8000 (with a tip o' the plagiarism cap to eyesroll)

[Richardo]

14 mountain peaks over 8,000 meters:
http://www.everestnews.com/8000.htm

8,000 deaths per day from pollution worldwide:
http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=AirPollution&style=mediaRelease

$8,000 Was Spent by the U.S. Justice Department For a Drapery To Cover A Female Statue with an Exposed Breast
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/ashcroft-breast.htm

Average American consumer credit card debt is (guess how much...?)
http://www.plim.org/AmericanConsumerDebt.html

...and this - ta-da! - is my 8,000th post on DU! :toast: Yeehaw!!

[miss_kitty]

1. HEy! congrats!

only 2000 to 10000!

[Richardo]

3. Merci, Miss Kitty...

...sorry to hear about that website closing. :(

[miss_kitty]

7. thank you

it's time to move it along, and the webmaster has been great, and it was an invaluable experience for me...

[Fridays Child]

2. ¡Que bueno, Richardo!

:party: :toast:

[Richardo]

5. Muchas Garcias, Mary Pat!

...and yes, I spelled it that way on purpose - hilarious malaprop in my book) :D

[eyesroll]

4. Thanks, thief!

:D

Congratulations...I'll catch up yet!

[Richardo]

6. Por nada, talent!

We're in an anti-productivity horse race, you and I. (With respect to our employers, that is.)

BTW: Clicked over to your blog. Nicely done! :thumbsup:

[GOPisEvil]

8. Congratulations Richardo!

Let there be chips, salsa and beer! :party:

[Richardo]

10. ...in abundance! Especially beer!

:beer: Thanks, GOPisEvil. :D

[redqueen]

9. Congrats!

And nice work expanding on the previous post by eyesroll - including depressing political info is a nice touch. :)

:toast:

[Richardo]

11. Thankew, redqueen

...and I'm sorry about the depressing political info, but you'd be surprised how hard it is to get meaningful yet lighthearted trivia when you Google a number. :shrug: