I almost forgot to wish myself a happy blogiverssary!

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I'm iz five years old today on The Globber.

And, I almost forgot that I was turning five today.

It all started with this.  (Interestingly, the links, and video are still active...surprised the heck out of me)!

Gotta admit that I've walked away from her about a dozen times, but she always beckons me back.

The Globber is an evil mistress.

Truth is, I'm pretty dang wo' out with her, though.

The Failbook is a lot more fun (when I have time to screw around with her).

Many thanks to you all for putting up with my foolishness lo these many years.

This is post #2992.

I thought about going for the 3,000 mark!  But, I'm not sure I've got it in me.

The bad thing about having a blogiverssary is that you get to looking back at old posts, and realize that your glob was once entertaining...insightful...sharp...heartening...memory-reviving...even occasionally, "funny."  (If only for yourself).

I guess five year old blogger men kinda' lose their edge.  Well, at least this one has.

The proof is in the archives, and archives don't lie.

Love y'all!  I mean it. 

Time to pass out the "Comment Of The Year Award" here at Andy's Place...

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It's a long story...

But, I figured I'd better go ahead on and give out our "First Annual Comment Of The Year Award."

Like I said, it's a long story...

But, I figured I'd better do it before Friday.

Anyway...to make the story really long, the guys that work in Maintenance at my day job always invite me to their parties...Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.  So, I'm invited tomorrow, and I decided to bring my offering of the best damn cookie that I've ever eaten (or baked, btw).  

While putting together my recipe, and getting ready to bake it this year, I knew something was just not right.  The dang thing looked WAY too big, and all.  It came out okay, but I realized right before I popped the sucker in the oven that the last time I made one of these (Jan. 7, 2012), I used Nestle's chocolate chips, and the "Toll House Cookie" recipe.  This holiday season, I cheaped out, and bought Hershey's chocolate chips, and used their recipe on the bag instead.  

The dang thing expanded up on me, and nearly made like a bad science fiction movie.  Still, it looks (and smells like heavenly sin).  

So...to make a long story even longer...I looked back at a blog post I did extremely early in 2012, because I knowed I had told y'all how to make your own pan full of sin.  I just love the internet...it reminds us of junk we just KNEW we'd remember to do, even though we forget within a few days.

Anyway....from this post, the "Comment Of The Year" goes to Jim at My Bossier:  

"When I saw all that plaid flannel and dungarees, I thought a lesbian had got loose in your kitchen. Then I realized their was no work boots and that it was just you."

Thanks so much to you ALL for all the pithy, funny, and serious comments in 2012.  (Too bad none of us will be around after Friday to continue on with the pithy, funny, and serious).

  Crud...

But, ALL Y'ALL'S comments are just grrrrrrreat!  It's been REALLY NICE knowin' y'all! 

But, y'all are all losers (except for Jim)... being initially mistaken for a lesbian really touches the heart of the panel of judges....

A rerun...and an interesting story behind it...

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Hey y'all!  Hugs, kisses, yada yada yada...

I almost NEVER check my "comments awaiting moderation," but since I'm taking a REAL DAY OFF for a change, I decided to clean up all the comprutuhs, and looked at it.

Seems that there was a comment awaiting moderation from a relative of mine.  I've never met her.  But, she is related by marriage to my beloved Great Grandmother, "Granny Laura," who lived to be 104.  (I had her until I was 34 years old...such a blessing, and I miss her every day).

Anyway, she very kindly asked me for info about where Granny Laura, and her husband, Ross Gilmore Newland were buried, as she is working on a family history of the Farque fambly.  (I g-mailed her the info that she was looking for, and a few extra things about the fambly that she might find interesting).

MAN!  How cool is the internext????  Evidently she found this pile of failure through a The Gooble Search, due to the fact that I have often posted about my beloved Great Grandmother (this picture that I took of her when she was about 90 is my desktop background, btw...)

