35-40 readers on a good day—that’s what I was accustomed to as a Blogger for the Marquette Educator. So I was more than a bit surprised when my blopost: “An Open Letter to Governor Walker” went viral, getting over 300,000 hits in one week, and being excerpted in Salon.com, Esquire, Daily Kos, Washington Post, and even a nod in the New York Times. In this session, I will revisit that infamous week back in February and the many unexpected lessons I gleaned as a writer, as a public employee, and as a citizen of the blogosphere.