Well, this year has been sort of a nutty one for notguilty. I wasn’t blogging and the blog was dead.  It was revived.  Some people started reading it.  Some more people started reading it.  And somehow the folks who make some sort of decisions at the ABA Journal started reading it (American Bar Association for those who don’t know) and the next thing I know this blog was chosen as one of the top 100 law blawgs for 2010.  Seriously, I’m still surprised that you all have nothing better to read on your smartphones while taking a shit.  Perhaps you need to renew your subscriptions to Highlights magazine or something.  But, I kid.  I do.  Mostly because I am fairly well blown away by having people notice this blog.

A lot of you know this blog is my first baby.  I’ve got a website and I could blog over there.  I could use more keywords and improve my google rank.  But I don’t know if that would make it as fun for me to write or as, I guess, fun for you to read.  My goal for 2011 is to write two not terribly sucky blogs posts a week and to include some content that is usable, such as the immigration/criminal stuff, instead of just venting and ranting – although I’m sure there is much more of that to come as well.  Unless our government decides to radically change the way. . . ah, just count on a lot more ranting.  There may be less swearing, but not too much less.  The day there is no swearing is the day you’ll know I’ve hired a ghost writer.

If you take a look at the Blawg 100 list you’ll notice most of the folks on my blogroll are on there as well.  These guys (and girl) have become people I’ve talked to and turned to during this start up year of my little law firm.  So, they are more than just great writers who can churn out great content and turn a phrase like no one’s business, but they are wonderful mentors, guides and lawyers.  They are, in fact, the real deal.  I am in the company of giants. And I really am just a teeny little girl.