So, it got me to searching this here Titanic of a blog for stuff I might have wrote about Granny Laura, and her chirrens, grandchirrens, and great grandchirrens.

Man...I came across a bunch of stuff!

There was a great bunch of stuff, but ONE really struck me.  It was an ancient post I did about an e-mail I got from one of her sons, my now departed Great Uncle Earl.  Actually, the post is about my reply to him.

This is it.

It also reminded me that Granny Laura's birthday is coming up real soon, too.


Man, I miss her every day. That's all.

- 30 -

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YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I know I've published something near a hundred posts like this...


But, I really do think that my work here is done now.  At 4 years, 3 months, and 16 days, I'm pretty sure I've done all the damage to the worldwide computer (in globland) that I can.

It has been cathartic, as I've traveled through several pits of muck and mire in my life in that time.  Heck, that's probably why I fired it up...needed someone to talk to (a faceless someone).  


Problem is...y'all did not remain faceless!  I got to know y'all.  I know you...your politics, interests, spouses, chirrens, struggles, jobs (or lack thereof), trials, tribulations, etc.  

That was something I was NOT expecting.


It's been a trip (and a half).  And, I will forever be grateful to each and every one of you, and to Our Father in Heaven for putting little old me in the path of your lives.


I may take this back up, but it will be in a different way, and I'll let y'all know if I do.  Honestly, there are MANY things about the Andy that fired up this Titanic that have changed since we set out for the iceberg.  And, MANY of them are things I do not like about myself.  


I need to work on those things.  

Oddly, there are MANY things that I really hated about myself when I launched in to this that I am now content with...life is funny...y'all have helped.  I mean, SERIOUSLY HELPED!

Plus, circumstances in my job and family life are changing (like I'm The Lone Ranger on that one, huh?), and I gotta dial some things back.  What better to dial back than this?

I'd better shut this off quick, or y'all will fall asleep at the monitor...


Lookit...I'll be hanging out on the Fagbook at my fake Fagbook page.  Yes, this is really me...and I have enjoyed the heck out of going "fake" on The Fakebook.  I never did get around to writing that post about my Grand Failbook incognito experiment...crud!  "Friend" me if you'd like...or not, if you don't want to.


I'm going to try to remember to share anything much interesting on my The Gooble+ deal, too.  You can put me in a "circle/square/oval/whatever" right here.  (Dang, I had long hair when that pitcher was took)!


At least I think you can.

If I EVER come up with something that is seriously worth a long read, I'll post it here and link to it from those platforms.  Doubt I will...naw, I probably will.

Eventually. 


Maybe.


Keep in touch.  My The G-Mail deal is justandysplace@gmail.com  

Lots of y'all have my phancy new iPhone number, but if you don't have it, and you'd like it, just G-Mail me at the above The G-Mail computer address.  I'll shoot it to you.  

Electronically.


I love y'all.  Y'all have helped me through a ton of dookie in more ways than you know.  

I mean it.


I REALLY mean it.

The Edict Comes Down From Yours Truly...

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Note:  If you have a blog hosted on Wordpress, or Typepad this will not apply to you.  Your comments are already too hard to subscribe to.  I have to hit the "subscribe to comments" button dealie...then  I have to wait for an e-mail to confirm if I really do want to subscribe (sheesh...I wouldn't have hit that button dealie if I didn't really want to).  Then, when somebody else comments, about four days later I get an e-mail telling me that somebody else did...and it has a very unfriendly format.  Just sayin'...  So, this does not apply to you.  It applies to Globbers that host their work on Globber.

Okay...we won't really call this an "edict."  Let's just call it a friendly suggestion/desperate request.


If you have a Globber Glob, and I am one of your regular readers, please make some changes in your settings.


I may have mentioned it before in passing...I CAN NOT SUBSCRIBE TO COMMENTS ON MANY OF MY REGULAR BLOG READS, so I need to request that y'all make some changes in your settings.


