OKAY! OKAY! Stop poking me, I'm doing it.

Ok, this is the second time someone has tagged me for the rockin' girl award. Thanks to Anna and Michelle, I appreciate it, its just the passing it along that haven't gotten to yet.

I am pretty sure I mentioned that Procrastination is a planet and I am it's queen.

Anyway, here is a list of some of the Rockin' Chicks I know.

Radmila Cool chick, I never miss a post. Especially when she talks with or about Mamma.
Desiree She is what I would call a broad. She had the guts to get braces at 42, aces in my books.
Michelle Another Canuck, she has been through a lot of shit, but so far, not bitter.
Tomorrow (I think I just caught on that she might want anonymity) My favorite teacher, she is a great read.
Anna She knows me in real life and she still talks to me...That, in and of itself, is amazing.
Fyr She reads me....therefore she rocks.

YOU ARE HERE - 03-31-07
How people found this site. On a Saturday this week, to make room for
'So, where are ya from?' a new feature for the first of every month.


sisterinlaw (UK)
freelance cynic puppies (London)
help me pay for treatment for my cat (Gloucester, England)
bank's reply (Amsterdam)
brotherinlaw and sisterinlaw porn (India)
marisa tomai (New Jersey)
double knot spy (Boston)
little milhouse (Alberta)
the keiths creepy thing from india (New Jersey)
nova scotia film tv (Virginia)
ted reinstein (New Mexico) Love him or hate him, you still search for him.

HERE FROM WORK or SCHOOL?
Aren't you supposed to be working/studying?

University Of Mississippi (From? Well, duh)
National Australia Bank Limited (Melbourne)
National City Corporation (Cleveland, Ohio) A lot of bored bankers out there.
State Of Montana Department Of Administration (Billings)
Publicis & Hal Riney (Escondido, California)
Red Hat Inc (North Carolina)
Board Of Pensions (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Salomon Inc (Brooklyn)
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
University Of Virginia (Bridgeport, Connecticut) Swear to God, that's what it says.

Can You See Your House From Here?
New twist and a game for the You Are Here post.



HINT: Wonder if you pick up your coffee at the Morning Dew? Or hang out at the Burke Street Pub or Gatsby's?

Click on the picture to get a closer look. And remember, if you think this is you, give us a shout.

YOU ARE HERE - 03-25-07
How people found this site.

sister-in-law fucking (Naperville, Illinois and Belgium) Seriously, Dudes, if you met my brother-in-law you would realize that you are absolutely not going to find that shit here.
herndon verginia(Texas)
and another thing (U.s. Patent And Trademark Office, Brooklyn)
shadow pupets (Istanbul, Turkey)
kill drive (Littleton, CO) That's just a little disturbing.
oldsmobile (Washington) Jesus! Someone from the Home Planet found me this way. God hates me. Although I think this might be some sort of bot disguising itself. If I click on the link reference, I get an error. I did a search for oldsmobile on my site and got no hits. There are no posts that contain that text.
american idol update (Mustang, Oklahoma)
bank's reply(Netherlands)
make money (Quebec) Guess the anchor text thing works both ways.
origami (New Jersey)
afghan victim (California)
attitude adjustment (Japan)


HERE FROM WORK or SCHOOL?

U.s. Patent And Trademark Office (Brooklyn) Hope I am not being investigated.
University Of San Francisco (ya, you guessed it)
The Washington Post (Fairfax, Virginia?) I think statcounter has lost its mind.
Amherst College (Shrewsbury, New Jersey)

And another thing...

New twist and a game for the You Are Here post.

I just discovered the visitor map in StatCounter. I am assuming this pinpoints the ISP server that routed you here and not your actual house. (at least I hope it isn't your actual house, if it is let me know and I will take it down.)


Click on the picture for a closer look.

Anyway, the game is...Can You See Your House From Here? If this is your ISP location, Email me.

Even if it is not you, but you know where it is? Give us a shout. No prizes right now, only because it is almost 5am and I am running out of coffee and brain cells.

But if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them.

Holy Shit! Where are they all coming from?

I am not really sure what happened here. Unfortunately I have done a bunch of things at once, so I will have to try and pinpoint what gave me the jump in stats. Here are my stats for the past week.



However, last night I spent a lot of hours putting 'tags' on a lot of my posts. I think this may have been the deciding factor.

I don't know, but the freakish jump in traffic is making me nervous. Does that make sense?

By George! I think he's got it!

John Chow of John Chow dot Com has a clever thing going on. He has initiated a Review My Blog for a free linkback promotion.

His goal is to have his site ranked first on Google for a specific set of search words, specifically “make money online”. He is offering to link to your blog if you review his blog. Making sure that the anchor term "make money online" is in the text.

