A good way to measure the path and development of this blog is by following the exclamation point. Some bloggers often use exclamation points in their post titles. I thought I didn't do that very much, but it turns out I once did. I did the research and here is how many times I've used in exclamation point in a post title over the life of NOC: 2008 (four months): 7 2009: 17 2010: 11 2011: 19 2012: 17 2013: 4 2014: 3 2015: 3 2016 (6 1/2 months): 4 What's that tell you? Well, it tells me I was a goofy goober the first three or four years of this thing, plastering exclamation points all over everything. The totals for 2011 and 2012 are a little skewed because that was during my 1975 Topps mini quest and I can't help but use exclamation points for anything related to minnnniiiiiiiiissssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But the last few years has shown a more subdued night owl. It's been a more accurate gauge of my personality. I am very subdued in pers...
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