My first book blurb

I’ve been fairly silent here in recent weeks, with just a simple update to my photo gallery and a travel bit posted Sunday. Between vegging on vacation, majorly swamped at work, traveling out of town and otherwise consumed at home, I’ve been tapped out (as if I’m “tapped in” most other times).

So, I was kinda stunned to see my site traffic had jumped overnight. Like in a big way. I know photo galleries are traffic drivers and sometimes the search bots can go nuts, but this was way out of the ordinary.

OK, let’s see what’s going on. ... Hmmm, that’s weird. What’s all this traffic from the Guardian newspaper in England? ... Wait, a second, they’ve linked to me? #@$% &!@#

Yep, Guardian blogger Steve Busfield, writing a post collecting reaction to the paper’s innovative “The Wire Re-Up” book, had quoted from and linked to my own review from back in November:

“The interaction of the blog and book was what attracted Logan Molen, the chief operating officer of The Bakersfield Californian. He says: "The Wire is so nuanced and full of layers that you want – and need – a crowd to help source the storylines. Kudos to the Guardian for recognising that." (Interesting that they substituted my American spelling of “recognizing” for the British variation. Note to my pitchfork-wielding U.S. readers: I remain thee patriotic American).

Boo-yah! Points too to Busfield for commenting on this site shortly after my original post went up.

I’m not so jaded to say it's fun to get some notice from one of the world’s most respected newspapers and websites, even if it's just cribbing my words to promote one of their own products. My little corner of the Interweb is an odd mish-mash of personal and work-related stuff, so it’s nice to have an outsider with some juice find some value in the junk drawer.