{"id":901,"date":"2009-01-06T15:43:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T20:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=901"},"modified":"2009-01-06T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T20:43:10","slug":"most-popular-posts-of-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2009\/most-popular-posts-of-2008.html","title":{"rendered":"Most Popular Posts of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A little disclaimer here &#8211; due to technical difficulties, I actually only have information from March to December. &nbsp;Still, this is probably pretty representative of what the most people read this year. &nbsp;Here they are, from least popular to the winner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/im-cold-deal-with-it.html\"><b>I&#8217;m cold. Deal with it.<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;I realize it&#8217;s horrible to start with this post when my parents were recently experiencing a wind chill of -50&deg;C. &nbsp;But stats are stats.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/want-to-see-our-house.html\"><b>Want to see our house?<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;Go figure &#8211; one of the most popular posts of 2008, and all I was doing was sending you to someone else&#8217;s blog.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/reading-through-the-bible-in-spanish.html\"><b>Reading through the Bible &#8211; in Spanish<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;Yep, I&#8217;m still working on it! &nbsp;I see <a href=\"http:\/\/abcdmcmanus.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/happy-new-year-2009.html\">Alan is doing a reading plan too<\/a> &#8211; go Alan, go!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/poverty-and-community.html\"><b>Poverty and Community<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;Interesting, considering <a href=\"http:\/\/suppliants.blogs.com\/pura_vida\/2009\/01\/police-mexican-woman-in-wheelchair-flees-on-foot.html\">this blog post I read recently<\/a>&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/doing-our-kids-homework.html\"><b>Doing our kids&#8217; homework<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;I really need to do a new post on homework. &nbsp;I got stories. &nbsp;But this is from last year.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/kenya-english-leaks-and-updates-on-everything.html\"><b>Kenya, English, Leaks and updates on everything<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;I guess it&#8217;s appropriate that an update on <i>everything<\/i> should be a popular post! &nbsp;And, of course, it included a leak story. &nbsp;You&#8217;ll be glad to hear Shari&#8217;s Dad fixed one of our leaks last week.&nbsp;&nbsp;Another one down&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/we-have-most-of-a-house.html\"><b>We have (most of) a house!<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;Renting a house in Mexico. &nbsp;The inside story.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/watch-these-films-free-download.html\"><b>Watch these films (free download!)<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;These are still good. &nbsp;And I&#8217;m excited to see they&#8217;re working on dubbing them in Spanish. &nbsp;I watched one or two with a friend and tried translating, but I think it will be a few more years before translating is really my thing. &nbsp;Sad thing is, you cant&#8217; get them free by themselves anymore (although you can still watch one or two online).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/im-coming-to-calgary-canada.html\"><b>I&#8217;m coming to Calgary, Canada<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;I was! &nbsp;I did! &nbsp;Too bad this post wasn&#8217;t more popular at the time&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2008\/canadian-christian-charity-fined-23000.html\"><b>Canadian Christian charity fined $23,000<\/b><\/a> &nbsp;Here it is, the #1 most popular post of the year. &nbsp;No, it&#8217;s not directly about our ministry in Mexico, but it&#8217;s bigger than that, and certainly worth a read. &nbsp;And don&#8217;t miss the comments! &nbsp;We even heard from someone with the organization that was fined.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>And here&#8217;s one more surprising note.<\/b> &nbsp;I&#8217;ve included here the most popular posts that were <i>written<\/i> in 2008. &nbsp;But the most popular post <i>of<\/i> 2008 actually wasn&#8217;t any of these! &nbsp;It was a post I wrote back in 2005 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2005\/how-to-peel-a-pineapple.html\"><b>How to peel a pineapple<\/b><\/a>. &nbsp;I can tell you&#8217;d prefer I stick to food topics&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A little disclaimer here &#8211; due to technical difficulties, I actually only have information from March to December. &nbsp;Still, this is probably pretty representative of what the most people read this year. &nbsp;Here they are, from least popular to the winner: I&#8217;m cold. 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