come out, come out wherever you are ...

I'm not the sort of blogger who lives and dies by how many comments she gets on any given post (and thank god for that, huh? i'd be SOL since you're all so quiet these days), but I KNOW you're out there (i've seen the stats) and I'm wildly curious about who you are. 

You folks out in CA ... are you old buds from when I lived there?  Do I know you at all?  How 'bout you Aussies; did I know you from my years in Sydney?  Or did you just wander here by some wonderful fluke?  And the readers from Singapore, Canada and India, and the ones who pop in from time to time from Japan and Greece: how did you find me?  You in Illinois, Texas, Pennsylvania, Washington, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Arkansas, New York and Ohio ... what brought you here?  And you many Jersey peeps ... do I know you?  What makes you come visit?  And why do you keep coming back?  ('specially after all my periods of quiet?) 

If you don't want to comment publicly, then how 'bout shooting me an email: deborahcooperman (at) aol (dot) com?  I'm really curious and would love to know a little more about the people who are reading (and why they're reading ...). Come out, come out wherever you are.

(hey, my bday's coming up in less than a week: think of it as a bday prezzie ...)