this picture wasn't on the Explore page

There are also a lot of external apps which search flickr and present thumbnails to their users (as I learnt with the Star Trek post). So any random thing that gets the picture out in front of an appreciative audience can jack your numbers right up, and that will pull your set numbers up too, since some people will be looking for more of same.

I've found that linking in Buffistas provides many more hits than I'd have expected--the lurkers are out there, and they're clicking links.

Linking here or in LJ provides most of my hits. I think more than I got either time Lillian was featured on Blogging Baby.

Damn, ita, after clicking through some pictures, I am once again struck by how your whole family is gorgeous.

Because I trust you guys, it's this picture:

Ahahahaha. I love you all, and I still think of this place as a safe-ish space, but it is most definitely not as private (or as safe) as we seem to think it is. Trust me.

Flickr - I friends-lock most of my pictures, and private-lock a whole bunch. I've gotten some random requests from tights communities (literally, all opaque tights) and such.

Hmmm...normally I wouldn't watch anything remotely related to Rockstar Curling (I mean...seriously?). Mostly because I just hate reality TV. I will admit to getting sucked into a season of the Amazing Race but that was an aberration. =P BUT, I am now 31 years old and I have been a fan of Bon Jovi (the band, not just the lead singer) since I was about nine years old. So, if JBJ hosted I would probably have to force myself to watch or deny the show's existence. I think I would prefer the latter. On the up side, on A Daily Show last night John Stewart said, pending a vote, the writers should be back on Wednesday. That is the best news I have heard in months.

you've met people right?

People. They mess stuff up for the rest of us.

I would probably check it out, but . . . watching curling is boring. Really. I have friends who curl, and I went to check it out, and it was interesting for maybe 20 minutes. After that, I just kept looking at my watch and wishing that they had better beer.

I still think of this place as a safe-ish space, but it is most definitely not as private (or as safe) as we seem to think it is. Trust me.

But I know how many hits I normally get from stuff I link here at least and can look at my stats and see how many people visited a picture because it was linked here.

Happy Birthday Krtistin and Maria!

I woke up this morning to discover that my roof has a leak. Not a bad one, total water presence on my kitchen floor probably amounted to a spilled juice glass. But still irksome.

So is everyone voting today who can? I hate when I don't get to vote.

Have people been following the discussion about caucuses v primaries among the campaigns? I've never lived anywhere that caucused, which seems kind of cool. Today's are all regular primaries, though, as far as I know.

However, it occured to me recently that the arguments about caucusing are Exactly The Same as our Gang of Fourteen debates. Which no doubt explains a) why I find them so appealing and b) why they really probably aren't fair. Ha! We are so far ahead of the game. They should hire us on as consultants.

I voted but I did not get a sticker. Again. There weren't as many people as I thought there might be at my polling place (at 8:30 am). I only saw about 5 altogether. And I knew 2 of them.