I think it is a neat idea. After four days he is on page 1 of Google.com for the term “make money online”.

So I guess it was a success. What will he think of next? I can't wait to see.

Desperate Times.

Trying to get a handle on people I work with accessing my blog from work. I tell them to only access it from home, that the Big Giant Heads can see everything they do at work. But no matter what you tell them, some idiots will still do it. (And if you email me all insulted that I called you an idiot, then you just proved it to me.)

A while ago I was shocked to see (in my stats) the name of the Home Planet as an ISP. At that point I started to remind people from work not to visit the blog from work. Somehow the Big Giant heads were accessing the site. Not that there is anything wrong with that, I don't mention them by name or discuss company secrets. And unless you sat beside me, you probably don't know the company I work for. Although you may think that you do.

It wasn't that the Home Planet was watching that was disturbing. It was the way they arrived at the site. They didn't just go directly, or stumble on it. They did a search for the word nnothrthng, specifically. That means someone who was not that familiar with the blog, but new enough info, gave it to them. I have a couple of suspects.

Petty people who would like nothing better than to get me in some sort of trouble. Most likely the little dick head that was cheating on his wife. "Dude, she flat out asked me if you were taking a piece at work and I told her the truth."

Anyway, that was months ago and it appears his little plan did not work. But since then I have been trying to be proactive and it has been fine but someone is still accessing the site from work.

So, I will be blocking IP addresses from my neck of the woods. And those from the Home Planet of the Big Giant Heads.

So, if you are a Canadian, you may get cut off. If your a Yank from the Home Planet state you may also get cut off. No worries if you are from any other country, you should be fine. But if you are worried, just email me your IP and I will unblock it.

If you try and access the site from home and get an error page, just email me your IP address and I will unblock your IP.

These restrictions will take effect at the end of the week and will be lifted as soon as I can narrow down the series of IP addresses that are associated with my work place.

Sorry if this is a pain in the ass, but I don't know any other way to do this. If you do, drop me a line.

And another thing...

For those of you who don't know your IP address just head over to IP CHICKEN and read it off the screen.

YOU ARE HERE - 03-04-07

how do i stop him screaming at me (France)
and another thing (UK)
if a man hits a woman once will he do it again (UK) Ya, and it is his fault. If he gets the chance to hit her twice, its all on her.
dear asshole (San Antonio)
peoplepc.com/arizona (Tucson)
she's not the kind of girl you hear about (Brazil)
stop me if you think you've heard this one before (UK)
clint eastwood know italian oscars translate(Algonac, Michigan) He doesn't actually know Italian. He was just reading the translation off the tele-prompter.
dog fuck (Australia) Dude, please.
who's your friend (Alabama)

HERE FROM WORK or SCHOOL?

Sears Direct Response(Illinois)
United Technologies Research Center(Connecticut)
Canadian Department Of Education (Halifax, NS)
University Of Athens (Greece) not Georgia
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Intown Suites (Illinois)
University Of Texas At San Antonio (Duh.)
City Of Tucson(Arizona)
University Of Turku (Finland)
University Of California (Emeryville)
American Excelsior Company (Arlington, Texas)
Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan)
Weber State University (Ogden, Utah)
Univar Corp (Kirkland, Washington)

YOU ARE HERE - 02-25-07

Big turn out this week for keyword searches: a little late but I was side tracked this week.

-the freelance cynic (England)
-16 years ago today (Brooklyn, New York)
-superman emblem bling (Hastings, Minnesota)
-another name for zues (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
-sodrel truck lines (Atlanta, Georgia)
-he need to go back to british (Plano, Texas)
-introvert (Fairfax, Virginia)
-celine dion and oscar night (Toronto, Ontario)Probably a concerned citizen wanting to know where to have the pizza delivered.
-i am old but not dead(Los Angeles, California)
-oscar observations(Jersey City, New Jersey)
-old italian guy oscars (Middletown, Rhode Island)
-radmila (Budapest, Hungary) Hmmm, wonder if he is looking for anyone specific?
-old but not dead(Cheyenne, Wyoming)People are really looking hard for me.
-evel(Plano, Texas)
-slide rule(Ames, Iowa)
-oscars human shadow pupets(Montreal, Quebec)
-american idol(Herndon, Verginia)

HERE FROM WORK or SCHOOL?

