Joseph Celebrates His Blog’s Fifth Anniversary At Fairview Park!

On August 24, 2019, this blog, which is called “Joseph Pratt’s Interests And Some Other Things,” turned five years old … and, as you might have guessed, I celebrated the milestone at home that morning … and, that afternoon, I celebrated the milestone at Fairview Park.  It was one of the most exciting days of my life.  Whenever I went to Fairview Park for three hours on that day, I was able to go to South Fayette’s Community Day … and I bumped into some of my friends while I was there.  I also bumped into a local congressman while I was at Fairview Park.  I also bumped into a meteorologist from an out-of-town TV station, which is actually quite viewable here in southwestern Allegheny County.

On August 24, 2019, I went to South Fayette’s Community Day, which was in Fairview Park. I also celebrated my blog’s fifth anniversary while I was there.

I also saw some fantastic-looking clouds in the skies above Fairview Park while I was at Community Day.

I saw these clouds in the skies above Fairview Park on August 24, 2019. The clouds here are white and grey … and I saw some “blue holes” in the clouds as well.

Now, while I was at this event, I bumped into some of my friends … and I was also able to snap a selfie with a few of my friends while I was there.  Some of those friends are Dustin Lunn, Michael Meehan and Katie Meehan.

On August 24, 2019, I bumped into Dustin Lunn, who is from Lunn Chiropractic Company, while I was at South Fayette’s Community Day. I first bumped into Dustin in late 2018 as I was finishing my shift at Bridgeville T.J. Maxx.

On August 24, 2019, just before I left South Fayette’s Community Day, I bumped into Michael Meehan and Katie Meehan.

I also bumped into Congressman Conor Lamb, who is from the South Hills.

On August 24, 2019, I introduced myself to Congressman Conor Lamb, who is actually from the South Hills.

While I was at this event, I happened to bump into a TV meteorologist.  Now, this weatherman is not on one of our TV stations here in Pittsburgh, but this station is actually quite viewable in southwestern Allegheny County.  The weatherman’s name is Jeff Oechslein, who is the morning meteorologist at WTOV, which is the NBC affiliate in Steubenville, Ohio.  Let me explain this situation to you.  More than 15 years ago, I was able to watch WTOV on our TVs at my house before we started to get cable TV on just about every TV set in our house.  I would sometimes watch Jeff on the station’s morning newscast … and, in a way, that’s how I recognized this weatherman.

All in all, I had a fantastic day at Fairview Park on August 24, 2019.  I would like to say thank you to the people who were able to bump into me at this event back then … and I would like to say all of you for allowing me to have a blog for five years.  It has grown gracefully since August of 2014.

“Joseph Pratt’s Interests And Some Other Things” Is Five Years Old Today!

Today is a very big day for this blog, which is called “Joseph Pratt’s Interests And Some Other Things.”  This blog is now officially five years old.  It seems like this blog started yesterday … and you have made it grow up into the blog it is today.

“Joseph Pratt’s Interests And Some Other Things” is five years old today! The blog started on August 24, 2014.

Thank you for allowing my blog to become a classy blog over the past five years.

Since I started my blog five years ago, I have written nearly 1,200 posts on here … and I will write more blog posts for you guys for as long as I am able to do so.  I probably won’t do this forever, but who knows?

I have 180 followers on my blog … and I would like to thank them for following my blog regularly.  Some of them do it here on WordPress.com … and some of them do it via e-mail.  I don’t have time to thank all of my blog’s followers today, so I will do my best to thank them in several of my blog posts throughout my blog’s sixth year.

All in all, I would like to say thank you for allowing me to give you some fantastic blog posts over the past five years.  You have been able to help me let it grow gracefully from a simple blog to a very classy blog.  I have talked about some very interesting things in my posts … and my mission is to keep the people who check out my blog regularly both informed and entertained.  I will continue to do just that in the future.

