Today, at 5:11 p.m. EDT, this my blog got its one-hundred-thousandth view.

Yes, I know, the Masters of the Blogosphere and the Blogs of the Rich and Famous get that many views in a nanosecond. And it took me from 12/9/10 to today to get here.

In mitigation, if not defense, I aver that this is a hypertechnical blog, covering a court that no less than the late Justice Antonin Scalia compared to a village justice court. Who could possibly be interested? Billions of human beings will live out their lives unaware of the existence of the United States Tax Court, much less this blog.

And yet. A couple days ago (hi, Judge Holmes), this my blog got two views from Syria. In the midst of civil war, chaos and horror, two someones found my blog.

Makes it all worthwhile.