-The Chase Manhattan Bank N.a (Brooklyn, New York)
-College Of Wooster (Ohio, Wooster, United States)
-Emory University (Georgia, Atlanta, United States)
-The Equitable Life Assurance Society Of The United States (New Jersey, Jersey City, United States)
-Hanes Companies Inc(North Carolina, Winston Salem, United States) My buddy, 9 returning visits.
-Whirlpool Corporation(Michigan, St. Joseph, United States) 25 returning visits! Dude, I love your dishwashers.
-Intown Suites(Illinois, Elk Grove Village, United States)
-Chedoke-mcmaster Hospitals (Ontario, Hamilton, Canada) 34 returning visits! I think after 33, you have to say 'Hey'.
-Tara Home (Texas, Plano, United States)

YOU ARE HERE - 02-11-07

(Hits from search engines.)
baz and daves body building (England, London, United Kingdom)
how cold does it need to be to close school? (Ohio, Columbus, United States)
take name in vain (England, Southampton, United Kingdom)
double knot spy? (British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
he need to go back to british and be judge for british people (Texas, Plano, United States)
what are the origins of th saying by the skin of your teeth (England, London, United Kingdom)
i think therefore I am single (Alberta, Calgary, Canada)

HERE FROM WORK or SCHOOL?

Washington School Information Processing Cooperative (Washington, Seattle, United States)
Sodrel Truck Lines (Indiana, Clarksville, United States)
Defense Megacenter Huntsville (Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States)
Valley Stream Central High School (Connecticut, Stratford, United States)
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (Massachusetts, Cambridge, United States)
University Medical Center (Texas, Plano, United States)

And I thought this was interesting:

California, Grass Valley, United States
nnothrthng.blogspot.com/2006/12/drugs-in-workplace.html
No referring link

YOU ARE HERE - 02-04-07

What you searched for and where you're from.

-coimbra (Zuid-holland, The Hague, Netherlands)
-Does saying Oh My God when talking is it using his name in vain (From Search PeoplePC.com -Arizona, Tucson, United States) I made the first page for that one.
-Barnyard Otis (Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, Australia)
-hanes (Virginia, Herndon)
-close school temperature -10 degrees(Bolingbrook, Illinois)
-salem nh school district (Rockland, Mass.)
-double knot spy?(British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada)
-hairline scratch (Turkey)

HERE FROM WORK?

-Gerdau Ameristeel (Florida, Tampa, United States)
-Harrison Gypsum Company (Oklahoma, Norman, United States)
-Government Of The Province Of Ontario (Ontario, Toronto, Canada)
-Weber State University (Utah, Ogden, United States)
-Chedoke-mcmaster Hospitals (Ontario, Hamilton, Canada) Hi, Jack's sister!

YOU ARE HERE...01-28-07

In case you have forgotten, this is a list of recent keyword searches that brought people here and their origins.

biache (Farmington, Connecticut)
apple juice shits (Cheektowaga, New York)
places to live in Nova Scotia (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Wendy's Drive Thru (Salem, New Hampshire)
pissed off (California)
bald chick (someone in the UK. Hope it wasn't Sinead)
undisclosed customer service
shits & giggles (Menomonie,Wisconsin)
dead horse slides ( guy in France) Dude?
rip your head off and shit down your (Kissimmee, Florida) Isn't Kissimmee supposed to be a happy place?
ted reinstein (from Virginia) Again with Ted? Who is this guy?
Digby NS close but no cigar
suv asshole (Delta, BC)

And another thing...a bonus because I skipped it last week.

Surfin' from work/school? BUSTED!

(Maytag Corporation) Iowa, Newton
(Purdue University) Indiana, West Lafayette
(Wells Fargo And Company) California, San Francisco
(Hanes Companies Inc) North Carolina, Winston Salem
(Hillsborough County Public Schools) Florida, Tampa
(Ministerio De Administraciones Publicas) Ministry of Public Administrations, Spain
(Davis School District) Utah, Farmington
(Whirlpool Corporation)Michigan, St. Joseph
(University Of Tennessee)Tennessee, Knoxville
(Ajh Lawyers Pty Ltd) Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
(Indiana University) Indiana, Bloomington
(We Care Tax Advisor) Texas, Plano, United States
(Renault) France
(Universidad Carlos Iii De Madrid) Spain
(Idea Link Co. Ltd) Japan,
(The Pentagon) Virginia - That's what is says, I kid you not!

