God bless Blogspot. Not only do they allow me the opportunity to vent my spleen and make occasional plugs for my writing efforts, but they also provide me with statistics regarding who takes the time to read my ramblings.
Maybe you're here by mistake - I have no idea.
Regardless, I peeked at my statistics this morning and found that I've gotten just as many hits from Russia as I have from the United States.
So what's the deal?
Back in the days when I was on the radio, some of the places where I worked made a big deal out of their "ratings" - how much audience did they pull over a given period of time. It was important to the stations because they would be able to charge more money for the advertisements they would sell if they were getting a larger portion of the audience. Well, I'm not in radio any longer and despite the fact that Blogspot offers me an opportunity to add advertising to my little personal space, I'm not really concerned about how big my numbers are.
Honestly, it's really a source of amusement.
So far this year, I've also gotten hits from Germany, Indonesia, Japan, the United Kingdom, France and a few other countries. Oh - and China, too! Missing from my collection: Canada. I thought for sure that my rant about the Canadianization of America would draw at least one hit from an overly polite frostback. Anyone from Central America or South America (Mexico, you're more than welcome at my blog - Uruguay, just a few keystrokes is all I ask! No one from Africa, either. South Africa? C'mon... I have a friend with South African ancestry! When will Australia step up to the plate? I'm still waiting for Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands. When will some of the smaller countries step to the plate? Andorra? Grenada? Grand Fenwick?
All in all, I am flattered. Okay, maybe the larger portion of those hits from other countries (or for that matter from this country) are hits from people who have passed by accidentally. I do it, too - I'll read a random blog now and then after hitting a "NEXT" button. An innocent diversion? Maybe I've gone and flattered some other blogger. Ain't this fun?
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Two Facebook items caught my attention last night - one was an advertisement for Audi featuring "The two Spocks" as I'll call them. I got into a brief conversation about Star Trek fans with a woman who is married to one. I am starting to develop a story about a die-hard fan who meets someone remotely connected to the franchise. It's starting to be a lot of fun.
The other item was an obituary which appeared in a major newspaper for a woman from Mississippi. I have not had so much fun reading an obituary in quite some time and am now wondering if there would be a market for that type of obituary. I might start working on my own on a similar vein and instruct my survivors to insert some vital data and publish it just as written when I finally get shot by that jealous lover. I'll give it a month or two to rattle around in my head, and then maybe offer it on my commercial web site: bdharrell.com
be seeing you!
bdharrell
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