Ooops!
Oh dearie me, the AOL cock-up! The revelation of search-engine queries for some customers, albeit with cunning "numbers-instead-of-names" (which proved doubly distressing for Mrs. Marjory 1127908 of Orange County, CA), should be sending shivers down all our spines. I for one stray into some very dodgy territory in search of material for articles, essays, stories and poems. I'd always kidded myself that if I didn't inhale - I mean download, of course - then it didn't count. Goodness only know what my Google profile must be like.
For instance, in the last few weeks alone, I've done some research into Countess Elisabeth Bathory, Ed Gein and (no particular connection implied) the Ku Klux Klan. In the spirit of pure curiosity, I've sometimes checked out what the Satanists are up to, and in a more know-thine-enemy way, the Bush administration. The results were chastening; the Satanists ambitions seemed to be limitied to selling a few goat-headed T-shirts and black scented candles, whilst the Bush administration appear to want to destroy the world. Surely in a sane universe.......?
So anyway, what have you Googled in the last few months? I wrote a whole blog entry (the last one, if you're interested) under the influence, and didn't remember a word of it until I re-read it five minutes ago. I can certainly believe that I've typed a few curiosities into search engines whilst a bit squiffy. Mind you, having read a few examples of those released by AOL in The Guardian yesterday, I can at least be fairly certain that my spelling and punctuation will be well above average, even if the content is a tad weird.
For instance, in the last few weeks alone, I've done some research into Countess Elisabeth Bathory, Ed Gein and (no particular connection implied) the Ku Klux Klan. In the spirit of pure curiosity, I've sometimes checked out what the Satanists are up to, and in a more know-thine-enemy way, the Bush administration. The results were chastening; the Satanists ambitions seemed to be limitied to selling a few goat-headed T-shirts and black scented candles, whilst the Bush administration appear to want to destroy the world. Surely in a sane universe.......?
So anyway, what have you Googled in the last few months? I wrote a whole blog entry (the last one, if you're interested) under the influence, and didn't remember a word of it until I re-read it five minutes ago. I can certainly believe that I've typed a few curiosities into search engines whilst a bit squiffy. Mind you, having read a few examples of those released by AOL in The Guardian yesterday, I can at least be fairly certain that my spelling and punctuation will be well above average, even if the content is a tad weird.
posted by holojojo at 10:24 AM
2 Comments:
Actually I think Bathory and Bush in the same locked room would be quite a laugh, and my money is on the lady here.
I've always though Forest Gump was a bit of a sad commentary on the state of American politics (I mean, after Ron anything is possible, surely) but compared to GWB he's the lesser of two evils, surely?
Getting paid for googling sounds fair enough; more power to you, pal. I'm a poet and sometime political satirist myself, but that doesn't pay the 'leccy so I also work in a bar.
15 years ago I lived in a commune/squat and running water was a spiffing new wheeze, believe me. It was great when we learned to kncock flints together.
Sadly, nonestones, shortly after this I "died" (see above:)
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