Hooray, I made it!
It took a long time but now I’m officially a two-hit wonder.
Is there such a thing?
I don’t know.
But if there is, I’m one.
And that’s pretty, pretty amazing.
In the immortal words of the Great One, “How sweet it is!”
You my readers, will remember two years ago when I asked, “Will I ever have another hit?”
Well, it happened.
My first rap song entitled, “Kanye, Betta Watch Yo Mouth Rap” went viral.
So for 40 consecutive days and nights, my name appeared on the Times of Israel’s Popular Bloggers List. (For TOI bloggers this feat is equivalent to being on the NYT Best Seller list for 40 weeks)
And yes, 40 is a mystical and Biblical number.
Readers, I bet you didn’t know that the number forty is the only number in English whose letters appear in alphabetical order
Noah’s journey in the rain, on his ark, lasted for 40 days and 40 nights.
While on my TOI travels, I was flooded in my sea of love and good luck.
And drenched in a deluge of happiness.
Moses and his people trekked through the wilderness for 40 years.
As I for 40 days, scanned for my name on that list.
Yes, for 40 days, I trekked to my desktop to see my promised land.
“What chutzpah!” you yell.
What a ginormous ego!
Who does that pipsqueak think he is?
A man with no penchant for prose dares to compare his writing journey to the Bible’s sages and sagas.
“But please pay attention. I make no such comparison,” I reply.
I only focus in on the number 40.
And now, may I be allowed to sing my song of sweet success.
“Of course,” you say.
And I sing:
Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles,
G-d took this blogger by the hand
Turned him around and miracles of miracles led him to the promised land!
My readers chuckle.
And as they laugh, I stop singing from Fiddler to write this missive.
And while writing, I pray for admission to the three-hit wonder club.
I ask, “Will that event ever happen?”
“Only Hashem knows.” you reply.
But I promise you my readers, to keep writing my stories in search of the answer.
1.Thumbs up.—Bob
2.Thumbs up.—Aimee
3.Thumbs up.—Becky
4. Thumbs up.—Barry
5. Thumbs up.—Naomi
6. Thumbs up.—James
7. Thumbs up.—Connie
8. Thumbs up.—Marilyn
9. Thumbs up.—Connie
10. Fantastic!—Joe
11. Way to go!—Perry
12. HAZZAH!—David
13. Congrats. —Phyliss
14. Thumbs up.—Sima
15. Mazel tov.—Joanne
16. Mort, You are the quintessential writer of the millennium! Keep on writing! Richie
17. Mazel Tov!—Roger
18. Congratulations.—Christine
19. Thumbs up.—Susan
20. Thumbs up.—Blake
21. You’ve never been a one-hit wonder. In our books you’re a star.—Ward
22. Thumbs up.—Linda
23. That’s terrific.—Louis
24. Thumbs up.—Deborah
25. Thumbs up.—Laurie
26. Thumbs up.—Martha
27. Congratulations. Thumbs up.—Gary
28. Thumbs up.—Susan
29. Fantastic.—Joe
30. Hooray!—Joseph
31. Congratulations! Thumbs up.—Gary
32. Thumbs up.—Susan
33. Congrats! And here’s to many more!!!—Rebecca
34. Mazel tov.—Sharon
35. Mazel tov.—Scott
36. Thumbs up.—Lee
37. Mazel tov. Thumbs up.—Karrie
38. Thumbs up.—Judie
39. Thumbs up.—Albert
40. Thumbs up.—Doris
41. Thumbs up.—Robert
42. Thumbs up.—Jonathan
43. Thumbs up.—Daniel
44. Thumbs up.—Janet
45. Thumbs up.—Phil
46. Thumbs up.—Max
47. Thumbs up.—Phyllis
48. Thumbs up.—Christine
49. Congratulations for being a source of personal encouragement to me.. . even though you may not know it.— Mervyn
50. Thumbs up.—Maureen
51. Thumbs up. Nice.—Robin
52. Thumbs up.—Susan
53. Thumbs up.—Ken
54. Thumbs up.—Joel
55. Thumbs up.—Sandy
56. Thumbs up.—Ritch
57. Thumbs up.—Albert
58. Thumbs up.—Todd
