Never underestimate the power of a Kate-lanche, especially when she places you in an entry all your own, and makes it intriguing enough for people to just keep on stampeding forth into your own home: “Fisked by a blog banner,” she says. “Pussified beyond remedy,” my banner says. Add a letter of the day citation, and you get even more.

Wednesday night from when she linked me, 67 click-throughs. Thursday through 830p, 172 click-throughs.

Honey, you pushed my uniques past my first daily boundary of three hundred, through to 387.

To quote Emeril who I really really don’t like: “It’s time to kick it up a notch,” at least on my end.

Virtual hugs and kisses: if I gave you a real one I might crush something.