Want to increase your site traffic? Blog about “Google”.

This morning I blogged about the Google Silly Putty phenomenon. Since then I’ve had over 200 hits to that blog post in a little over 4 hours. Given that I normally only get about 25 hits a day, this is landmark news for everyone here at Butter’s Podcast.

When I read my site traffic report and figured out what was going on, I quickly reread that post and realized that I had misspelled the word “pounds”. There are now hundreds of people who will never return to Butter’s Podcast.

Perpetual Bubble Wrap!

This site is pretty cool. I’m always looking for new ways to waste time, and this site may take the cake. It’s perpetual bubble wrap!

Jeff Reardon is now a nutcase

Do you remember Jeff Reardon? If you don’t, he was one of the top relief pitchers in major league history. I remember him because he played for the Boston Red Sox when I grew up in New Hampshire and would trek to Fenway Park as a kid. The guy had over 300 saves, and won a World Series with the Twins in 1987.

Well, as it turns out, he tried to rob a jewelry store yesterday in Florida and blamed a bad mix of depression medication for this inexplicable turn of events. At least he learned from Ugie Urbina’s mistakes and left his machete at home.

The Craigslist “Are you freaking kidding me?” ad of the day…

Here’s another upstanding Philadelphia citizen trying to get rid of his crap. He’s trying to pilfer “a older trailor” that he “bought from jersey”. Is “jersey” a person? Is the state selling “older trailors”?

But wait! There’s more!

It currently has a flat tire and full of trash! He’ll take $100 for it, but “you gotta take the trash with it”. Call 267.625.9608 if interested.

I think I’m working at the wrong place…

Google, the software development company well-known for attempting to take over the world, employs some interesting people. Not that I’ve never entertained the idea myself, but I find it curious that the company allows its employees to order 250 pounds of Silly Putty, and then write about how they copied the front page of the Wall Street Journal on a single piece of the stuff on the Official Google Blog. Do you think they need a somewhat inexperienced tax accountant with no CPA?

“What are we going to do today, Joy?”

“The same thing we do every day, Tom. Try to take over the world!”