I was idly browsing the "Saints in our Book" page a week or so ago and noticed there were no monks at all in the 19,000s. None. That was most unusual and caught my eye. At that time, I was in the high 18,000s (with Your Mother and his gang of four sneaking up on me from behind). When I finally scaled the 19,000 peak, I checked again, hoping to see myself, and myself alone, in this exalted 19,000 category. I was shattered when I saw that an interloper had got there before me, one brian_d_foy! Now, his many blockbuster nodes notwithstanding, I doubted that he could have got past Your Mother and his gang of four that quickly, so the only other possibility was that he had sneakily descended onto the 19,000 plateau. At that time, brian was still ahead of me, but has since dropped one behind me. Hmmm ... I hope I'm not a suspect now.

Here's how it currently stands:

...
57  jdporter              20115
58  eyepopslikeamosquito  19123
59  brian_d_foy           18904
60  FunkyMonk             18756
61  toolic                18755
62  Your Mother           18716
63  wfsp                  18340
...
Update: as at 24-Jan-2015 it is now:
...
22 toolic                 39046
39 Your Mother            28788
40 eyepopslikeamosquito   28540
57 jdporter               23861
61 FunkyMonk              22652
73 wfsp                   19164
74 brian_d_foy            19008
...
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FunkyMonk and toolic are currently engaged in a gripping duel I see. Update: Twelve hours after writing this, I notice that toolic has just moved from one behind FunkyMonk to one ahead (18759 to 18758).

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