Seems that The Globber has disabled comment subscription if your blog is set to show comments in a pop-up window.  Why, I do not know.  But, they have.  So, we must adjust, adapt, and overcome. 


Please go in to "Design."  Then click on "Settings."  Then click on "Comments."  Please scroll down the page to where it says, "Comment Form Placement."  Then, click the little dotty block that says, "Embedded below post."


It should look like this:  (As always, click on it for the big picture)

If y'all would ALL do that, it would make my blogging life so WAY MUCH EASIER!


I can then subscribe to comments on your posts.  And, I'm addicted to subscriptions.  Can't help it.  It's not my fault.  I'm sure I'm a victim, or something.


"Thank you for your time.  You've been so much more than kind.  You can keep the dime."

Might have figured out the "Comment Subscription" deal...(UPDATED!!!)

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Update:  Yep!  The Globber has been fiddlin' with the knobs again (It weren't none of y'all, nor me)!  I wish that they would just find "Lever B," and do just that!  Seems that if your Glob settings are set to show comments in a pop up window, I CAN NOT SUBSCRIBE TO FOLLOW UP COMMENTS!  Thanks a whole helluva lot, Globber!  But, if you go to "design, settings, comments," and switch your settings to "show comments underneath the post you wrote/or something like that," the option to subscribe is still working.  For now.  I'm pretty sure some jerkified geek with coke bottle glasses, and a belly-button ring, is working hard right now to screw this up, too.  I guess when you're one of the most valuable companies on the earth, you MUST employ people...and those people gotta do something to earn their keep.  But, would y'all please just quit screwing with the knobs???  I mean...crochet, or something else valuable for Heaven's sake!

Let's see.  


Somebody please try to post a comment, and see if you can subscribe (You don't actually have to subscribe...just see if it gives you the option to do so).


Pretty please?  With sugar on top?


Let me know.


Please?!?!

Where'd the "Subscribe" button go?

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Is it just me, or has The Globber messed around and made it impossible to Subscribe To Follow Up Comments on a lot of blogs?

There are some Blogger blogs I read that have the feature working, but many don't.   I almost always subscribe, because I like to read what others have to say.


The other day, I accused a buddy of "messing with the knobs again," because I couldn't subscribe.  

But he denied it.  It might be something in MY settings.  But, I don't think so.


One more question...Can y'all subscribe to follow ups here on The Titanic?

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Even the Japs know it!

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Y'all better get y'all's act together, Microsoft!


When the Japs turn on you, there ain't no telling what they might do!

Is it just me, or does anybody else despise Blogger's new CAPTCHA deal?

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Here is an example of what I've been encountering.

Heck, you may as well have a Typepad blog!


Look, I'm not in the business of telling folks how to run their blogs.  But, it's really okay to drop the word verification deal now.  Blogger's spam filter is dang good!


Sure, you'll still get an e-mail with the spam comment on it.  And sure, anyone that has subscribed to comments on that post will get it.  But, it's a minor inconvenience compared to what Blogger has come out with now to stop "robots."


"Robots?"  Really?  Lookit, Globber...can't y'all come up with something original for a change?


Just askin'...

Anonymity in the Blogsophere. An Experiment...

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No, that is not an Ole Miss fan!

(Editorial note:  Long, boring, rambling blog post ALERT!  And, poor composition skills, too.  Consider y'all's selves warned).


I started to write this post about two years ago.  Then, I started to write it about a year ago.  Then, I started to write it about two months ago (make a note of that "two months ago" deal...there will be a quiz later).  But, something happened last week to me personally that helped me decide to finally do it, and bore y'all to tears in the process.


Whether you maintain your own blog, comment on blogs, or use other social media outlets, I can almost guarantee you that you CAN NOT remain "anonymous."  Well, let me back up...you CAN NOT if you put out ANY DETAILS of your life, or experience into the virtual world.  With enough effort, your true identity can be discovered if someone REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wants to find it.


