Archive for the 'searches' Category
Carla, O Carla
So I was asleep last night and I heard a tapping at my window. Tap tap tap, it went. I woke up and stared at the ceiling for a moment, not sure what had woken me. Tap tap tap. I got up and went to look outside, and who do you think it was? Only [...]
Filed under: Family, France, Middle Age, happiness, searches, secret girlfriends | 4 Comments
Coffee Fads Part 2
About this time of year, this blog gets a lot of coincidental search hits based on the various coffee pod and capsule systems on the market. My perspective on this is tempered by my seasonal visit to the in-law’s in France. The Philips Senseo system has never really taken off in the UK, where it [...]
Filed under: France, marketing, searches | 1 Comment
Tags: cafe, coffee, dosettes, pods, senseo
R-Rated
Yes, this blog is Restricted, and here’s why:
Yeah, the top three are fairly standard fare around here, but that fourth search boggles the mind.
Filed under: notes and queries, searches | 2 Comments
Out of control
Read ‘em and weep.
This is a little blog: a low-key, under-the-radar, backwater of blogging. I’m happy with my level of traffic: a few friendly comments, bubbling under 300 hits per day. Close to 300 is a big day. Today we’re close to 500: above, you can see why.
Now, I inwardly applaud the fact that someone [...]
Filed under: Apple, Arrested Development, Middle Age, TV, Technology, anxiety, notes and queries, searches, secret girlfriends | 6 Comments
Spike
Airbrushed much?
Massive spike in my blog stats yesterday (and continuing today) as prurient internetters scour the world searching for a saucy picture of a certain gorgeous 43 year old actress, said picture released to promote the new season of her TV show.
You’ll notice I’m not naming names, so as not to encourage them.
She’s my secret [...]
Filed under: Arrested Development, Culture, Luvvies, Movies, SF, TV, Television, acting, arts, film, heroes, media studies, sci-fi, science fiction, searches, secret girlfriends | 2 Comments
Seven
A selection of search terms is shown above. I am tantalised by the ones that get cut off at the end… “Girl blowing her pink bub” for example. I know what it’s referring to, of course, but it’s what else it could be referring to.
Today, I have been trying to spell referring with four Rs.
Talking [...]
Filed under: Arrested Development, Education, anxiety, being chippy, notes and queries, searches, teaching and learning | Leave a Comment
Chortle
The following almost requires no comment. It’s the blog post that writes itself; I think we’re all experienced enough bloggers to smile at many of these.
Phrases like “mise en scene ferris bueller” were almost certainly never meant to go together by the up-stuck founding fathers of les études de film, so that made me laugh.
Then [...]
Filed under: film, notes and queries, searches | 1 Comment
Parsed
200-year-old joke:
“My wife’s given up transporting slaves.”
“Jamaica?”
“No, she realised it was wrong.”
As part of your teacher qualification, you have to take the QTS Skills tests in Maths, English, and ICT. The latter two, I’m reliably informed, are a bit of a joke. The maths, however, I was a bit worried about, it having been 1979 [...]
Filed under: Education, Magazines, ambitions, ambitions in life, anxiety, lesson plans, media studies, presentations, searches, teaching and learning | 1 Comment
Tags: type
Evidence
I often point out that visitors arrive at this blog looking for lesson plans. Lest you think I was joking, I present you with today’s evidence. Not a single one of these lesson plan lurkers left a comment. Give you a warm feeling, doesn’t it?
In addition, you’ll note a lot of people looking for ways [...]
Filed under: Education, media studies, notes and queries, searches | 2 Comments
Short Attention Spam
I’ve been moderating comments for a while now, and never regretted the decision to start doing so. I also edit what appear to be legitimate comments (i.e. they have something to do with the post they’re on) if I suspect someone is just after a free link/ad. I just remove the link. If offence is [...]
Filed under: Conspiracy Theories, Luvvies, being chippy, hypochondria, notes and queries, omens and portents, searches | 4 Comments
Tags: comments, idiots, spam