Now, tomorrow, I will begin my blog’s sixth year … and I already have some topics to begin a new year of this blog with.  I can’t tell you what I’ll be talking about in the posts yet.  I will give you some great blog posts in the coming days.

Now, for the last time, I will give you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around a certain date in previous years.  I was able to do it in all of my blog posts throughout my blog’s fifth year.  Now that my blog’s fifth year is coming to an end, I won’t be doing this for you guys anymore.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, which ends today, I would like to give you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 24th in previous years …
My Blog Is Four Years Old Today! (August 24, 2018)
My Blog Is Three Years Old Today! (August 24, 2017)
My Blog Is Turning Two Today! (August 24, 2016)
My Blog Is One Year Old Today! (August 24, 2015)
Celebrating My Blog’s First Year: My Blog’s Best Month Ever (August 21, 2015)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: Talking To Me On My Blog Posts

I like it whenever you guys talk to me on my blog posts regularly … and I also like it whenever you guys leave me at least one comment on my posts regularly.

Over the past five years, I have received 1,695 comments on my blog posts.  I did it the most times with 63 comments.

Eight people commented on a blog post entitled “Remembering Joseph’s Battle With Lyme Disease One Year Later” since I wrote it in June of 2017.

Next time, I will celebrate my blog’s fifth anniversary by writing a big blog post for you guys.  I will give my blog a break tomorrow … and, then, on Saturday, I will celebrate my blog’s fifth anniversary with you guys.  I will celebrate it at home on Saturday morning … and I will celebrate it at Fairview Park that afternoon.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I would like to show you give blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 22nd in previous years …
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: My Blog’s Best Month Ever (August 22, 2018)
Celebrating My Blog’s Third Year: My Blog’s Best Month Ever (August 22, 2017)
Celebrating My Blog’s Second Year: My Blog’s Best Month Ever (August 22, 2016)
Celebrating My Blog’s First Year: My Blog’s Best Month Ever (August 21, 2015)
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: Talking To Me On My Blog Posts (August 23, 2018)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: My Blog’s Best Month Ever

May 2019 is my blog’s best month ever.  It was seen by various people, including myself, 238 times back then.

People say my blog’s home page 32 times in May of 2019 … and they saw my blog posts 206 times in that month.  The posts were all seen less than 10 times in a single month by various people.  That’s how May 2019 became my blog’s best month ever.

My blog crossed the 200-views mark three times during my blog’s fifth year.  At one point, December 2018 was my blog’s best month ever with 216 views.  The previous record was 167 views, which was reached in March of 2017.  The record that was reached in December of 2018 was beaten in May of 2019.

Next time, I will talk about the ways that people are able to talk to me on my blog.  Then, after that, I will write my big blog post in honor of my blog’s fifth anniversary.  The big day will occur on Saturday.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I’d like to show you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 21st in previous years …
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: My Blog’s Best Day Ever (August 21, 2018)
Celebrating My Blog’s Third Year: My Blog’s Best Day Ever (August 21, 2017)
Celebrating My Blog’s Second Year: My Blog’s Best Day Ever (August 21, 2016)
Celebrating My Blog’s First Year: My Blog’s Best Month Ever (August 21, 2015)
Celebrating My Blog’s Third Year: Liking My Blog Posts (August 20, 2017)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: My Blog’s Best Day Ever

My blog’s best day ever is July 4, 2019.  People saw my blog 46 times on that day.  The record is still standing more than one month later.  The previous record was 43 views.  Last year, I said that there would be a new one-day record in my blog’s fifth year … and I was right about that.

On that day, people saw my blog’s home page 16 times, they saw two of my blog posts two times and they saw 10 of my blog posts once.  They saw my “About Joseph Pratt” page one.  Also … 14 images each got one view on that day.  On July 4, 2019, 2 people found my blog on Instagram, two people found it on various search engines, one person found it on Twitter and one person found it here on WordPress.com.

