Adrian's Year in Review: The Best Blog Posts of 2019

It's that time again my friends.  It's Dec. 31st, 2019, so it's time for the "Best of Blogs" for this past year.

I've been writing this blog since April of 2008. Since 2011 I have been writing my "Year in Review: The Best Blog Posts of." When I started this blog I wanted to average one blog per week. Every year I have attained my goal. This year, including this post, I will have written 70 individual blog posts.

At the end of every year I make two lists for my "Best of" blog posts. The first one is my personal favorite blog posts. The second list is the most viewed blog posts.
This year I had a quite a number of posts I liked.  Since I usually write around 55 posts per year, a top five list works well.  However, I had 70 posts this year.  So I decided to expand my personal favorite blog posts to a Top 10 list this time around.


Top Ten Personal Favorite Blog Posts


#10. Philmont 2019: Day 78, The Horse
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-horse.html

I felt this was a classic angry Adrian post.  It was short, to the point, and angry.  The honest brutality of it really appealed to me.

#9.  Idiot Scoutmasters: The Idiot Committee
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/12/idiot-scoutmasters-idiot-committee.html

It was time I stopped whipping the Scoutmasters and turned my attention to the Trop Committee.  If you ever wanted to read about an epic failure, this is it.

#8.  The Failing Victory of Upgrading My Cello: A Long and Ridiculous Story
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-failing-victory-of-upgrading-my.html

It was long, painful, and completely unnecessary.  This was one of my major screw-ups in instrument repair.

#7.  Tattooing Josh's Guitar
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/05/tattooing-joshs-guitar.html

I was able to do something I've wanted to do for a while.  That was wood-burn into an instrument.  It turned out brilliantly.

#6.   All I Wanted Was The Recipe!!!
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/09/all-i-wanted-was-recipe.html

I don't need your life story.  All I want is the damned recipe!

#5.  Death, Grief, and Memorial: The Passing of Curtis Johnson in Three Parts
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/10/death-grief-and-memorial-passing-of.html

My classmate Curtis Johnson passed away at the age of ten.  It was quite traumatic for Shaw Elementary's 5th grade class.  I've included this post on my top 10 because of how well I wrote it, and the pure honesty of it.

#4.  Coffin Case Failure: All I Wanted Was A Handle
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/03/coffin-case-failure-all-i-wanted-was.html

Not all companies are the same.  Not all companies know what the hell they are doing.

#3.  Philmont 2019: Day 70, Cold Fish
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/08/philmont-2019-day-70-cold-fish.html

This post was, by far, the funniest post of the year.  Nothing else came close to it.  You'll laugh.  You'll cry.  You'll facepalm.

#2.  Days of the Week
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/01/days-of-week.html

This might be the best written blog post of this past year.  I explain what a Strawman argument is, and show the hypocrisy behind it.

#1.  I Have The Perfect Mascot For Gay Pride Events!
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/10/i-have-perfect-mascot-for-gay-pride.html

What started as an offhand funny thought quickly morphs into an idea so crazy it could work.  There was no doubt that this post would be my favorite blog post of the year.


Top 5 Blog Posts By Views


#5.  Springtime For Bluebirds... And Happiness!
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/03/springtime-for-bluebirds-and-happiness.html
21 views.

A pair of Tufted Titmouse birds move into the birdhouse.  Photos ensue.

#4.  The Birdhouse Community Apartments
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-birdhouse-community-apartments.html
26 views.

I decide to go from one birdhouse to an apartment complex of birdhouses.

#3.  I Accidentally Bought An Amp
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/04/i-accidentally-bought-amp.html
26 views.

What started as a bad situation became one of the best amps I've ever played.  And now it's mine for $54.
30 views.

#2.  Generations: Finding My Great Grandfather's Grave
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/08/generations-finding-my-great.html
33 views.

It took four people, one graveyard thick with brush, and a hell of a weed-eater to find my Great Grandfather's grave.

#1.  New Pickup Day: Dragonfire Gatebucker Review
https://angjellockheart.blogspot.com/2019/03/new-pickup-day-dragonfire-gatebucker.html
36 views.

I wrote a review of Dragonfire's Gatebucker pickups.  I couldn't find another review on the internet, so I figure a lot of musicians were viewing this blog post.


So that's it for the year everyone.  I am content.  I wrote 70 blog posts this year.  That's the most for a single year dating back to 2008.  That, of course, is when I started this blog.  2019 ended up being quite a productive writing year for me.  So I'm going to keep it going.  As long as weird stuff keeps happening to me, I'm going to keep writing this blog.