Hey, @practicalthought:

You continue to show excellence here, and not accepting a modest reply from you on this.

I see. :) Not sure how to respond to that then. I mean, I think I outlined pretty well how I got there. Probably 10% perspiration and 90% luck. Somebody doesn't decide to resteem blocktrade's post, I don't see it. Curie does have its requirements, but you still have to be seen. The contests I did put some time and effort into, but so did a lot of others who made more than I did in contest winnings.

Really, it's karma making up for July, August and September. :) Okay, not much into karma, per se, but anyway. The hard part is knowing it can be done and then duplicating it, but I definitely want to try. :)