Search and Displace

As I write this, the little counter on the Home page tells me we're closing in on 10,000 distinct hits since this silly site went up last December.  Assuming I read the stats correctly — never a safe assumption — these standings have less to do with the quality, if any, of the writing therein, than with the fact that if you enter certain terms into search engines like Google and Yahoo, you wind up at one of my columns.  Lately, you were also directed to this site if you entered these actual searches that brought web-surfers to this page…

  • HOW TO DRAW LIKE JACK KIRBY
  • SHOW US YOUR LARK
  • HARRAH'S FOOD IN THE ROOMS
  • SAM KINISON DEATH SCENE PHOTOS (Note: There are no Sam Kinison Death Scene Photos on this site.)
  • HOW DID SAMMY DAVIS JR DIE (We don't cover that, either.)
  • CLOVERINE BRAND SALVE
  • COMIC BOOK WRITERS ARE IDIOTS
  • MAKE MILLIONS DOING CARTOON VOICES
  • HOW CAN I HIT SOUPY SALES WITH A PIE
  • HOW CAN I HIT GEORGE BUSH WITH A PIE
  • HENNY YOUNGMAN NUDE

That's right.  On the 'net, you can find pictures of Madonna nude, of Geena Davis nude, of all the Victoria's Secrets models nude…and someone was actually searching for Henny Youngman nude.  I've seen some pretty sick things in Cyberspace but…