In the past couple months, I’ve collected some signs that have made me smile: Signs of Summer, if you will. Here are 10 of them. Sign 1: Graffiti in a Private School Bathroom (Final Exam Week) Sign 2: The Front Page of The Calgary Herald Sign 3: The Placement of James Rollins’ Book at Indigo […]
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The Aftermath of Search Bombing
On the seventh day, I reflected. Yes, it’s been one week since Clay Morgan and I launched the Search Bomb on the blogging world. For the uninitiated, Search Bombing is when you intentionally search a specific phrase in order to get to someone’s blog; if you’re successful, your search will show up on that blogger’s […]
Funny Search Terms: You Are What They Look For
A strangely addictive hobby of many bloggers is to look at the search terms that bring people to their site. This is mostly amusing, sometimes sad, and occasionally frightening. (If you’re any of the people who found IronicMom.com by googling “what to do child choking,” I’d like to officially say, Call 911 and get off […]
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at a TV News Spot
Last Monday, I had the pleasure of being on The Calgary Eyeopener, a popular morning radio show in our city run by CBC (Canada’s version of NPR). I had been in touch with the producers regarding my post, “5 Best-Toys-of-2010 That Really Suck,” and they were interested in doing a seven minute segment live on […]