Next time, I will talk about my blog’s best month ever.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I’d like to show you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 20th in previous years …
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: My Blog’s Best Year Ever (August 20, 2018)
Celebrating My Blog’s Third Year: Liking My Blog Posts (August 20, 2017)
Celebrating My Blog’s Second Year: My Blog’s Best Day Ever (August 21, 2016)
Celebrating My Blog’s First Year: My Blog’s Best Day Ever (August 20, 2015)
Celebrating My Blog’s Second Year: Liking My Blog Posts (My 475th Blog Post) (August 18, 2016)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: My Blog’s Best Year Ever

Today, I would like to tell you about my blog’s best year ever, as we continue to celebrate my blog’s fifth anniversary.  The year would be 2018 … and, in that year, my blog was seen by various people, including myself, 1,564 times.  How long will this record stand for?  Well, that record will likely be broken before this year is over, so that record will not stand too much longer.

In nine of those months, my blog crossed the 100-views mark.  The months are February, March, April, May, July, September October, November and December.  In three of those months, which are May, September and December, it crossed the 150-views mark.  Finally, in December, it crossed the 200-views mark in a single month for the first time ever.

Next time, I will talk about my blog’s best day ever.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I’d like to show you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around this date in previous years …
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: My Blog’s Best Year Ever (August 20, 2018)
Celebrating My Blog’s Third Year: Liking My Blog Posts (August 20, 2017)
Celebrating My Blog’s Second Year: Liking My Blog Posts (My 475th Blog Post) (August 18, 2016)
Celebrating My Blog’s First Year: Talking To Me On My Blog Posts (August 19, 2015)
Celebrating My Blog’s First Year: My Blog’s Best Day Ever (August 20, 2015)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: Liking My Blog Posts

Over the past give years, my blog has been liked by various people, including myself, 1,154 times.  You guys are all fantastic.  Thank you for taking the time to like my blog posts regularly.

Next week, I will give you more statistics in four of my blog posts as we get ready to wrap up the fifth year of my blog.  Then, next Saturday, August 24th, I will write a big blog post in honor of my blog’s fifth anniversary.

Now, next time, I will talk about my blog’s best year ever.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I’d like to show you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 15th in previous years …
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: Supporting My Blog On Social Media (August 15, 2018)
Celebrating My Blog’s Third Year: My top blog posts from my blog’s third year (August 15, 2017)
Celebrating My Blog’s Second Year: My top blog posts from my blog’s second year (August 15, 2016)
You are seeing double today … sort of! (August 15, 2015)
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: Liking My Blog Posts (August 16, 2018)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: Supporting My Blog On Social Media

Over the past five years, thousands of people have supported my blog in one form or another on Social Media.  In the Spring of 2019, Google Plus shut down for the last time … and, as a result, I was no longer able to share the posts with my friends on Google Plus, so I had to start sharing it with my friends on LinkedIn.  Last year, at around this time, I said I would share my posts with my friends on LinkedIn at some point during my blog’s fifth year … and, boy, was I right!  I am now sharing my posts to my followers on LinkedIn.  Of course, I’m still sharing my posts to my friends on Facebook and Twitter.

I have 657 friends on Facebook, 528 followers on Twitter and 537 friends on LinkedIn.  180 people are following my blog here on WordPress.com.

My posts have been shared on Social Media 387 times over the past five years.  It has been shared on Facebook 299 times … and it has been shared on Twitter 43 times.

Next time, I will talk about liking my blog posts.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I would like to show you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 14th in previous years …
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: Joseph’s Top Blog Posts Over The Past Four Years (August 14, 2018)
Joseph’s 700th Blog Post (August 14, 2017)
Happy 70th Birthday, Barbara Papakie! (August 14, 2016)
You are not seeing double … in two different ways … again today! (August 14, 2015)
Celebrating My Blog’s Third Year: My top blog posts from my blog’s third year (August 15, 2017)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: Joseph’s Top Blog Posts Over The Past Five Years

As we continue to celebrate my blog’s fifth year, I’m gonna show you some of my top blog posts from the past five years.  Now, since I have a lot of blog posts that have been seen 10 or more times by various people, including myself, I’m gonna try something a little bit different this year.  I will show you the posts that have been seen by various people at least 20 times since they were first written.  After that, I will tell you how many posts have been seen between 10 and 20 times since I first wrote them.  You’ll see what I mean as we go along in this post.

