I just noticed this morning that nominations for the 2006 Bloggies are up and open, so I figured now’s as good a time as any to point out how much this site has brought you over the past year. Just in case you want to, you know, vote for us on any number of categories, some which might include Best American Weblog, Most Humorous Weblog, or Best Kept Secret.

The Mikeschramm.com Year In Review, 2005

Kicked off the year on a lovely note, with a little piece called Findings.

On Valentine’s Day, Godzilla found love. I didn’t get any links or feedback on this, but it was one of my favorite pieces of the year.

In March, I wrote an open letter to the Girl Who Says Hey In That Hip Hop Sample. I didn’t ever hear back from her, but I kind of like it that way.

The most visited post of the year was A Conversation With a Guy in Line for the New Star Wars Movie, because it was linked to by many different weblogs, including Boing Boing, Defamer, and even USA Today’s Hip Clicks. I got kind of a big head about that.

There was some penguin trouble over at the Penguin Pens in Brookfield, and then, after buying World of Warcraft, I went on a little WoW inspired trip.

In the middle of July, we hit our 550th post. Sort of.

In early September, I was visited by a cat, and decided to tell you about it on Talk Like a Pirate Day. I liked messing with language so much that soon after, my coworker and I formed our own phrase (that, unfortunately, has not completely caught on. yet.)

Since the most popular article of 2004 was about Lindsay Lohan, I decided to write about her again. And again.

I made fun of Uwe Boll. Not much to say about that. It’s pretty easy.

And when some strange trouble went down on the Desperate Housewives set, I decided to set the ABC employees straight, and in doing so made my favorite joke of mine of the year (if in fact I’m allowed to have one of those). It’s the “Bank of Your Pants” joke. Makes me laugh every time I think of it.

Finally, we finished off the year with a little tech support for Santa.

To everyone who read, linked, or even subscribed to the RSS feed for mikeschramm.com this year, thanks. I had tons of fun marking out my little corner of the web, and I appreciate that you were nice enough to come and visit. Make sure to come back– I’m sure it’ll be a great 2006.