For those who celebrate, Happy 4th of July! If a blog was a person, this one would be blowing out candles, as today Things That … Make You Go Hmm is turning four years old. Merely a toddler still in human years, but able to string a few sentences. Some stats since July 4, 2003:

1,371,277 total published words from 4,354 posts
9,867 comments

Past years Hmm birthday posts (pictures taken from posts during the month of July in past years)
2003 - post #1

2004 - post #861

2005 - post #2113

2006 - post #3528

2007 - here we are

Thank you for reading and following along with the continuing adventures. This year there has been an increased focus on video a la the weekday Hmmcast experiment which by the way will be returning next Monday, July 9 after the vacation.

Overall, I have a few ideas where the site will be going, but this trip will never be 100% planned and is bound to continue to make me go hmm too in the coming days, weeks, months and health willing, years.

Enjoy your day, be safe, love life and each other.