Ahoy, There Be Pirates!

Arrr!

Just checked my counter stats and saw this for the latest visitor:

Note the date of the last visit - wonder if Columbus visited this blog then, too?

(and no, this isn't an April Fools joke - not by me, anyway.  Sure wish I knew how they did that.)

This Gmail News Will Move You

Introducing Gmail Motion - Official Gmail Blog

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Gmail comes out with yet another great feature! Gmail Motion allows you to control Gmail — composing and replying to messages — using your body.

Actually, they've done yet another great April Fools spoof and I'm linking to it to pad my blog counter stats.

That's a little joke I like to play - convincing myself that I could get that much traffic on a daily basis and not just one day a year. Still, it would be nice to be able to use your body to read your emails....instead of getting spam that tells you how to enlarge a certain body part.

Here's a screenshot of this last year's counter stats. Note the huge spike (at the left of the graphic) that was last year's traffic after I linked to the Gmail blog.

It's probably a good thing I don't get that sort of traffic every day; if I did, then I'd put up some revenue generating ads...and that would drive away any regular visits I have. Even me.

CAGW Commercial

The same one which is playing on TV now. Very scary, but to be honest, I saw this coming years ago. We can either limit our purchases of Chinese products, put a tariff on those coming into this country and causing our own industries to fade away and/or punish them for their theft of intellectual property.

Or, learn to speak Chinese.

We are giving them the money of which to buy the rope that will hang us.

Alton Brown's Nose

Celebrity chef Alton Brown meets fans at the 2nd annual gumbo cook-off on Dauphin Island

Naw, that's not really his nose, but is a screenshot of a video from a link I followed on "Alton Brown for President" on Facebook. I just thought it really funny...and bet he would, too. Here's the video link:

Alton Brown On Dauphin Island

The Bird is the Word

You Are a Crow

You are highly intelligent and have a lot of mental strength. You value self-reliance, and you work hard every day to improve your life. You believe that life is magical, and you are always looking for new and exciting opportunities. You follow your own path, and the turns you take are often unexpected and inspired.

What Bird Are You?

Blogthings: Learn Something Surprising About Yourself

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Can't have this quiz or the title w/out this video!

Surfin' Bird - The Trashmen