Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Above Your Noise
With seven out of 202 search queries invoking EWM this week, I'm avoiding project polishing in favor of fun with server log
redirections--I'm calling them s.lo/glibs (but I'll revise for a better-suited
neologism if you've got one):
1. grandpa cheese barn
[Passed it by, but I remember the billboard sign urging me to exit near
Cleveland last summer.]
2. what is the meaning of authoritarian teacher? [Who're you calling
authoritarian?]
3. grading blogs [I'm advocating pass-pass alternative
assessment--VG=very good, SWA=slight work ahead]
4. dreams that you forgot to feed pets [Reminds me of the
something-something-crunchy-tootsie-roll-munching-on-a-beach dream/
awoke-to-a-cat-litter-box joke.]
5. do businesses disclose enought information in their annual reports
[Nah. Pure nod-makers.]
6. free exemplification essay over driving
distractions [Keep your eyes on the road.]
7. does anyone know where the love of god goes [Well, there's this tune
while you contemplate it.]
Posted by Derek Mueller at December 7, 2004 6:57 PM
to Media
Thanks for the song!
Posted by: Clancy at December 7, 2004 7:33 PMYeah, I remember it well. That was a Viet Nam era song by Johnny Cash. What more can I say, except that, the best times in my life have been, when I've had something really worthwhile to fight for.
Posted by: pops at December 7, 2004 10:47 PMOne of the best searches I've had in a long time is "Lebowski addiction." What I find amazing is that more than one person entered the same search term. And, yes, I *love* the Coen Bros. movie.
Posted by: chuck at December 7, 2004 11:46 PMYou're welcome, C. Glad you liked it. I wondered how for the love of god the "love of god" line matched with something here. Found it in the Lightfoot lyrics pops posted in the comments a while back. And the wartime theme...I don't know. Sounded right.
The searches are definitely a kind of meta-scatter-amalgam of the blog. It's like some kind of accumulated found art. So it's personally entertaining, but I always wonder about the disappointment of the searcher: "Damn site's got nothin on driving distractions!"
Posted by: Derek at December 8, 2004 3:09 PMPops and I have wondered why God needs us to love Him??? Have a few and ponder that one... Like the song. The "Man in Black" truly is a legend...
Posted by: SybelGrace at December 9, 2004 9:09 PMWith you on MIB, Sybel. Of course, I'd listen to just about anything other than Christmas music to string me through these demanding few days.
Posted by: Derek at December 11, 2004 10:02 PM