How they get here

People usually arrive at a blog via Google. They pump in their search terms, cross their fingers and hope.

Blogger stats tell me the top three search terms that landed people here this week were:

1. Why are religious people so mean?
2. Is religion a scheme?
3. He who shall so shall he who

I love the first two. The third is a Jerry Lewis quote, of all things. Well, however readers get here, I hope they stick around.

Running something by you

I wonder if others feel as I do. When a blogger, even one of my favorites, re-posts something from years ago, I don't read it. For me, blogs are about today. I don't want to know about yesterday.

Sometimes I feel guilty for not clicking on these posts. But despite the guilt, I never read people's "greatest hits" or posts that are prefaced by "I always post this at this time of year".

Meh. Gimme today. Anyone else feel like this?

Stats and reality

Blogger says I've had over 50,000 visitors. Doesn't feel like it. In fact, it feels kind of chilly in here. Maybe one of the visitors left the door open.

Why can't blogs disappear for SOPA?

Blackout.

There will be no Wikipedia on the internet tomorrow. It's going to be blacked out to protest S.O.P.A., the Stop Online Piracy Act, which will ruin the internet if it is passed by congress. I think this is a great protest message.

So why isn't Blogger offering a way to block out our blogs tomorrow? Wouldn't it be a powerful message if all your (and my) favorite blogs disappeared for a day? I can't believe they missed the boat with this one. It would have been so simple: create a way for our blogs to disappear for one day, and let us put up a SOPA protest message in their place.

Sadly, this blog will still be here tomorrow. Boo, Blogger!