So, what happened to Andy last week that prompted him to write this long, boring post (with poor composition skills, too)?  Well, thanks for asking!


Last Thursday I was at work (on my day job).  I was minding my own business, doing an assigned task that must be done.  I was walking through one of the large waiting areas filled with people, just about to pass in to a stairwell when I heard a voice behind me.  "Excuse me sir!"


Nothing uncommon about that.  In my job, I'm stopped dozens of times a day by people needing information, directions, help of some sort, etc.  I turned and saw a middle-aged man that I did not recognize.  He said/asked, "You're Andy, aren't you?"


Now, this is not uncommon, either.  As a local boy who has lived 48 of his 52 years in Bossier City, I'm often stopped on the job by people from my past...old classmates...parents of friends of my sons, or of my old friends...old folks from growing up in Church, etc.  And, even though my memory ain't what it used to be, I will brag and say that I ALWAYS remember a face, and can place it where it's supposed to be.  But, not this time.


My gray matter was drawing blanks.  All I could do was say "Well...yes sir, I am."  Then the gentleman introduced himself by name.  Still, I'm sure I had that Butch Cassidy "who is this guy?" look on my face.  Then, he said, "I read your blog, and sometimes comment.  I'm (commenting name redacted)!"  We had a nice visit, and I learned a little about his life...his work history...family...life experience, etc.  It was REALLY GOOD to be able to put a face, and a life context to an otherwise blank slate that an unknown blog commentor can leave you with.


So, HOW did this regular visitor to Andy's Place know it was me?


Well, DUH...my blog is WIDE OPEN!  He knew that I was a Barney Fife at a hospital in Bossier City, LA (there is only ONE hospital in Bossier City, LA).  He has seen multiple pictures of me, my family, and many retarded V-logs that have been produced here at the world-wide headquarters.


As a side note, I don't think he's seen my psoriasis pictures, because he hasn't been hanging out here all that long.  Would y'all believe that I have been through two (count 'em, two) winters without an outbreak of psoriasis?  Really!   I think I'm healed of it, Praise The Lord!!!  Maybe.  But, I digress).


Andy's Place is one of the most WIDE OPEN blogs out there.  And, that's okay.  After the first couple of years of blogging, I made the decision to just make this pitiful Titanic "all about me." (Check the header, dangit!)   And, you can't make anything "all about you" without leaving yourself wide open to be found.  And, "found" we are.  In my book, that's okay.  Actually, it's better than okay.


I swear, I had NO idea when I started blogging how it would open up a new world of "friends."  And, I mean that.  I have become acquainted with the finest of the finest of folks.  As we've rocked along here, I've come to know (and love) folks I never would have.  My life has been greatly enriched with the every day ins-and-outs of the lives of so many.  Truth is, I've bared my soul to many of you (off blog in e-mails & phone calls), and many of you have returned "the favor."  Nyuk...


We're a decrepit mess of humanity, aren't we?


And, y'all know who y'all are!


Thanks.  Seriously.


In a run-down of the regular visitors on the deck of the Titanic, I can name about a dozen of y'all that knew me before I stepped in to the virtual world...about half a dozen that I've met personally since then, and informed of this sinking ship...and the rest of y'all just happened along here by chance, or from bumping in to me on other blogs.


And, it's an honor to know you all!  For me, blogging has become about making relationships.  Heck, half of y'all have my telephone number.  If you don't, I'd gladly give it to you if you wanted it.  Many of you have stopped by the estate while passing through (that's always fun).  But, THAT'S ME!  I'm in a position in life now where I have nothing to hide.  I do not have any reason to be anonymous.


Sure, you read stories about how some weird, creepy, stalker dude tracks down some blogger he disagrees with & harasses his (or her) family, makes their life miserable, murders them, etc.  Well, that's just not something that I fear.  If I were a high profile pundit, or a young mother, or in a position of employment that might be compromised by my views it would likely be different.


But, none of that applies to me.