YOU ARE HERE - 01-14-07 (and where you were)

-germ a phobes (three separate searches from Japan)
-evel tower (a search from Saudi Arabia)
-do i look like I just fell off the pea truck(someone from Eastman Kodak Company)
-eva porn (a search from Finland, sorry buddy)
-6 weird things about me (from South Africa)
-evil pencil (guy from Athens, Georgia)
-i think therefore i am single (Australia)
-nova scotia surf film (search is from Florida BRRRRR! Dude, stay home.)
-time is a precious thing, and therefore (Long Beach)
-pentagon where plane 77 (California)
-conspiracy theories (South Africa At least I didn't make the first page on that one.)
-eva littleton (Reston, Verginia - absolutely no idea)
-snowblower sova scotia (someone in Halifax, probably looking for the Canadian Tire)
-national de-lurking week (looking at my counter, I declare it mostly a failure)

Last but not least...a guy from Brighton, Michigan looking for 'labatt blue radio commercial'. You gotta see 'Office Glen' its a classic. (although Molson, not Labatt) Not sure why google would send you to a site that has Molson and Keith's commercials, but all Canadian beer commercials are funny. And if you liked that, you have to see 'Chasing Beaver'.

"Party on, Wayne." "Party on, Garth."

Just for shits and giggles.

When I first posted (Inter)National De-Lurking Week, I started a counter. You see it on the right. As I write this it is showing 237 visitors in 28 countries. WOW! So my comment section should be bursting you say? You think? Not!

I got eleven comments. Eleven. ONE ONE. That's it.

Now, account for people who accidentally got to my site,(clicked the wrong link or something) or were searching for something weird. (like buddy from Saudi Arabia searching for 'evil tower' or another buddy from Finland, searching for 'Evel Porn', sorry buddy) So, if that constitutes (lets say) 50 of the lurkers. What's up with the rest of you?

On Radmila's site, a commenter revealed that the reason they rarely post is that they did so at one site and the next time they went back, the site was set as private, because "unwanted people were reading it and posting" . Who the hell puts comments on their site and then closes the site because people are posting? For that matter, who the hell puts up a site (on the INTERNET) if they don't want people to read it? Perplexing.

Anyway, that got me thinking. Why don't you comment? Let's hear from you, anonymously, of course. If you think I am being an asshole, say so, I can take it. Hell, sometimes I post that way just to see if I can get a rise out of ya. At this point, I would settle for a flame war. I have never had one and I am starting to feel put out.

And another thing...if you think this is just my online persona you are sadly mistaken. This is me, warts and all, online and off. I know for a fact there are plenty of people that would love to tell me off, if not to my face. If they had the slightest inkling that I had this forum they would be all up in my shit. If you only knew what a great opportunity you were missing out on.

The reason I include the comments is because I invite the interaction. What keeps you from posting or just saying 'Hi' even if I were to ask you to specifically to do so?

In the interest of scientific research, I beg of you, tell me why!

You are here...01-08-07

a boy could get a complex
nova scotia jokes
home for christmas 1949
weird things
halifax 2007 nova scotia
why live in nova scotia
creepy things in Mt Laurel NJ
you know you live in winnipeg when
jokes about nova scotians
the winter of 1932 was so cold that niagara falls
what is it like to live in nova scotia
blogspot surf nova scotia

You are here...12-30.06

-biache
-nnothrthng
-godfather christmas movie
-it nearly wasnt christmas movie
-wings xmas 1977

You are here... 12-24-06

Well, I warned you it would be pretty boring, but here it is.

Dec. 18 & 19
50.00%   home for christmas movie 1949
16.67%   getting the movie a christmas carol for free
8.33%    home for christmas,1949 movie
8.33%    wing night
8.33%    home for christmas, 1949 movie
8.33%    i am left brained

Dec. 20 & 21
16.67%   you know your from nova scotia when! joke
16.67%   a list of christmas movies from the 70's
16.67%    when is a very brady christmas vacation on television
16.67%    movie entitled the holly and the ivy
16.67%    ebbie on tv?
16.67%    nova scotia surfing

Dec. 23 & 24
25.00%   nova scotia surfing
25.00%   a picture of a stoned santa clause
25.00%   when is a very brady christmas vacation on television
25.00%   bad santa holly and the ivy christmas toy

I am not sure what the Nova Scotia surfing thing is. We only have really big waves when it is too dangerous to surf, like during a hurricane. But whatever, idiot, if that's what you are into, give 'er.

Hit Bitch

Just an experiment.

Just for today I am going to be a 'hit bitch' and insert all those words that got me hits in the last month and see just how many hits I can get for my page in 24 hours.

Counter is at 6113.

Here we go.

Joe Millionaire
Hack Starchoice
How many times have we thought "If I just close my eyes the bitch will go away.
American Idol
Mary Kay
Popping Zits
Rick Mercer
Female blogger
Hard young girl

Ok, so this is just for my own amusement, since it is snowing here and has been for the past 3 days and I am getting a little shack wacky. So sue me.

Oh and in case anyone is interested, Greg is chillin in the hot tub with the chicks.