Google Analytics Fun, IMBC Thoughts, Mother's Day Food Coma, Brett Favre Whining

- I love the avatars in the banner at the top of the LITO (Life In The Office) forum.

- Some random thoughts about Google Analytics:

• As stated before, doing a review on the Logitech MX3200 Cordless Desktop Laser was the smartest thing I could do to drive traffic to my blog. Unfortunately, my blog is no longer the #1 hit for a search of "Scroll Lock MX3200."
• Easily the strangest keyword hit ever (all one word!): "a2ccb71d04d513df9c9202755c95975f 215c775b4e27dad6b85126cd83435119." Other fun searches include some combination of "Time Warner" and "sucks," searches for a review on the JVC RA-P10 portable boombox (for iPods), and another strange keyword hit: "2007 warren buffett vs. champion female ping pong player."
• This past week was the first week in which the number of hits via Google was greater than or equal to the number of hits via the IMBC.
• My blog seems to be quite popular east of the Mississippi, and in Washington and California, of course.

- I can't believe we're nearing 45 days in the IMBC. I was also very happy when I found out that Hank is a big Office fan, and Amy loves Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill standup routine. The latter warrants a spot on my Links section on the strength of that fact alone :P.

(Of course, Hank's blog is already on my list.)

Now if only I could find a poker blog worth subscribing to; one written by a peer would be preferable. William Springer, are you reading this?

- Mother's Day started with a Mother's Day Brunch for my sister's friend at Marie Callender's. Pretty good food--the omelette bar was damn good--and not terribly pricey--$15 per adult. I had to remind myself not to each too much because, for dinner, we're taking my mom and my aunt out to a Korean BBQ place in downtown LA.

If I make it through today, without lapsing into a food coma, consider it a minor miracle.

(Seems like my oldest sister and my mom have already lapsed into food comas. If only my darn two-year-old nephew would fall asleep too...

- One sports topic, if you don't mind: Brett Favre continued to whine and cry about the state of his team, saying this time that he was disappointed that the Packers weren't able to acquire Randy Moss from the Oakland Raiders (Moss was traded to the New England Patriots during the NFL Draft). In full "I'm not saying, but..." mode, Favre stated,

"The last thing I want to do is start any [controversy]...But I think he would have been a great addition. You throw Randy Moss, you throw [current starters] Donald Driver and Greg Jennings on the field at the same time, and go three-wide receiver set ... and I think it's pretty intimidating. And we lost out on that, and I think that it's a shame, because I know we could have had him."

And with that, Brett Favre just lept ahead of Roger Clemens in the "overrated, middle aged, no longer relevant (but likes to think he is), attention-whore" athlete competition. First of all, if you were so ticked with your team's inability to make a move during the Draft, why did you wait so long to say anything? Second, if you wanted Moss so badly, why didn't you make a fuss any time between the end of your season and the weekend of the Draft? You're a Hall of Famer with a Super Bowl ring; I think you earned the right to go to the Packers' brass and demand help. Third, when are people going to realize that saying "I'm not _____, but ______...." is basically an admission that you are (trying to) [blank #1]?

(As an aside, I told my sister yesterday that I'd rather hear Terrell Owens whine than Roger Clemens. I swear, I didn't mean that!)

Until next time, Happy Mother's Day!