As I think about the bloggers that I've stuck with over the years, I can imagine that MANY of them have WAY MORE to lose by being WIDE OPEN.   I think of my buddy, Paul Mitchell.  I remember when he made the decision to stop blogging under a pseudonym, and come out of the closet.  Now, that could cost the guy.  He makes his living in an industry dominated by political lefties, and he could easily lose out on lots of work because of his hard-right politics.


I think about Pat Austin.  She is as right-wing as they come, and doesn't hold anything back in her political posts.  She's a school teacher, for cryin' out loud!  And, if you read her blog for very long, you can figure out where she teaches.  But, blogging under her real name makes it that much easier.  If some parent got a hate-on for her politics, they could make life miserable.  Heck, I've never asked her, but it may have already happened.


There are many of you that are in the same position that I am...no reason to strive for anonymity.  Many of you have freely given details about your employment, place of residence, etc.  Many of you blog under your real name, and enjoy the relationships as much as Yours Truly.  But, that's just YOU!  You're at ease with it.  But, others...not so much.


We all have our own threshold of privacy that we'd like to retain.  And, everyone has their reasons.  Be it for family, or social, or employment related issues, most everyone has a line they just will not cross in "giving themselves up."  And, that is completely understandable, and respected by me.  Each one of us knows our lives, and concerns better than anyone else.  And, only each individual can judge how far to go, or how much to "open up."

The Experiment:  (Some of the specifics have been altered here, but this is basically how it went).


About two months ago I got in to this discussion with another blogger in his "comments."  The blogger had made a passing reference to the fact that he was on the Board of Directors of an organization, and sketchily described what they were doing.  It sounded VERY interesting, and several commentors had asked him for directions to the .org's website for further reading.


That was the blogger's threshold.  He politely thanked them, but declined because he knew that if he pointed them to the site, his anonymity was shot.  Everyone that reads his blog would know exactly who he is.  And, that is just fine.  There is a line he doesn't want to cross, and that line should be respected.


And, I can understand WHY this fellow wants to fly below the radar.  He is in a relatively high profile position in his metro area, due to his occupation.  He is well known, and maintains a blog as an outlet for personal thoughts.


But, to make a point to the guy (and maybe to myself), I did me a little experiment...


I decided to find out who this guy is, simply by using the information he had given up in his blog posts.  So, from reading the guy for several years, I put on my thinking cap.


I knew that he is a Michigan Wolverine fan (bless his heart).  So, my first assumption is that he lives in Michigan...could be wrong...there are a handful scattered elsewhere, but I'm starting with Michigan.


I know the industry that he works in, because he's mentioned the type of work several times.


I also know that his wife works in the same industry.


I know that he has three children.  (Now, this is not relevant to finding him...but, it could be if I was some weird, creepy, stalker dude).


I had a fairly good idea of his age from reading about his years in college, knowing how long he'd been married, etc.


So now, I gotta guess a name.  I'll admit that this one was pretty easy in his case.  He blogs under a name that is very similar to a common man's name (turns out that it is a variation of his middle name...which he is not known by professionally, but helped me locate him through a The Gooble Search©).


Knowing just these things, me and Mr. Gooble got down to biniss!  I began by searching, "Michigan (insert the name I guessed) (insert occupation)."  Skimming the search results, about 5 spots down the page I see a link to a list of people that had been given a particular award by a benevolence group in a fairly good-sized city in Michigan.  Clicking through, I find that a man with the middle name I had guessed had been recently given this particular award.


Could this be my guy?  I took the full name, and ran with it.  The next The Gooble Search© went something like, "Michigan (insert full "maybe him" name) (insert occupation).  Bingo!  Result #1 linked me directly to the website of this man's company, and to his professional bio (along with a very nice photograph).  He looks to be about the right age, and kinda like I imagined he would.  Okay, so at this point we're just "supposing" that this could be the guy.  We need more than this.


