gaze into that crystal ball from 1925.
Beauty is skin deep
The future looked ugly to Albert E. Wiggam, an American psychologist. According to his calculations, homely, dull people were having more children than beautiful, intelligent people.
“If we keep progressing in the wrong direction, as we have been doing, American beauty is bound to decline and there won’t be a good-looking girl to be found 100 years from now,” he told an audience in Brooklyn, New York.
Looking around the auditorium, he added: “However, this lack is not apparent yet, especially here in Brooklyn.”
….there is so much more interesting predictions check them out….
That does it for me for today….Sue and I will be spending some down time with the pups before the New Year….
Please if you are out celebrating the new year enjoy yourself but be careful and be safe….
I Read, I Write, You Know
“lego ergo scribo”
Enjoy your quiet time with Sue, and thanks for everything on your blog over the past year. You keep history alive, and always teach me something.
Best wishes, Pete.
You are very welcome and I am pleased that I can contribute. chuq
Predictions for the future aren’t very reliable. I would hesitate to try to predict what life will be like in another 100 years.
I agree….tomorrow I have what some say Nostradamus predicted….chuq
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A very happy New Year to you and yours chuq