That's right! When it comes to search engine optimization, I can now claim to be one of the giants. Thanks to this post, Windypundit now owns the #1 and #2 Google search results for the phrase "Obama's left testicle". … [Read more...] about I AM an SEO Badass!
The More I Learn About the Mortgage Crisis, the Less I Know
I'm reading Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. It's an account of the collapse of the subprime mortgage market at the beginning of our current economic mess. The book tells the story at an odd level of detail: It doesn't give a lot of details about the characters and … [Read more...] about The More I Learn About the Mortgage Crisis, the Less I Know
A Brief Word of Advice to Mystery Writers
I'm not naming any names or spoiling any books, but here's a plotting tip from a longtime reader: If you want us to be surprised that one of your characters is a bad guy, don't have him quoting Friedrich Nietzsche the first time we see him. It's not subtle foreshadowing. It's giving the game away. … [Read more...] about A Brief Word of Advice to Mystery Writers
Damn
I spend a day away from the internet and come back to find out that Vaclav Havel died. Update: Oh, but there's good news too. Kim Jong Il is also dead. … [Read more...] about Damn
Boys Beware
I generally find anti-gay bigotry disturbing, but sometimes it's also kind of amusing. I know that's wrong -- that gay people face real threats of discrimination and violence -- but some anti-gay nonsense just makes me want to point and yell, "I didn't know they still made people like you!" Which brings me to Rick Perry's culture-war campaign ad: Aside from the fact … [Read more...] about Boys Beware