First, here are the posts that have been seen by various people, including myself, 20 times or more …
I bought a new Pirates shirt at Giant Eagle this week! (74 views)
Joseph Gets “Railed” With Some Friends (39 views)
We almost have matching jackets! (29 views)
Joseph Is Switching Barber Shops In 2019 (27 views)
Our little snow covered mountains (22 views)

These two blog posts were each seen 26 times by various people …
What kind of hoodie was it again?
My blog recently set two new records!

These two blog posts were each seen 21 times by various people …
Joseph Has A Question For You: Which restaurant should Joseph go to on his 32nd birthday?
I am celebrating two milestones on Facebook today!

Now, as I said at the beginning of this post, I’m going to tell you how many blog posts have been seen by various people between 10 and 20 times each.

Two posts were seen 17 times each.

Two posts were seen 16 times each.

Three posts were seen 15 times each.

Three posts were seen 14 times each.

Six posts were seen 13 times each.

Six posts were seen 12 times each.

15 posts were seen 11 times each.

Seven posts were seen 10 times each.

Did you see how I did what I just did?  I told you how many of my posts were seen by various people between 10 and 20 times each.  For example, I would say “1 post was seen 10 times by various people.”  See what I mean?  It saves time.

Next time, I will talk about supporting my blog on Social Media over the past five years.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I’d like to show you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 13th in previous years …
Celebrating My Blog’s Fourth Year: My top blog posts from my blog’s fourth year (August 13, 2018)
Look who I bumped into this time! (August 13, 2017)
Remembering Piglet 18 Months Later (August 12, 2016)
Will you be seeing double … in two different ways … twice tomorrow? (August 13, 2015)
Happy 70th Birthday, Barbara Papakie! (August 14, 2016)

Celebrating My Blog’s Fifth Year: My top blog posts from my blog’s fifth year

Over the past 2 weeks or so, I was able to celebrate my blog’s fifth anniversary by giving you some interesting statistics about my blog.  Some of them may have surprised you a little bit.  Well, for the next few days, I will give you some more statistics about my blog, like I always do as we go through the middle part of August.  They will all lead up to the day that my blog will finally turn five years old … and that would be August 24th.  I will write a big blog post for you guys on that day.

Today, I will talk about the top blog posts from my blog’s fifth year.  These posts were seen by various people at least 10 times from August 2018 until August 2019.

Joseph Gets “Railed” With Some Friends (39 views)
Joseph Is Switching Barber Ships In 2019 (27 views)
Joseph Goes To South Fayette’s Community Day (16 views)
A funny thing happened to me on the way to T.J. Maxx on Black Friday (14 views)
Blog Post Number 1,075 Is About A Terrific Disc Jockey (13 views)
Say Hello To Victor Iagnemma! (11 views)
Joseph Eats A Pumpkin-Flavored English Muffin (11 views)
My Blog Is 4 1/2 Years Old Today (11 views)
My fame actually lasted longer than one second! (11 views)
“Mr. Classy” Goes Shopping! (11 views)
Joseph Visits A “Surprise” Location (11 views)
The first part of a post entitled “Ride on ‘Joseph’s Road To His 30th Birthday’ again” (11 views)

Next time, I will tell you about my top blog posts from the past five years.

In honor of my blog’s fifth year, I’d like to show you five blog posts that I wrote down on or around August 12th in previous years …
“Remember your pleases and thank yous” (August 10, 2018)
Viewing my blog at least 100 times in a single month (August 10, 2017)
Remembering Piglet 18 Months Later (August 12, 2016)
Remembering Piglet Six Months Later (Part 3) (August 12, 2015)
Remembering Piglet Six Months Later (Part 2) (August 11, 2015)