Well, it's the end of the year, and what could be more cliché than a bunch of retrospective top 10 lists?

Top Ten Referrers of 2006: the beautiful people who make me want to keep blogging

10) plep: I've said it before and I'll say it again, plep is a plepthera of pleppity plepplippity pleppitude! No, I have no idea what that means either.
9) MetaFilter: mostly due to the exemplary blogging courtesy of Astro Zombie (AKA Max Sparber) who, unlike a couple of other MeFi users who routinely lift links from me, gives credit where credit is due.
8) Tie: blowupdoll and The Presurfer: two sites that seldom link to my posts, but still give me lots of blogroll hits. Hey, I'm a slut, so I'll take whatever I can get.
7) Coudal Partners: when not using his Ouija board to discuss favorite typefaces with the ghost of Stanley Kubrick, Jim frequently links to my junk.
6) The Cartoonist: when not digging around in boxes, keeping a watch for attacks by frogs from outer space, or polishing Basil's skullcap, Ralf links to my junk too.
5) Retrolounge: not technically a blog, but a terrific repository of retro linkage, that includes several of my image galleries.
4) Bubblegumfink: da 'fink been berry, berry good to me.
3) PCL: when not swilling Glögg, listening to Thor, and ogling old skin mags over at Percy Trout's space-age bachelor pad, Sebastian gives me lots of swell props.
2) Myself: my old website, to be precise. After almost 10 months here in the new digs, there are still sites that haven't updated their blogrolls. Kinda makes you wonder if they ever bother to actually click on the links they put in there.
1) bOINGbOING: was there any doubt that the 800-lb gorilla of weblogs would be at the top of this list? Thanks, Mark!

Top Ten EotG Posts of 2006: a list of the most-frequently viewed posts of 2006:

10) Totally Unispherical: a gallery of postcards from the 1964 World's Fair.
9) Eurodisco Alert!: I originally posted this in 2005, but for some strange reason, it's still getting a metric buttload of hits. Must be a lot of Dschengis Khan fans out there.
8) The Mystery of Easter Island: a gallery of old illustrations and photographs from the December, 1921 issue of National Geographic.
7) Bali Does Moscow in '66: a gallery of hand-colored postcards from the former Soviet Union.
6) The Triumph of Man: a souvenir vinyl record from the Travelers Insurance pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair.
5) Mr. Cuke and the Cocktail Club Manifesto: a virtual cocktail of top-shelf retro-imagery for your inner drunk.
4) ¡Soy Cuba!: revolutionary sequences from the 1964 film, I Am Cuba.
3) Home Tiki Bars Galore!: some of my favorite domestic watering holes.
2) Live at the Whisky: grainy photographs of punk bands I took back in 1977.
1) Fat Drunk Hookers Make Lousy Mai Tais: I like to pretend this is popular because of my great LA travelogue and cool scans of old Hawaiian postcards, but in reality, it's just a bunch of Google hits from horny guys looking for tubby, inebriated prostitutes.

My Favorite Posts of 2006:stuff I liked, but didn't seem to set the rest of the blogosphere on fire

10) Kirk and Batman Go Greek: a clip of William Shatner and Adam West overacting egregiously in a failed television pilot about Alexander the Great.
9) Arkiva Tropika Fantastika!: Mimi Payne's incredible collection of tropical restaurant ephemera is a (mostly) undiscovered online treasure.
8) Darby Crashes His E-meter: X-8's hilariously snotty interview with the late Darby Crash, lead singer of L.A. punk pioneers, The Germs.
7) Unlikely American Idols: my left-handed tribute to teen-idol wannabe, Arch Hall Jr.
6) Shriner Mini Cars: teensy automobiles and big red fezzes...what's not to love?
5) Zombies At the World's Fair: a fascinating bit of cocktail trivia; look for it in Beachbum Berry's next book.
4) Moai Kava Kava: an amazing online collection of primitive Oceanic and African art.
3) The Sitzpinkel Rule: Der Spiegel magazine's somewhat questionable online guide to German culture (original link redirects here).
2) Motel Americana: an exploration of classic roadside architecture.
1) A Message From Comrade Bali Hai: the Tiki Revolution will not be Buffetized.

Happy '007, everyone!