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Another print v. “lit blog” spiel

It seems blog-based book reviewers and so-called “lit blogs” continue to perceived as threats by print reviewers. The latest example is an essay in today’s Boston Globe Ideas section by Sven Birkerts. Titled “Lost in the Blogosphere,” it makes a couple valid points, such as the fact that reviewing is not the same as criticism […]

Forthcoming sparsity

It’s not like this place has been overflowing with content, but there likely will be a growing sparsity. There’s a variety of reasons. the most significant of which seem beyond my control at the time and which I may discuss in the future if I can get a handle on them.

Suffice it to say […]

Search term follies – Part 4

Google keeps sending the penis searches this way but I gotta say the first one in this month’s list is my favorite so far. In addition, people searching the clue to an online crossword puzzle celebrating Black History Month have lifted this site to a #2 Google rank for the second search listed below and […]

Search term follies – Part 3

When I started this, I wondered if there would be enough unusual searches to make this a regular feature. The pace keeps up enough that it has been monthly. There is, however, a new and (at least to me) somewhat disturbing theme that I grouped together below.

GOOGLE SEARCHES:

the piano flaccid penis show the […]

Horn blowing time

Just when you wonder whether anybody really gives a rip about any of the stuff you blog about, you get at least some reinforcement.

First, although it seemed to gather no notice in the South Dakota blogosphere, my post on credentialing bloggers did attract the attention of CBS News. As you’ll see in a comment […]