It’s not often that I’m in New England for Patriots Day, but it’s a lot of fun. Not only is it a holiday in Massachusetts (friends have the day off from work), but the Red Sox play an 11:30am matinee, and of course, the Boston Marathon is run.

I read that Shane Cultra is running in the Boston Marathon today, and Karen and I are going to  Wellesley, Massachusetts (the half way point) to cheer him on.

Karen ran the New York City marathon last November, and I know how much of a personal challenge it is to run a marathon. I can’t even run 5 miles right now without a day off in between miles 4 and 5. Hope he makes his goal!

My blog hit 1,000,000 visits this evening, as I projected in a post this morning.  Thanks to all for the good wishes. Here are some stats for the one millionth visitor to my blog:

IP Location: Seattle, Washington

Article Read: Yext Tags to Rebrand on an $1,800 Domain Name Purchased from BuyDomains

Referrer: Email

Time: 10:06 pm EST

You know those websites that have flashing banners announcing that you are the 1 millionth visitor and you just won a prize?  You just have to answer a bunch of survey questions, leave your email address, provide your bank information, and promise your first born child, and you’ll get you iPad 2 delivered in 6-8 weeks.

Well, that’s not happening here. At some point today, the 1,000,000th unique visitor to my blog will arrive. There won’t be any blinking banners or audio to announce the 1 millionth visitor, but there is this blog post to signify the achievement.

Since I won’t really be able to track who that millionth visitor is, I want to say thank you for being a part of this special day. It’s quite an effort to blog every day and respond to as many questions/comments as possible, but I still enjoy doing it. It’s been great getting to know you, and I appreciate your time.

Here’s to another million uniques!

Change of pace this afternoon with a non-domain name related post. Here are ten of my favorite things… what are your favorite things?

Sports Team: Boston Red Sox

Ice Cream Flavor: Cinnamon donut ice cream (custom made by a friend)

Color: Green

Domain Name I Own: Torah.com

City: New Orleans

TV Show: How I Met Your Mother

Company: Apple

Athletic Activity: Biking

Artist or Musician: Peter Max

Non Business-Related Website: Boston.com

When Karen and I set our $5,000 fundraising goal earlier this month, we were excited to get started, albeit a bit nervous that we wouldn’t be able to achieve our fundraising goal for the Ronald McDonald House. Thanks very much to the support of you, we were able to hit our goal.

We’re thrilled about this because of the great work that is done by RMH. I really can’t thank you enough for helping us raise funds for them. I know that RMH is excited about this, and we are, too.

When we visited the Ronald McDonald House on Sunday night, we were told they are at full capacity with 83 families living there. As much as you might expect it to be a sad place since there are so many children fighting cancer there, the opposite is true. People are friendly and smiling, and it’s a very happy place.

There have been a number of anonymous donors, but I want to thank my business friends and colleagues for their support. You can still contribute, as $5,000 was an arbitrary number, and all donated funds will be used by the Ronald McDonald House to help the families who are in need.

• Daniel Brown
• Big Jumbo
• Nat Cohen –  Telepathy
• Domain Sherpa
• Brad Larson
• Sam  Melamed
• Robert Fitzgerald
• Karen Bernstein, ESQ
• Steve Kaziyev –  Name Pursuit
• Dennis Combs
• Charlotte Gilbert
• TempeHomes.com
• Brandon Abbey –  Escrow.com
• Francois Carrillo –  Domaining
• Brian Gilbert
• Andrew Hazen – Prime Visibility
• Warren Royal
• Mike St. John
• Rob Monster –  Epik
• Andrew Allemann –  Domain Name Wire
• Jeffrey Reynolds –  American Flags
• Craig Rowe –  WhyPark
• Rob Sequin –  Domain Broker
• Paul Kapschock
• Larry Fischer
• Larry Erlich –  DomainRegistry.com
• Hakan Ozcan
• Ralph Cristello
• Bill Sweetman – Tucows
• Jorge Martinez
• Jeff Kupietsky –  Oversee
• Bernard Lee
• Terrell and Penny Miller
• Pat Quinn
• Steven Newman
• Jeroen Verschuren
• Scott Fuller
• Leonard Britt
• Paul Carter –  Name.com
• Deepak Daftari
• Corinne Forti –  Oversee.net
• Matthew Crowder
• Bob Olea
• Bradley Epstein
• Regina Cheung
• Betty Scott
• Brendan Wells
• MedicalMile.com
• The Big Cheese
• Steven Kennedy
• Donna Mahony –  Domain Boardroom
• Corey McAdams
• James Donoghue
• Vincent DiAngelus
• Giuseppe Biundo
• Raymond Hackney
• Mark Levine –  Hillcrest Media

If I missed you for some reason, I am very sorry… I double checked the list, but there’s always that possibility. I did not include contributors who chose to remain anonymous, but you are very much appreciated as well. Also, big thanks to Domain Boardroom for the support.