{"id":9981,"date":"2011-11-26T11:51:35","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T19:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=9981"},"modified":"2011-11-26T11:51:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T19:51:35","slug":"one-year-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/26\/one-year-down\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago today I sheepishly posted my very <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2009\/11\/26\/hello-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">first blog entry<\/a>. It was quite brief, highly uninteresting and dismissible at best. In the year since that first almost stillborn post my regular viewership has\u00a0exploded,\u00a0literally\u00a0tripling from just one reader (me) to an astounding <em>three readers <\/em>(still, including me)! And more than one third of all comments on my blog, including my replies,\u00a0have been spam. I can honestly say that after 1,107 posts the success of this blog is proceeding exactly as planned. The future looks dimly bright indeed!<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"9982\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/26\/one-year-down\/1-year-blog-anniversary\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1-Year-Blog-Anniversary.jpg?fit=600%2C424&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,424\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1 Year Blog Anniversary\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1-Year-Blog-Anniversary.jpg?fit=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1-Year-Blog-Anniversary.jpg?fit=570%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9982\" title=\"1 Year Blog Anniversary\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1-Year-Blog-Anniversary.jpg?resize=570%2C403\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1-Year-Blog-Anniversary.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/1-Year-Blog-Anniversary.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year ago today I sheepishly posted my very first blog entry. It was quite brief, highly uninteresting and dismissible at best. In the year since that first almost stillborn post my regular viewership has\u00a0exploded,\u00a0literally\u00a0tripling from just one reader (me) to an astounding three readers (still, including me)! And more than one third of all &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/26\/one-year-down\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-2AZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10979,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/12\/richard-alf-memorial\/","url_meta":{"origin":9981,"position":0},"title":"Richard Alf Memorial","date":"January 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Drove up to Ramona to attend the memorial for my friend, Richard Alf, who passed away last week. I arrived about an hour early so I could take pictures of Bonham Bros. and Stewart Mortuary and then have some time to walk around downtown Ramona before heading back for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Comic Con&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Alf-Memorial01-01-12-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12020,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/03\/17\/tapias-house-sitting-day-three\/","url_meta":{"origin":9981,"position":1},"title":"Tapias House Sitting Day Three","date":"March 17, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"So today was a really rainy day which meant I was stuck inside. Didn't really mind though since I had fun with Lilo and Stitch, including Lilo helping me get the mail and Stitch playing tug-a-war with his shredded, pink monkey. I also took a bunch more pictures, got updates\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disney&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/TapiasDay4-01-03-17-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5692,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/03\/28\/dinner-and-an-enzo\/","url_meta":{"origin":9981,"position":2},"title":"Dinner And An Enzo","date":"March 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Had dinner with most of the family, including the newest member, Enzo, a Maltese\/Pekinese mix puppy that belongs to my nephew, Stephen.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Dinner-and-Enzo01-03-28-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3804,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/12\/08\/a-day-with-brenda-and-bruce\/","url_meta":{"origin":9981,"position":3},"title":"A Day With Brenda And Bruce","date":"December 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent the entire day with Brenda, who was visiting from Texas, and her dad Bruce, including a trip to Disneyland.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Disneyland&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7872,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/08\/02\/where-saints-are-made\/","url_meta":{"origin":9981,"position":4},"title":"Where Saints Are Made","date":"August 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent over an hour walking around my old high school in Oxnard with my sister and mom, taking pictures and chatting with a few of the staff including the new school principal.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Travels&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Santa-Clara02-08-02-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5752,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/03\/31\/family-night-at-our-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":9981,"position":5},"title":"Family Night At Our House","date":"March 31, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Our entire family, including Enzo, got together at our house for dinner and to watch a brief slide show. Even got to meet Stephen's new girlfriend.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Enzo-On-My-Bed-03-31-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9983,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9981\/revisions\/9983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}