Good morning. Growls....

Is it a man thing, or is he just self-important and damned inconsiderate?

I went to bed at a little before 3 a.m. wildernessguru wakes up at 4:15 a.m. for work. This is usually not a problem because there is only one thing guaranteed to jerk me awake:

Yell, "I need to turn on the lights!"

And flash the overhead lights in my face.

Now if you only do this once, I'll go right back to sleep. However, if you do three or four times while snarling "I'm late!" (FLASH!) and "Where are my keys?!" (FLASH!) and "I can't find my jeans!" (FLASH!), I will wake up.

And I won't be very pleasant.

Nor will I help you find your keys.

I've only had three hours of sleep but I'm wide awake now.

Very Basic Growth Rate Stats: Stargate Atlantis and other fandoms.

How does Stargate Atlantis rate in online popularity?

We can use fanfiction as a benchmark for how popular the Stargate Atlantis fandom is compared to other fandoms. My statistics are taken from fanfiction.net, the largest fanfiction online archive*, which receives 9,700,000 impressions per day according to Alexa. As of June 25th, 2007, fanfiction.net was the 193rd most popular site on the Internet, drawing more traffic than MSNBC. Actually, a lot more traffic than MSNBC.

Fanfiction is a huge online draw. Therefore it can be used as a general measure of the online popularity of a show.

( The number of stories measures the level of activity in the fandom. )