October was a record setting month for The Oil Drum. We surpassed 500k unique visits in a month and 1.2 million unique page views for the first time ever.

There is little doubt that $95/bbl assisted in that "pop," and if we see an economic slowdown that destroys demand or KSA turns on that tap we don't think they have, our traffic probably won't stay at those levels. However, we thank you for your support and hope that you understand what we are trying to do here. We couldn't do it without you.

The sites that link to us and send us traffic (Energy Bulletin, peakoil.com, Jim Kunstler, Matt Savinar, ASPO-USA (where we met a lot of you), and yes, even my favorite band in the whole world), and all of the others that I don't have time to type out...you help us a lot. Thank you all so much. We hope we send you as much love as you send us.

Most importantly, the people in this community, the norms that we defend here, and my colleagues that I work with--not just at the mothership, but on all of the other sites--are so smart and amazing.

I learn something every day here. Thank you all. We're doing what we can--and we'll keep doing so for as long as we can. Thanks again for your support.