Now, I also know that his wife works in the same field.  Fortunately, he has an unusual last name.  I mean, it's not Krzyzewski or anything...but it ain't Jones.  So, the next The Gooble Search© is more refined.  I now have a city in Michigan (but still we're just guessing).  It goes something like "(insert City) Michigan, (insert last name) (insert occupation).  Bingo!


Result #2 is a link to a website sporting a female with the same last name.  Clicking through, I am on the site of the firm that she works for.  Clicking through to her professional bio, I read about her education, accomplishments, and see a very nice photograph of a woman who is roughly the same age as the man I'd seen just scant moments before.  They are both quite professional looking, the same race, etc.


So, on to 123people.com we go.  Entering the man's full name and city yields surface results, but it tells me that he is related to a female with the same name of the chick I'd just checked out.  I've got my man.  So, to get further results, there are options on 123people.com.  I spring for the $1.95 option, which yields the man's birth date, and a list of 10 addresses spread over four cities in two states, and a land line telephone number.


If I had cared enough to spend about 40 bucks (you'd have to be a weird, creepy, stalker dude to do that), I could have accessed all public records on the man...maybe showing the birth records of him, and of his children, marriage license, property exchanges, etc.  (But, I do not actually know how thorough that service is, so I'm just supposin').  At this point it didn't matter.  I know who the guy is, where he works, where his wife works, and if I was some weird, creepy stalker dude I've got a list of home addresses, too.  BTW, I used GoobleEarth to check out the most recent address on record, and he has a nice house...it looks "homy." 


So, what to do with these results?  Well, e-mail the dude, of course!  I can't keep something like this to myself!  Dude needs to know how easy he is to find!  Well, maybe he didn't really need to know, but I couldn't help myself.  I'm a twisted piece of humanity, and when I succeed at something, I MUST make it known.


Using the e-mail link on his blog, I composed a thoughtful e-mail, explaining to him that I meant no harm...am not a weird, creepy, stalker dude, etc.  I just wanted the guy to know that if someone really wanted to find out who he was, he had already given enough information for educated guessers, and GoobleSearchers to locate him.  In the e-mail I presented all the information that I was supposing to be correct, and left it at that.


His response?  Well, at first it kind of set him on his heels...but, he wasn't really all that surprised.  In a few e-mail exchanges back and forth about this it was clear that he'd thought about it...had even discussed it with his wife just a few days before.  As we clickety-clacked back and forth, he and I both agreed that as a high profile figure in his community, there is a much greater likelihood of local weird folks causing him problems than weird folks stalking out in the blogosphere (like me).


But, he appreciated the effort, and he learned something.  Well, maybe he didn't "learn" anything, but something he suspected was reinforced.  

So, I'm passing it on to y'all.  If you value your anonymity (for whatever reason), be VERY, VERY, CAREFUL about how much you share on the 'net.  Of course, this is elementary junk.  It's something we all KNOW.  But, even something that you think is a harmless reference might give you up.


Some of you reading this maintain blogs.  And, knowing our visitors here, I know those of you that don't give a rat's hiney about privacy, and those of you that care deeply about it.  In fact, I'm thinking of one particular blogger that I read who has done an EXCELLENT job of shielding his identity, while still giving glimpses in to his personal life.


It can be done.  But, ya' really gotta work at it.


Every blogger has their own reason for doing it.  Many of them can't really put in to words for you WHY...but they know why.

That's all.


Like I said at the outset... "Long, boring, rambling blog post ALERT!  And, poor composition skills, too."
 
Y'all were warned.

Occupied with real life to the max!

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Blogging has been, and will be WAY light.


Sorry.


I'll be back around.


Sorry...


(BTW, y'all ain't really ugly.  I'm just joshin'!!!)

Humbled...

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Truly, I am.


This little old corner of the globosphere has been nominated.  Not once, but TWICE for the coveted award known as the:

It's one of those things that you never really think will happen to you.  And, when it does, you're kinda speechless, and don't really know what to type out about it.


