I was at 497 posts a bit before I left work.
I posted twice then posted a message that basicly said yay me, 500 posts, blah blah blah.
I came home, played Pyroto, came on here… and was at 497 posts. My 3 posts were missing.
Now I’m at 500 again, but the posts still exhibit total existance failure, and I haven’t posted.
Odd… odd…
Better luck at 1000 I guess.
http://www.madpoet.com
I am human, and I need to be loved
Just like anybody else does
Congrats on your 500th…
** Sigh. So many men, so few who can afford me ** Original by Wally
I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
MadPoet, the explanation for your missing posts is in this thread. Read the message from [urel=http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum2/HTML/000957.html]TubaDiva. Some of the older threads are being archived and apparently posts in archived threads don’t show in your total.
I’m still on Wally’s shitlist.
Ugh. Click here. Crap.
Bummer… so they deleted my 500th post celebration post. Sniff.
There, there :pats MadPoet on the back sympathetically: you still have 500 posts. Cheer up we still love you! 
You’ll have 1000 in no time.