In my previous post, I offered the opinion it was hard to take Donald Trump seriously as a potential presidential candidate since he had not yet fired Gary Busey from Celebrity Apprentice, and how that misstep could be representative of flawed decision-making skills.
A week later, Gary Busey is fired. And suddenly the news is all over the story of how Trump, of all people, seems to be gaining ground in recent polling.
I think it's safe to say I've identified at least one of my anonymous blog followers.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
A Brief Detour Into Politics
I know that writing anything political on a blog can be a divisive thing, but due to recent events I feel compelled to speak out.
I believe that anyone who wants to be seen as a legitimate candidate for President of the United States has to demonstrate sound decision-making skills.
Therefore, I don't feel Donald Trump's threats (or promises, depending on your opinion) of candidacy can be taken seriously.
Because Gary Busey is still on "Celebrity Apprentice." How has that dude not been fired yet?
I believe that anyone who wants to be seen as a legitimate candidate for President of the United States has to demonstrate sound decision-making skills.
Therefore, I don't feel Donald Trump's threats (or promises, depending on your opinion) of candidacy can be taken seriously.
Because Gary Busey is still on "Celebrity Apprentice." How has that dude not been fired yet?
Saturday, April 9, 2011
The Internet is Weird
Occasionally I'll mention here how writing for my blog often feels like talking to myself, since I have no way of knowing exactly who, if anyone, ever reads what I'm writing. Sure, there are the Facebook links that will get occasional likes or comments, which is always nice, or someone in real life will make some reference to something I wrote here. But there's no way for me to know if the people making comments are the only ones who ever read any of this. At least, that's how it used to be.
It turns out that Blogger, the site I use to publish this, recently added a new tool that lets me track statistics. I can see a breakdown of how many page views any post has received in the past day, week, month, or all time -- though from what I can tell, their version of all time only includes the past year. I can see what particular dates saw the most traffic. I can see what links people followed to find the posts they are reading. I can see what browser or mobile device was used to access a post. And most perplexing of all? I can see what countries these page views originated from.
Now, being that I'm here in the US, you'd expect page views to come from the US as well. But if I go back to the past year, I see these numbers coming from these locations:
Canada - 27
Denmark - 23
Japan - 22
Guadeloupe - 19
South Africa - 10
Hungary - 8
Russia - 8
Slovenia - 7
Vietnam - 5
France - 4
Columbia - 1
India - 1
Iran - 1
Okay. WHAT?!
Costa Rica I could see. I have a friend teaching there right now. Afghanistan I could see, since I had a cousin stationed there for quite awhile. But those two aren't showing up.
Are there bots out there searching the blogs of the world looking for anything they can use for the next great telemarketing push? Is my word choice somehow touching on search keywords that are commonly used in Europe and Asia that I don't know about?
Or am I really just that big in Guadeloupe?
It turns out that Blogger, the site I use to publish this, recently added a new tool that lets me track statistics. I can see a breakdown of how many page views any post has received in the past day, week, month, or all time -- though from what I can tell, their version of all time only includes the past year. I can see what particular dates saw the most traffic. I can see what links people followed to find the posts they are reading. I can see what browser or mobile device was used to access a post. And most perplexing of all? I can see what countries these page views originated from.
Now, being that I'm here in the US, you'd expect page views to come from the US as well. But if I go back to the past year, I see these numbers coming from these locations:
Canada - 27
Denmark - 23
Japan - 22
Guadeloupe - 19
South Africa - 10
Hungary - 8
Russia - 8
Slovenia - 7
Vietnam - 5
France - 4
Columbia - 1
India - 1
Iran - 1
Okay. WHAT?!
Costa Rica I could see. I have a friend teaching there right now. Afghanistan I could see, since I had a cousin stationed there for quite awhile. But those two aren't showing up.
Are there bots out there searching the blogs of the world looking for anything they can use for the next great telemarketing push? Is my word choice somehow touching on search keywords that are commonly used in Europe and Asia that I don't know about?
Or am I really just that big in Guadeloupe?
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