I'd like to thank my Mom & Dad, and The Mrs. for supporting me.  I want to thank all 17 readers for your loyal visits, and profound comments.  

And, of course, I want to thank God most of all for giving me great talent, and a humble spirit.  Those are two things that don't usually go hand in hand.


Just sayin'...


And, of course, I need to thank the committee of two, Bob, and Lou.  It's humbling, really.


Really.


Now, as the winner of a "Liebster Glob" Award, I'm supposed to pass it on to five other globs.  See, there's your trouble.  When you start naming names, you know you're gonna leave somebody out.  And, I love all my blog reads!  So, here's a list from my personal The GoobleReader.  (No links, because I'm lazy...but you can Gooble 'em easy enough).

Click on 'em to look at my favorite globbers, who ALL get one in my book!

Thank God, The Super Bowl is over!!!

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Now my Sitemeter can take a rest from all the thousands of folks (that obviously need a "life") who want to know if Eli Manning is a Christian (or what flavor of Christian).


Whew!  They almost blew the virtual lid on this little corner of the blogosphere with their retarded curiosity.


But, Andy's Place survived, and now we've gotten back to our TRUE PURPOSE in the virtual world.

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Now things are back to normal, and all is right with the world!

Okay, it's halftime, and my prediction was WRONG!

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I had predicted that by halftime, 18 or 19 out of 20 visitors to Andy's Place would be lead here by The Gooble Search©, trying to find out if Eli Manning is a Christian.


I was wrong.

← (click it)  It's only 17 out of 20 at halftime.


But, Madonna has not crunk up yet, so it might get to 20 of 20 after that old hag drags her miserably ugly bones out on stage.


But...we shall sign off for tonight. 17 of 20 is close enough.


And, I gotta get up early.


Y'all have a good night!


BTW, if you're watching the Super Bowl, and are so damn curious about Eli Manning's religion...well you really should get a life!

Just sayin'...

40 minutes until game time, and we're up to 10 out of 20.

Told ya'!

Building in intensity.

Sigh...

Here we go!!!

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Elisha is in the Super Bowl.

This is the first page of most recent visitor results.  (As always, click on it to get the big picture).

This is the previous 20...(Only 6 out of 20)

It's building in intensity.


By halftime, it will be up to 18 or 19 of every 20 visitors that lands here at Andy's Place trying to find out if Eli is a Christian.

I know it will.  


The internet has become predictable.


Sigh...

YEP! We're in for a loooooooooong stretch of this.

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Crud.


The Sitemeter Bell is ringing big time (just like I anticipated).


(I have tried to blank out some of y'all, to keep the innocent innocent, since y'all don't really care what Eli Manning's faith is, but on my new comprutuh, it's harder to use Microsoft Paint.  But, I'm tryin', Ringo!).

Crud...


It's gonna be WAY worse by tomorrow.


Crud...

The Super Bowl is not until tomorrow. But, it has ALREADY STARTED!!!

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Crud!  


I know from past experience that any time the New York Giants are playing in a playoff game, Andy's Place blog is going to be inundated by Gooblesearchers looking for this.

But, I thought it would not start until tomorrow.


The retarded searchers (and, I STILL CAN NOT UNDERSTAND THE NATIONWIDE FASCINATION WITH THIS TOPIC) have started early.


Crud!

Well, the Sitemeter exploded on Wednesday...

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I haven't checked the Sitemeter lately.  But, I decided to look at it, and discovered that blog traffic tripled on Wednesday.


An old post was linked in a forum on something called UKClimbing.com.


Hmmmm...


Don't think I know any Brit rock climbers.


Hmmmm...

Didn't care enough to register to see who had linked us.  But, if it was you, mucho apprecionado!

So, I was thinking of something creative to post for y'all!

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And, I came up with this...

 

I thought a little longer, and came up with this...

Truth is, my mind is somewhere else right now. I'll be back around with something worth reading.

Maybe...